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RE: Isoacoustics Gaia

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In Reply to: RE: Isoacoustics Gaia posted by cawson@onetel.com on October 02, 2024 at 04:04:18

I'm not expecting my speakers to sound like a better box for a start. There are details hidden away in my CD's that my speakers haven't yet brought to the fore (they only have about 100hrs on them).

While I am still adjusting final positioning, I had figured the Gaia would be an easy win. My bass drivers are 15" so there is bags of bass and its the punchy variety as opposed to flabby variety. The purpose of the Gaia's would be to let the speakers breath better.

I'll be upgrading my amplification in a few months so I think I'll hold off on the Gaia's till I see what impact the change in amplification has.

For reference, I'm moving from Musical Fidelity M6 500i to the M8s Pre and M8s 700M's. I expect the difference to be quite stark!

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RE: Isoacoustics Gaia - cawson@onetel.com 10:05:42 10/03/24 (2)
I suspect Gaias will make a valuable improvement to your speakers' bass delivery. My own speakers have twin 12" drivers and the bass was clearer and more detailed after Gaia Is fitted.
Your new amps are impressive. Have you home demo'd them and other amps with your own speakers? I did this with 10 solid state amps 3 years ago and was surprised by the differences. Some didn't offer a good match for my speakers, but others did. The costliest were not the best sounding and neither was the best-measuring one. .

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- RE: Isoacoustics Gaia - mbrierley 10:44:34 10/06/24 (1)
  "Have you home demo'd them and other amps with your own speakers?"
  
  Ireland has a really small audiophile community and an even smaller number of good shops. I can count about 4 in the whole country and none loan equipment let alone have it in store to demo. Sad state of affairs.
  
  When the crash hit in '08, the main hi end shop in the country went from carrying plenty of $40-$50k components to carrying nothing but 2nd hands when things recovered. Same store has a strangle hold on the market being that it is the main distributor in the country for most brands...
  - RE: Isoacoustics Gaia - mbrierley 04:25:15 12/22/24 (0)
    So I bit the bullet and bought a set. Have to say, I am a little underwhelmed given they cost around the same as a step-up amp from say $500 to $1,400 that would provide a significantly greater reward for the money.
    
    Maybe I expected too much night and day. I have got a bigger horizontal sound stage, bass (in some recordings) has gone down a few octaves. Bizarrely, there are some minute details missing from "some" reference recordings that I really didn't expect. Mind, they have softened some "glare" on some recordings.
    
    What am I saying. Maybe careful what you wish for. The Gaia's delivered the basics of what I was looking to achieve while not delivering what I hoped for. For the cost involved, I had really expected them to deliver what I had hoped for.

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