CES 2016: Isoacoustics

amirm

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Interesting product. It isolates front to back movement of the speaker.



Anyone use them?



This is their new (?) adjustable model. It is special order though and not user adjustable.

 

DaveC

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Yes, Isoacoustics stands are amazing. I've also used them for subs and they are extremely effective in that application. The difference vs most other footers and the foam isolation products is usually extremely audible. I've tried a lot of stuff, but not $tillpoints.... I'm working on a footer that's very thin (vertically) using constrained layer damping principles as I have a pair of speakers I can't raise up much and I suspect the issue with IsoAcoustics is going to be the minimum height, which is somewhere around 4" depending on model. That's going to really limit the situation they can be used. For stand-mount speakers using IsoAcoustics between the stand and speaker can work really well, again if the space is available. If I was buying or building stands I'd make them shorter to accommodate the Iso stands. I'm actually testing IsoAcoustics stands for the speaker I'm working on and might have them build me a custom product to integrate into the speaker cabinet. It seems strange to me that speaker manufacturers don't sell more speakers with decent decoupling devices as part of the design as the improvements are not subtle.
 

Blizzard

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Yes, Isoacoustics stands are amazing. I've also used them for subs and they are extremely effective in that application. The difference vs most other footers and the foam isolation products is usually extremely audible. I've tried a lot of stuff, but not $tillpoints.... I'm working on a footer that's very thin (vertically) using constrained layer damping principles as I have a pair of speakers I can't raise up much and I suspect the issue with IsoAcoustics is going to be the minimum height, which is somewhere around 4" depending on model. That's going to really limit the situation they can be used. For stand-mount speakers using IsoAcoustics between the stand and speaker can work really well, again if the space is available. If I was buying or building stands I'd make them shorter to accommodate the Iso stands. I'm actually testing IsoAcoustics stands for the speaker I'm working on and might have them build me a custom product to integrate into the speaker cabinet. It seems strange to me that speaker manufacturers don't sell more speakers with decent decoupling devices as part of the design as the improvements are not subtle.


Does it use little shocks in each corner?
 

DaveC

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Does it use little shocks in each corner?

Yes, some kind of rubber grommet thing, with steel tubes in between the bottom and top platforms holding them together. The top platform has some very low-stiction "float" going on that does a great job decoupling speakers.

Some stands come with different length tubes so the height and tilt is adjustable as well.

I currently have two of the subwoofer stands per side under my speakers, which use 15" woofers. The before and after was pretty amazing, after trying these you'll never use speaker spikes again.
 

HedgeHog

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I have a set for my desktop computer speakers. Not sure if it decouples or do the magic their web vids demonstrate (it might). For me, it's just to elevate the speakers to ear level. Audiostream.com recommends them too. Decent pricing.

-H
 

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