Should I decouple my subs too?


Good day all. I am looking into some ISO Acoustics GAIA footers for my speakers. I was going to get them for all the speakers including the subs but I just got off the phone with the REL guy and he said NOT to put footers on the subs as they perform better coupled to the floor. Is there any one who has tried both ways as I thought the subs should get the footers too. Thanks for your input
ronboco

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Thank you for your input. I will try both ways but I suspect de-coupling will be best as well
Thank you everyone for the advice. I really look forward to reading the daily posts. You all have taught me so much in the short amount of time I have been here. 
@ stereo5. Were you able to bolt the Gaia ll footers to your sub or just set the sub on top ? My REL S-510 subs only have 2 small screws on the end of each rail so the Gaia footers wouldn’t be able to bolt tight to the sub. I ended up ordering the OREA Bordeaux footers ( the style recommended by ISO acoustics) for the subs and Gaia footers for the mains and surrounds on stands. 
@phusis .  Thank you for the input. There is a hard plastic rail on each side of the subs. I have 4 subs. I figured there would be some type of rubber sole as well. There is only a thin felt like layer on the bottom. I believe that is why they are scooting around on me. I’m going to see how they sound with the OREA footers and if they don’t sound good I’ll send them back and try something else. Perhaps a thin layer of rubber under the rails. 
@stereo5,

The RELs have a curved rail on each side  with 2 small 4 mm machine screws on each end. These seemed too small to hold well so I didn’t even check if Gaia had an insert option that small. I would of liked to bolt the new footers on tight. The OREA footers are supposed to have a suction cup effect on the sub side so I guess I’ll see.