I’m thinking of trying some IsoAcoustic Equipment Isolators and I was wondering if any of you guys had tried them.
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IsoAcoustic Orea series footers, has anybody tried them?
I’m thinking of trying some IsoAcoustic Equipment Isolators and I was wondering if any of you guys had tried them.
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I tried a similar sounding product. Made very little difference.
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Directional footers eh?Sweet but you’ve got them upside down
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Oh, sorry, I thought you said Oreo.
I have read elsewhere that they are quite effective, but I have not personally tried them myself.
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Hi Clive,
Had a set of IsoAcoustic stands under my Edifier Studio monitors, currently have a set of their Orea Graphite footers under my Rega P10 turntable.
A noticeable improvement, wouldn't be without them.
Putting my money where my mouth is, I'll be picking up a set of the IsoAcoustic Gaia screw in footers to replace my speaker outrigger feet soon as well.
Coming from the Pro Audio world (them not me!) and having benefited from two of their products: I can say 100% IsoAcoustic stuff WORKS.
Stillpoints may be better...who knows, but these aren't Stillpoint prices.
They give an appreciable and worthwhile improvement, tremendous bang for buck in a world of "me too" snake oil tweaks.
Get some mate, its a safe bet.
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Steve Vai and Derek Trucks use the Stage 1 footers and Stage 1 board in their live rigs - it helps with them hearing their amps without stage colourations muddling the sound up.
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Not quite the same, but I use Isoacoustics ZaZen I under my Auralic gear:
As far as I can tell, makes feck all difference. Looks nice though.
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That may be because your Auralic kit already has special spring loaded acoustic footers. Just saying.Not quite the same, but I use Isoacoustics ZaZen I under my Auralic gear:
As far as I can tell, makes feck all difference. Looks nice though.
SOURCE:OPPO UDP-205 BluRay, SkyQ, Technics SL1210M5G/HexMat Eclipse/MN Bearing/Origin Live Gravity One puck/Isonoes with Boots/Jelco TK-850S Tonearm/Hana Umami Blue, PS Audio Stellar Phonostage. I also have an AT-OC9XSH as a spare cartridge.
AMPLIFIER: Bryston BR-20 Pre/DAC/Streamer & Bryston 4B3 Power Amplifier
SPEAKERS: Spendor D7 on Iso-Acoustics Gaia III’s
HEADPHONES: OPPO PM-1 with Atlas Zeno cable, B&W Pi7 S2 and B&W C5 v2.
CABLES: Analogue: Speaker Atlas Mavros Grun. Interconnect - Atlas Mavros XLR x3, MCRU Silver Tonearm cable
Digital:Audioquest Carbon Ethernet x 4, Audioquest Carbon digital, English Electric 8Switch, Chord Optichord, Atlas Optical.
Mains: PS Audio Perfectwave AC-05 x 5, Isol-8 Powerline Extreme with Quantum Science yellow fuse on input cable, Sounds Fantastic 6way Mains Blocks.
STORAGE: Synology DS216J NAS with 2 x 3Tb WD Red hard-drives. Samsung 500Gb SSD.
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