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Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options?

I have Ascend towers (45lbs each) on a concrete floor covered in thin wall to wall with an area rug on top of that. I am looking into different footers for my speakers and am curious what people with towers on concrete have tried and liked.

To my mind, something as expensive as Townshend platforms do not seem worth it, as they'd cost about a third of the price of the speakers themselves.

If you've tried Gaia III isolators or other kinds of feet for your speakers, especially on concrete floors, I'm curious to hear your observations. Thanks.

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I've used GAIA IIs, spikes and springs under Spatial Audio X3s and much preferred the springs. Isoacoustics GAIA are a pain with heavy speakers on hardwood floors as they stick to the floor and you can't slide them easily.

The springs I used were modified Nobosound. The mods are easy, just drill a clearance hole then use a nut and bolt like this:

I recently switched speakers to Piega C40s and couldn't use the spring system so went back to the GAIA feet. Pain in the rear to get the speakers to move on my hardwood flooring. Then I tried Herbies gliders and they work great.

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