Isoacoustics Orea vs Townshend Seismic Pod on Components


I installed a set of Isoacoustics Gaia 2s on my speakers about a month ago and was extremely pleased with them. I'm now curious about the Oreas.

My components are currently placed on a good rack with Finite Elemente Cerabase footers at the bottom of the rack. I was wondering if individual isolators such as the Orea or Seismic Pod placed under components can further improve sound quality. I've read contradictory comments about the Orea. Some say they brought an appreciable difference when placed under components such as DAC or amplifiers. Some say they bring nothing to the sound, zero difference.

I would appreciate experiences on the Isoacoustics Orea or the Townshend Seismic Pod, or the comparison between the two products. The Oreas look better than the Pods to me although the latter may be costlier.
ryder

I am not the guy that did this butchery. You misunderstand my post it seems. I am a happy Townshend customer. I was simply telling the actual poster I think they look well made. Quite the opposite of his intention.  

He probably didn’t cut anything open, the guy doesn’t even have a stereo, speakers, or anything. Just a keyboard he uses to type "hate" a thousand different ways.

Takes lousy pictures too. The key to the whole thing is a tiny little vent hole drilled in the top. Can’t see it in his lousy photo, that shows the underside when it is the top that matters.

The key to the design is the black rubber bellows captures air, and there is a very small vent hole in the top. So bouncing the spring forces air through the hole. The whole thing is designed to work like shock absorbers on a car, that allow the wheels to move a small amount for a smooth ride over bumps but damp out larger amplitude so the car doesn’t roll around curves as much.

In practice then the Pod is a spring for micro-vibrations and damped for larger moves, resulting in it filtering by something like 16dB per octave above 4Hz.

In other words a precision engineered product, as borne out in practice by everyone who tries them.

Thanks for the added detail. Great design and just helps my system sound terrific. 

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