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

@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

Our company rename with a new website design and upload this week.

Everything direct coupled even the Energy Room. More disclosure to follow over time.

Tom  

 

@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?

@astolfor , I leave the height and width alone unless I need to resize the image. As for using pixels, I don't know what you mean.

Before posting anything, you should click on preview to make sure you have the image before posting. If it doesn't show up when you do that, then it will not show up when you post.

You might try contacting Tammy and see if she can help.

All the best,
Nonoise

@nonoise Thanks! there was something wrong with my account in imgpile.

Here are some interesting

Look at the decay on Orea under my speakers and subs.

Subs at a slight different volume and crossover.

 

Sub with no isolation, speakers in Nobsounds, look at the difference in decay and stored energy.