IsoAcoustics GAIA

@bigwave1 

I have carpeting and I do not use spikes with the Gayas. Rather I have the speakers on plain Gayas resting on a 1 1/2" thick maple butcher block. It really is helpful in maneuvering the heavy speakers while searching for the perfect placement. Just slide the butcher block rather than the speakers. And the sound is best to my ears that way. Win, win.

I will never know about the Townshend since they won't fit my triangular shaped speakers. Very large and very heavy, with their shape they could easily tip over on a Townshend podium,  even if they did fit.

I have Gaia III’s under my Focal’s and Sonus Faber’s.  I can’t tell that they make any difference in sound, but they are much more convenient than dealing with spikes.  I’m trying to get away from spikes.

My biggest complaint with the Isoacoustic Gaia’s, is the manufacturing issues of them.  I’ve purchased two sets now where the threaded holes are not completely plumb.  One set was so bad that I had to send it back for a replacement.  Some of the others are just slightly off and due to the rubber footing and the way it can offset some of this, it hasn’t been a problem on the others.

One would think for things at this price that they could at least have better manufacturing qualities though.

Cheers

There have been plenty of positive reports.  I was targeting Gaias for my own speakers, but will go with Townsend platforms as they seem the best.

@howardlee I know this is a bit pedantic but there's no such thing as a KEF Ref 7 Meta. There's an "R" 7 Meta, which of course is a line below the Reference line. Reference pairs consist only of models 1, 3, and 5.