Isoacoustics Gaia ll footers plus carpet spikes


Where is the terminus for this perverse hobby?  I invested heavily in ATC 40 active floor standers only to be enticed with possible improvements using Gaia ll footers and carpet spikes.  I bit and voila, more discretionary income succumbed to the insanity.  

The footers performed the usual audiophile magic of cleaning up upper bass, providing a better foundation for low bass, stabilized the vocals.  Then the carpet spikes did more of the same and improved imaging.  Reminded me of the old days when we would place machined aluminum cones under floor standers and improve everything.

I wish all of this were psychoacoustic and I could return everything, but it seems all too tangible so it stays.
celtic66

Showing 3 responses by twoleftears

They're just a flat cup/small circular tray with three rather ferocious spikes on the underside.  I would imagine you enlist a helper and have them rock the speaker to one side, and insert one or two.  Repeat until done.  One thing's for sure: once the footers are in the spike cups, you're not sliding the speaker anywhere...
So if you had large speakers that nevertheless were still standmounts, where do the Gaias go?  Between the speaker and the stand, or stand and floor.  If the latter, how do you couple/decouple the speaker/stand interface?
Thanks!
Has anyone compared the Studio/Professional Iso-pucks with the Home/Audiophile Oreas?