Pics ‘From the Listening Position’

[dave-marshall]

Isolation - this time it's speakers (and Gaias)

Yep, my Neat MF9s, standing on my bouncy suspended wooden floor, certainly benefitted from standing on Gaias. Bass firmed up, became more tuneful, and it was now much easier to follow basslines. The big surprise came with the soundstage. I always had a great side-to-side soundstage, but suddenly I got a front-to-back one as well, where I can place instruments within the mix. Yes, I had to get in touch with Bob to confirm the thread sizes for the Gaias, and he told me he had been trying them …

I don’t know how they work, but work they certainly do.

If you do decide to try them, you’ll need to ask AudioT for studs with thread size / pitch 12 X 1.75, since the calculator on IsoAcoustics website is incorrect, assuming the threads on your XL10s are the same as on my MF9s.

Give the ever helpful Bob Surgeoner at Neat a bell, maybe?