Scored 3 isoacoustics isolation feat, now what?


I Scored some cheap snake oil from Mr Haney the other day. Got 3 Orea Bordeaux. First I tried them on my Quick Mill Anita espresso machine with no improvement in texture or taste. So I figured I would try them on one of my HiFi source components. Got them sitting under my tubed pre now and I think there might have been some bloom improvement. I could also try them under my DAC or Power Amp. What component has best potential yield? Mr Haney said he had them under a Pass Labs power amp.

 

 

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One more thing about the Oreas: I found the best results to run contrary to what the maker said (as well as MusicDirect). I ended up with them directly under the footers on my gear. 

All the advice from both were to experiment placing them directly on the underside (bottom) of the gear. Just moving them a quarter of an inch made a big difference with added this but subtracted that. It was more frustrating under my SACD player than my integrated. 

I literally spent hours experimenting and it was always a trade off (with the positives being really nice, sometimes even beguiling, but at too much a detriment to other aspects). So the moral of the story is to try them under the footers.

All the best,
Nonoise

Right now I have the Technics SU-G700M2 (which I recently acquired) and a Marantz SA-15S2b SACD player. I started out with a Marantz PM-15S2b integrated using the Oreas.

All the best,
Nonoise

I use the Oreas under my integrated and SACD player and will never take them out. They made a noticeable improvement. And like twoleftears said, heed the recommendations on the weight limits. 

To try them out, I ordered one set that just met the upper limits of the weight allowance and the next size up that easily accommodated them. The next size up worked the best, for me. It worked out to something in the 40-70% weight limit that did the trick.

All the best,
Nonoise