I have the Oreas and they made a big and appreciable difference. I use them under my SACD player and my integrated. They're not going anywhere.
All the best,
Nonoise
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.
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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@nonoise isn't amazing how our ears and equipment work?! is your integrated SS or tube? The first component I always isolate are the tubes, even a pair of mono amps do not react the same to the same isolation, and my house has all walls, ceilings, made of proper bricks and stone, and doors are think wood too. I even have tried to swap the right with the left and the "right" (maybe it is better said to what I like) isolation follows a specific amp. During the Christmas break I played with one of the rooms using REW to understand what we were listening, it is so fun to get some type of validation on what you are listening. I wish I could figure our why my pictures in Google appear as a broken link in my posts. Maybe you can help me with it? I click in the picture icon, paste the link i created in Google to the picture I created the link to share, enter the dimensions in the Height and width in pixels and nothing. |
@astolfor , I use the Oreas under my SS gear. No tubes in my system. Knowing I'd hear an improvement by footing the SACD player first (what with all the moving parts), I footed the integrated first, just to see how much benefits could be achieved. It was more than I thought. Better focus with darker backgrounds. Doing the SACD player next made the biggest improvement, in all areas. As for you pictures not posting, I found that you have to have a URL (web address) to grab it from. On the advice of another member, I went and signed up for ImgPile (which is free) and uploaded anything I wanted to post and continue to do so periodically. Then, I click on the image on that site with "copy image address" and paste it into the blank URL box of the image icon above. There are extra steps as you have to sign into ImgPile and open your account but it works each and every time in order to copy the image but I'm used to it now. Hope that helps. All the best, |
@nonoise I do the same thing and not love, but it works on other forums. Do you enter a height and with? Do you use pixels or what? |
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