Isoacoustics Gaia Isolation pods

[Axel]

I met @BrianT in London last Monday and picked up the Gaia lls that he very kindly bought over from Canada for me. I fitted them this morning, which was a very easy task, just tipping first the back up and fitting the rear feet, then doing the same for the front. Brian also got me some longer studs for the front feet, so that the backward lean on the Olympicas was retained. I’ve set them up roughly and will let them settle for a few days before I attempt to level them.
The attached pictures speak for themselves really. The tool pictured is from my guitar setup toolkit. It’s designed to tighten potentiometer nuts without having to take the knobs off, tightening output jack nuts etc. It’s just about big enough to tighten the lock nuts on the Gaia threads without messing up the knurling on the nuts and is much easier than using padded needle nose pliers as recommended on the Isoacoustics site. They are available on eBay for not much money.
When everything is settled and levelled, I’ll post my listening impressions.
Thanks again to @BrianT for his generous gesture, which saved me quite a lot of money, and it was nice to go up to town to meet him and have a chat over a couple of beers.
As you can see, the Gaia lls are 2" wide at the top and 1.75" tall.
The discs under the original spikes are Herbie’s Gliders. They made moving the speakers easy, as the name suggests, but they didn’t isolate any vibrations from speaker to floor as I could feel the floor shaking when I turned the wick up with a bass heavy track.