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Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options?

I have Ascend towers (45lbs each) on a concrete floor covered in thin wall to wall with an area rug on top of that. I am looking into different footers for my speakers and am curious what people with towers on concrete have tried and liked.

To my mind, something as expensive as Townshend platforms do not seem worth it, as they'd cost about a third of the price of the speakers themselves.

If you've tried Gaia III isolators or other kinds of feet for your speakers, especially on concrete floors, I'm curious to hear your observations. Thanks.

hilde45
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tonywinga
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I cut wax paper into squares and placed them under the Gaia’s on my speakers until I got them into their final position.  I probably could have left the wax paper under them but I could not rest knowing the wax paper was there.  Did the sound change when I removed the wax paper?  Not at all.   

rick2000
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cXRYay0Mbc

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I watched the video, well I jumped through it.  Their comments about the Isoacoustics Gaia feet were that it improved the sound but the mid range became harsh sounding.  They seem to attribute this problem to the Gaia feet but I'm thinking the Gaias just uncovered another problem.  Think about when the speakers are on their spikes some smearing or smoothing of the sound covers up their mid range harshness problem.  Perhaps it is a cabling issue or their DAC.  That's the fun of this hobby- one change leads to another.  And so it goes...

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