Reviews for IsoAcoustics Gaia Series Threaded Isolation Feet

I’ve been waiting for these for ages, and they did not disappoint.

They opened up the sound on my Tannoy DC6T floor standers. Great upgrade, in my opinion

I live in a medium-sized semi-detached house in NW London, and like millions of others, my rig is on a carpeted suspended floor.

My speakers were spiked, which of course, left holes in the carpet. The spikes have now been thrown in the bin as the Gaia III have cleaned up the SQ so much that I’m left wondering why I didn’t put them on my Spendor D7’s years ago.

WHO KNEW!!!

Outstanding service. The product was caught up in Royal Mail Post Cyberattack. A replacement order was sent via Fed Ex to New Zealand. Mark from Customer & Technical Service was excellent in handling and organizing the replacement. I was using spikes on a wooden floor. I now have a huge sound improvement.

Gaia ll speaker feet. Fitted to my TDL Studio 4's, re-capped and re-wired with Clearer Audio Silver Optimus cable, spiked directly into the base of the speakers, as the original steel stands were coloured.

Initially, Gaia feet appeared to sound more refined. There was less interaction with the floor and minimal vibration felt. After a few days rechecked and refined the set-up, then left it for over a week untouched. Fair to say after this time, I feel the sound deteriorated slightly in all areas.

Swapping back to spikes > was smoother, more detailed and more integrated throughout. Gaia's seemed to make the response uneven; they had what appeared to be a variable prominence in the mid/treble—described as this because of the slight variability in voices. Some voices are a bit dulled, others a bit bright, and the bass is not as smooth or extended as spikes.

Spikes are more weighty focussed throughout and significantly more detailed. Imaging was at least as good, maybe better than Gaia's. Vibrations through the wooden floor were beneficial and gave a feeling of realism and size. Bass fuller, tighter, more detailed and more powerful.

Overall, spikes are more enjoyable to listen to. Gaia's seemed to sap the detail and life away, which I initially described as refinement.

Interesting to try, and I was very surprised with the results. I appear to be in the minority with my views on these feet, but I am in no doubt about the results in my set-up/room (26' long x 12' wide). The feet did look good, though and appeared well made. Thanks to Future shop for the opportunity.

I have had bass problems for many years, no matter which speakers are chosen. The Gaia 3's have now massively reduced the problem caused by a suspended floor.

Both these and the helpful service provided by Future Shop are superb.

I'm using these on PMC Twenty5 24i's, which have a pretty impressive bottom end. They were on spikes and a granite plate.

Fitting these are a definite but not massive improvement. They are well worth the money and easy to fit too.

The special offer of the Iso platform for record decks included made this an offer I just couldn't refuse.

I try to manage my expectations in terms of the sonic improvements I expect from cables, mains conditioning, isolation devices and other hi-fi upgrades.

The gains can be very subtle, but I have to say, the Gaia IIIs made an immediately noticeable improvement to the sound of my Spendor A5R speakers. It allows for a more open sound stage, more clarity and sweeter bass.

Obviously, they are vastly more expensive than a set of standard spikes, but the improvement in the sound they deliver in my system means they are worth the money for me.

For your information, my speakers sit on the Gaia IIIs on top of granite plinths, which sit on Sorbothane-type pucks on a suspended wooden floor.

Speakers were previously coupled using spikes on a wooden floor and were experiencing bass boom and vibration throughout the room.

These eliminated everything and completely opened up the sound. My 20-year-old Monitor Audio speakers have never sounded so good. Way cheaper than forking out for new speakers.

Ordered the wrong one. They sorted me out with zero hassle. The product arrived quickly, safely, and well packaged.

Couldn't be happier.

Buying these was a bit of a punt, and ideally, if I had a little more money and space to spare around my speakers, I'd have gone for one of the Townshend products. However, the reviews of the Gaia glow, and in particular, all appeared to consistently verify that they would fix my audio problems, namely vague and ill-defined bass.

I have ageing Dynaudio Audience 52s, sitting on filled single-pillar Foundation stands. I have a laminate floor sitting on concrete. My choice of underlay was the one with the best acoustic dampening. I didn't want spikes due to floor damage, and I'd tried Sorbothane pads between the stands' base plates and the floor but found it achieved little other than allowing easy speaker repositioning.

The rationale behind the likes of Townshend and Gaia makes perfect sense to me. For years I've felt the accepted wisdom of spikes transferring away the energy was incorrect. Transferred where?

Like many others have experienced, the Gaias did indeed solidify the bass lines. Remarkably so. It sounded like a new and far better pair of speakers. I'd also add that pretty much every other facet of the sound quality was also given a decent lift.

I wouldn't say adding the Gaias had as big an impact as adding a Qutest DAC to my Cambridge streamer, but I'm adamant that there's no better value tweak.