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First impressions of the Isoacoustic Gaia 1’s

On my KEF Reference 5’s.

While I normally hear little to no change with “Tweaks”, I installed them Saturday evening and found immediate spatial differences. Just about every album sounded more open. I told my wife, who helped me install the Gaia’s,  that if I wasn’t wowed, I’d send them back.

The room has wall to wall carpet and pad on the floor and when  I first received the Reference 5’s, they sounded flat. I put small hardwood flooring samples under them and it helped a little.  I then put a small slab of granite under each of them and they became much nicer to listen to. I was quite surprised at the change. 
The Gaia 1’s are sitting on the granite as well and so far, I’m very happy. 

It’s only been a few days, but I’m pretty sure they are “hear” to stay.

Anyone else have similar experience’s with speaker. Isolation?

JD

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Showing 7 responses by havocman

havocman
350 posts
 

bdb24, only the podium is for speakers, the platforms are for electronics like CD player or DAC

havocman
350 posts
 

if you think the ISO acoustic Gaia sound good then you should try the Townshend podiums, they're much better at speaker isolation but they cost three times as much as the iso acoustic but well worth it.

havocman
350 posts
 

bdp24, I talked with John at Townsend and he said that the pods are only for electronics not to be put under speakers because your speaker will topple and be unstable, and he said that you're the only one that has done that.

havocman
350 posts
 

curiousjim,

you can leave the plate on or off it's up to you but just make sure that you get the proper cells put on, you've got to take the weight of your speaker plus the weight of the podium to have the proper cells, if you get in touch with John at Townshend he'll help you

havocman
350 posts
 

if you think the iso acoustic  are good then you should try the townshend podiums, they are so much better than the ISO acoustic gaia's it's not even funny but they are three times the price but well worth it, look them up and read the reviews.

havocman
350 posts
 

bdp 24 actually I talked to John at Townshend and he said the pods cannot be used underneath the speakers they're meant for electronics they're not made heavy enough.

havocman
350 posts
 

stereo 5 they're called podiums and they only add 3/4 of an inch

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