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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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stereo5
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I tried my GAIA II footers from my GE Triton Refs on my SVS PB2000 pro sub and it made a big difference for the better. I put the footers back on my speakers and bought a set of SVS footers for the sub. It’s almost as good which is good enough for me especially when the SVS footers were $45.00 compared to $299.00 for the GAIA.

My house is 100 years old and my floors are wood suspended. As the sub is on the second floor of the house, everything on the first floor would vibrate before adding the footers, not so now.
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@ronboco,

The SVS Footers came with 3 different sized  machine screws. I believe they are 6mm, 8mm, and 1/4 20.  My GAIA were already using 1/4 20 screws.    Mine bolt tight on the sub as there are 4 inserts built in which accept the machine screws. 
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