I'm a bit late to the game with isolation having only tried Herbie's products. They used to work for me and after a few rounds of component changes, the magic just wasn't there. In fact, those footers were having a negative effect so I stopped completely with isolation and relied on my solid maple media stand and rack, allowing the mass of it to do the trick.
After reading about Isocacoustic's Oreas, I gave them a try and boy did they make a difference. With just my integrated, everything came into shaper focus. Then with my SACD player, the sounds now went out in all directions, kind of like the reverse of what and how a microphone picks up the sound. It wasn't quite holographic as the layering remained the same but the sounds that emanate from their sources are much more convincing.
Now being a convert, I tried what I had on my power conditioner and using just one Les Davis constrained layer damping pad at each end of my conditioner, as it stands on its side, was all that was needed to change what sounded like a tonal shift, more than anything else, for the better. Any added layer lowered the dominant tone and using none increased it. Kind of like finding the right key to play the music.
To a lessor extent, but still an extent, my cables are all elevated on 49¢ glass candle holders from Ikea. They were cheap enough to try and do the job.
No one's system needs any negative waves to ruin the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT9Lm4Y886k
All the best,
Nonoise
After reading about Isocacoustic's Oreas, I gave them a try and boy did they make a difference. With just my integrated, everything came into shaper focus. Then with my SACD player, the sounds now went out in all directions, kind of like the reverse of what and how a microphone picks up the sound. It wasn't quite holographic as the layering remained the same but the sounds that emanate from their sources are much more convincing.
Now being a convert, I tried what I had on my power conditioner and using just one Les Davis constrained layer damping pad at each end of my conditioner, as it stands on its side, was all that was needed to change what sounded like a tonal shift, more than anything else, for the better. Any added layer lowered the dominant tone and using none increased it. Kind of like finding the right key to play the music.
To a lessor extent, but still an extent, my cables are all elevated on 49¢ glass candle holders from Ikea. They were cheap enough to try and do the job.
No one's system needs any negative waves to ruin the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT9Lm4Y886k
All the best,
Nonoise