IsoAcoustics Gaia w/MAGICO

I had Magico S5 and was surprised that non of the supplied mounting options in the Gaia set could not fit. Consequently I had to sell the Gaia.

I’ve Gaias on my Magico A3’s which are on a solid 3/4" oak floor. The bass response tightened up most noticeably, and the sound stage instruments and vocals became more defined relative to one another. If you read the ads and reviews for the Isoacoustic Gaias they surprisingly accurately describe the results I got from them. I thoroughly researched the Gaias and many of their competitors. I’m still amazed they lived up to the advertising and reviews as I’m pretty cynical, and when does that ever happen?

If money was no object I might have gone with the Townsend pods but they are pretty massive looking which can be a drawback if your speakers are in a living space. I was so impressed with the Gaias, I’ve now their equivalent pods under all my components to good effect. I’m guessing you’d be pleased too. I didn’t notice any harshness added to the treble response like fpomposo noted above.

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Your experience sharing is much appreciated!

And yes, my loudspeakers are placed in living room too, on hard oak parquet.

Isoacoustics has new products which, I believe, are superior to the very good Gias.

The Aperta. They appear to be superior to the Gias and the Oreas. Seem closer to the Townshend Podiums at a fraction of the price. Instead of solid rubber between the steel the Apertas have a good amount of flexible rubber in a vibration absorbing devise. They sell them on Amazon Prime. 30 day return.

@stibi what you need to do with Magicos is to email Isoacoustics support and tell them the make and model of the speaker you have if none of their included hardware fits. They will send you the hardware you need free of charge. I did that for my Magico A3s and when I put them on my Monoprice speakers stands, I emailed Isoacoustics and they sent me the proper hardware again, free of charge. They aren’t the fastest to respond via email. But they do respond and follow through. 
 

But once again, I replaced the Gaia Is with the Townshend Podiums. The Podiums are not leaving.