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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.
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theaudiotweak
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Where is the photo of the 10 penny nail or spike used  in comparison with the high price spread?  Tom

tsushima1
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 I am referring to the RRP value relative to the materials and construction .

 You seem to be struggling with the basic concept that an accurate image intrinsically cannot represent a bias. 

theaudiotweak
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What's your reference of a spike and did you need to take out a loan to pay for said spike?  Tom

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millercarbon
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astolfor- It is interesting your measurements show Iso Acoustics don’t even measure as well as Nobsound, as your results there mirror what people actually hear. Rapid decay is mainly what these things are all about, and so it is odd to see the older Credo design measure better, even if only slightly, than the newer Townshend.

Townshend has been making the Podium quite a long time, with the current version having come quite a ways since early days. The only Credo version I know was copied from one of those older/earlier Podiums. There’s a Credo video that pretends to show results similar to yours, and it is a quite good video, you have to watch real close to see how they deceptively manipulated to make it look that way.

All of which makes me wonder, exactly what Credo and Podium were compared? What was the speaker, how much did it weigh, and what pods were in the Podiums?

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astolfor
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I used Tannoy Kensington for speakers, I bought the podium you recommended. I told John David Hannant what speakers I had and I bought what he recommended. 

The Credo, I bought with the EV Reference One a while ago, and I got the bases  shipped to the USA while I was waiting for my new turntable and Pathos I was supposed to get a month ago. 

I gave up waiting last Saturday and came home to spend Christmas and New Years with my friends and family.

I would not draw too much of a conclusion between the  Credo and Podiums, for the numbers to be mathematically  relevant to a 1/100th I would need another 500 or so measurements. 

As far as it goes, the Podiums do an incredible job in improving decay, overall distortion, timing and group decay. 

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