I also use the Townshend isolation under my speakers. The reduction in transfer of bass energy to the floor is night and day. The isolation allows for room shaking bass but stops the room from shaking.
F it, I decided to keep them. My speakers are pretty nice, might as well (grudgingly) go with the more luxury product to match.
Maybe not exactly snake oil. But you can probably do better with $100 and the McMaster-Carr catalog.
You mean something like this?
Yup. Or maybe try Grainger. In any event, vibration isolating feet are hardly a trendy new thing industrially.You mean something like this?
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A very disappointing review. Some $5 washing machine isolators would probably be as effective.Audioholic is usually better at calling Snake Oil but seriously
IsoAcoustics GAIA Isolators Review: Improving Your Loudspeakers Sound
IsoAcoustics GAIA Isolators proved there is real science behind the sonic benefits of decoupling and isolating your loudspeakers from the floor. I explore the results tested on Revel & RBH Sound speakers.
Most dealers just move boxes in the age of the internet and online shopping they have no place in the audio industry except to make everything more expensive!Such question often comes up in many many forums, not just audio related.
No, they are not overlooked. Rather, the pricing and profit margin limits what engineers could put into a pair of speakers. In other words, COST.
Raw materials and manufacturing process actually makes up a small fraction of the overall price of the speaker. Eg. for a pair of KE R3 speakers, the selling price is around USD2000. I won't be surprise if the manufacutring cost is just around $200. If you ask what happens to that $1800?? Easily 1/3-1/2 of it goes to the dealer, the rest will be like shipping, marketing, R&D cost. KEF also need to feed their staff, dividends for their investors etc....
A set of Gaia feets cost around USD200. Even if isoacoustics sell it to KEF for just $30, its still a significant portion of the manufacturing cost. And, its just speaker feet!!
If you wonder why delaers need such margins, speakers are not supermarket items or gadgets where they just fly off the shelves. Dealers will only push your product if the margins are worth while for them to do it. Else, they don't.
Btw, check out the crossover and internal wiring of the KEF R300. I think its not that difficult to estimate the cost of the components.
KEF R3 Speaker Review
Is the Klippel system able to measure individual drivers and port ?? If one driver can be separated from the rest, sure. With the port, that is not possible of course. If all people are doing is sticking a mic at the port and running the sweep, I can do that as well.
??? disappointing because you don't agree with him? Seriously??
How do we know what he hears is reality and not just a result of bias?Well, there's some standard-issue ASR hyperbolic language. But ok...
Did you review the associated thread where many complained about it, too? If it's not exactly snake oil, it's along the lines of "hi-end" cables that work just fine and measure okay, but are just ridiculously priced?Audioholic is usually better at calling Snake Oil but seriously
IsoAcoustics GAIA Isolators Review: Improving Your Loudspeakers Sound
IsoAcoustics GAIA Isolators proved there is real science behind the sonic benefits of decoupling and isolating your loudspeakers from the floor. I explore the results tested on Revel & RBH Sound speakers.
Seriously!!
What is the mechanism?
