Isoacoustics don’t seem to work for me, help


I have ProAc D20R. I thought the Gaia’s would make a nice improvement. Problem is that I’m on carpet that is very thick and plush. Setting up the Gaia’s on the carpet they wobble all over the place, the direction of the logo is irrelevant. So I tried putting putting them on 3/4” solid bamboo boards. I was able to get them level but not with the logo’s pointing in the right direction so still wobbly. Problem with the boards and Gaia’s is it raised the speakers almost 3” and seemed to lighten the mid bass and midrange. Lost some body.

Lastly I tried the ISO cup spikes things no help the spike are only half an inch. My carpet is about an inch. So still wobbly. Spike cup things would work if the spikes were a inch long and not so conical.
At this point I’m going to put the ProAc spikes back in and consider what to do. If anyone has any bright ideas I’d like to hear them.
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Showing 1 response by millercarbon

Townshend Podiums. A lot better than Gaia anyway. My carpet isn't that thick but the pad is pretty thick. Another guy with Podiums and a thick carpet found they were even better with a butcher block under them. After hearing that I tried BDR Round Things under mine. They were excellent even before but sure enough that made them even better! Why something placed under a supposedly isolating spring makes such a difference I don't know, but it does. Just goes to show vibration control needs to be tailored to each individual application. 

Your speakers are not very massive, but they are tall and narrow. Not the greatest for stability under any circumstance. If you can afford Podiums that would probably be the way to go and I would contact John Hannant at Townshend to find out. They have used them under very similar small floor standers successfully he would know the trick if anyone would. 
https://youtu.be/7ew4dRUEm-k?t=28 

If Podiums are too much the bargain approach is Nobsound springs. You would have to make some brackets to put the speaker on that would extend out from the sides to improve stability, but this could be something as simple as MDF or even a 2x4 which if you do it right would not need to raise the speakers up at all. Watch the above video at about 3min in to get some idea how the brackets would work.