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Anybody have both Herbie's Cone/Spike Pucks and isoacoustics gaia's

My Spatial Audio X5's sit on pieces of granite which sit on top of carpeting with a concrete floor under all of it. Am very happy with the performance I'm getting now but was thinking of getting some isoacoustic gaia's for my speakers because of all the positive feedback. Never heard of Herbie's audio products before I started in on my research of isoacoustics. I'm wondering if there spike pucks do the same thing as the gaia's do? There pricing is attractive. So I was hoping to hear from someone who may have had both and could give me there feedback.

Thanks, 
Steve
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gdnrbob
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@nyaudio98 ,
Thanks for posting that.
I hate being the heavy, but do so only when I think a poster will be put off or reluctant to post if they feel they're question isn't 'valid enough'.
I think we are all here to help others and have fun sharing our audio experiences.
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goose
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I will chime in only because I used the following before getting the Townshend seismic podiums.  My room is on the second floor carpet over suspended wood floor.  I used the following: 1) Herbies gliders, 2) Spikes through carpet to wood sub floor 3) No spikes 4) Flagstone platforms with spikes and sitting on the carpet.  The Townshend was the only solution that firmed up the bass, decrease a bass node I was having, brought a larger soundstage and depth and helped place the instruments more accurately in the soundstage.  I bought them on e-bay direct.   
leemaze
329 posts
 
Quick update - got my Herbie's sliders yesterday.  Was looking for something to help tighten up a little bloaty bass.  Holy Crow, these things are crazy.  Soundstage is expanded, instrumental separation and clarity is bananas.  Very cool tweak. 
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milpai
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@sjsfiveo,
I have the same thing: concrete floors -> carpet ->granite slab ->speakers.
Had Herbies footers for many many years. But the Gaias play on a different level - at least in my system. In my case they sightened the bass, improved the "naturalness" to the sound and made the sound stage wider. But also remember that there are others on this forum for whom the Gaias did not work per their expectation.
I love Herbies products and use them under my preamp, cd player and power conditioner. Also have Herbie's tube dampers.
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ozzy
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Perhaps it has to do with the speakers that are being tested with these products.
I have the Herbie sliders I use them under all of my spikes, including component stands. They allow me to move the stands when needed.
And, I did have them under my speaker spikes until I purchased the Focal Sopra 2’s. The Gaia 1’s under these speakers way outperformed the Herbie sliders. The soundstage widened, deepened, bass tightened etc, etc,

I also have the carpet spikes under the Gaia’s.

ozzy



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