@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?
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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@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 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.
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Anything under 35Hz is amplified by the room mode and I took care of it by adding a sub and put it in phase canceling (I do not know if this a good English term but the idea is to have the subs cancel/diminish the room modes) as much as possible. I hope you can see the difference. Exact everything to a millimeter, same exact db. Granted that this measured sound, I do not add what I listen because it is subjective.
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This is the result of adding the Podiums to the speakers, the Nobsound to the subs, getting the room modes as mitigated as possible. I had to get the crossover a little lower and increase the volume on the subs, which increased the energy in the room thus the decay has increased as well but still under/near-lower audible range. No room treatment at all so far.
Here is the SPL before and after. I still need to tame a little the 200Hz+ by selecting different tubes, and adding a little more energy below 200Hz. Although I do not like to add my opinion, but it is my room, system and ears I am pretty impressed with I was able to achieve; especially if I consider that the house is made of wood sticks, plaster walls, suspended wood floors and vaulted wood ceilings. In other words a magnificent resonator :)
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