There is so much marketing hokum surrounding footers and their costs can be so great that it is absurd for any audiophile worth his moniker to make a cut based only on aesthetics. On trousers maybe, though in custom tailoring whether ones "dresses" to the left or the right can be paramount!
In my system I have a mix of Ultra 5, SS, Starsound SP-1, and now Starsound Apprentice. These all work well and are largely invisible. Where I have directly compared the two technologies-- under CDP and just now under Pass XA-160.8 monoblocks-- the Star Sound platforms worked better. Where rugs are involved or where leveling is required(i.e. turntable), Stillpoints with their adjustable bases work particularly well. However, even Stillpoints are improved after removing the rug. This is curious, as I understand that Stillpoints devices are conceived to be inherently decoupling.
