Isoacoustics Gaia Speaker Isolation

gadawg said:
I tried the Titans under my Wilson Alexx’s and lost all of the detail … put the stock Wilson diodes back on and all was good. Ended up installing the newer Wilson diodes and that was a meaningful upgrade. Not sure why the Titans sounded so bad in my setup. Is on carpet and tried with and without the carpet spikes. Didn’t work either way. My experience only.

George
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George,

From the look of the Wilson Diodes, they would penetrate carpet and contact a hard surface. Is that the situation in your system? That is probably the difference. Titans float on carpet even with carpet spikes which do not penetrate to a hard surface. I had a similar experience with Sound Labs. I ended up using cheap spikes. I do like and use GAIAs with Magico over tile/concrete in my HT system.

I am very puzzled why IsoAcoustics made carpet cups with spikes that are obviously too short.
 
gadawg said:
I tried the Titans under my Wilson Alexx’s and lost all of the detail … put the stock Wilson diodes back on and all was good. Ended up installing the newer Wilson diodes and that was a meaningful upgrade. Not sure why the Titans sounded so bad in my setup. Is on carpet and tried with and without the carpet spikes. Didn’t work either way. My experience only.

George
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Maybe try a set of Stackaudio Auva100. They ship from the U.S. now so no duties.
 
I recently installed the Gaia III NEO 's under my DeVore Super NIne's and whoa, the difference was not subtle! Virtually every parameter has improved significantly and shows what the speakers are truly capable of. Speakers are on a suspended wood floor with a rug under one speaker. In addition to the vastly improved sonics, the feet also look much nicer than the stock spikes!
 
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RPM-123 said:
I recently installed the Gaia III NEO 's under my DeVore Super NIne's and whoa, the difference was not subtle! Virtually every parameter has improved significantly and shows what the speakers are truly capable of. Speakers are on a suspended wood floor with a rug under one speaker. In addition to the vastly improved sonics, the feet also look much nicer than the stock spikes!
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That's good to hear. I've been thinking of getting some of the Gaia Neos for my Fynes. The innovation of being able to adjust them when they're on the floor is appealing. My speakers are on a tile floor and there's always one or two spikes in the grout which is lower.
 
Pitfitter said:
Posted in the other thread re Neos before finding this one, hoping to acquire a pair of marble slabs cut to size and shape to go between Gaias and the carpet-when the stone mason has an off cut the suitable size.
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If you find someone that cuts marble in the US please let me know. Our(heavy) cat recently jumped up on the lip/overhang of an Italian marble end table, ~ 2x3' , the top was unconnected to the table, just sitting on it, and it flipped off and smashed on the floor..
 
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Why use marble slabs? IsoAcostics is making new Neo carpet cups with longer spikes to penetrate heavy carpet and padding. I have a set so I know they exist. I am not sure if they have reached the retail marketplace yet.
 
Listened to a discussion/argument that suggested that fitting spikes to isolation feet defeats the purpose, Gaias are to isolate the speakers but fitting spikes does not isolate but transfers vibration up/down to/from the speaker, so ergo, delete the Gaias and just use spikes. No one could give definitive proof but both sides had convincing points, thought I’d go with the isolate totally method to try.
 
Pitfitter said:
Listened to a discussion/argument that suggested that fitting spikes to isolation feet defeats the purpose, Gaias are to isolate the speakers but fitting spikes does not isolate but transfers vibration up/down to/from the speaker, so ergo, delete the Gaias and just use spikes. No one could give definitive proof but both sides had convincing points, thought I’d go with the isolate totally method to try.
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To me there is never any one right answer on anything hifi. It's always a matter of 'try and see what works in your system'.

I think there are just too many variables to ever have am "always definitive" answer on just about anything.

Well, except maybe trying to plug your speaker cables from your speakers to your wall outlet. ;)
 
Michaels HiFi said:
To me there is never any one right answer on anything hifi. It's always a matter of 'try and see what works in your system'.

I think there are just too many variables to ever have am "always definitive" answer on just about anything.

Well, except maybe trying to plug your speaker cables from your speakers to your wall outlet. ;)
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That’s what keeps it interesting.
 
Pitfitter said:
Listened to a discussion/argument that suggested that fitting spikes to isolation feet defeats the purpose, Gaias are to isolate the speakers but fitting spikes does not isolate but transfers vibration up/down to/from the speaker, so ergo, delete the Gaias and just use spikes. No one could give definitive proof but both sides had convincing points, thought I’d go with the isolate totally method to try.
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IsoAcoustics makes spikes for good reasons. They provide grip to the floor through carpet just like the rubber bottoms provide grip on hard floors. Isolation is provided internally by back and forth movement when GAIAs are installed with the proper orientation. GAIAs are not passive devices.
 
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