SOUND QUALITY BY DESIGN, ISOACOUSTICS
One of the unsuspecting heroes of good sound is often not a speaker or an amplifier, but actually a humble speaker stand.
The question asked by many punters at an audio show recently and in photos on social media was just what brand the stands were, and where to buy them? The good news is they're now available.
IsoAcoustics, which has been supplying its patented designs to the Professional Audio and Consumer markets since 2012, has in five short years amassed an impressive number of industry awards and accolades for its ability to deliver dramatically improved sonic performance and exceptional build quality. IsoAcoustics says they have grown rapidly and their products are now sold in over 60 countries.
The GAIA isolators are machined isolation feet, supplied in sets of four that incorporate IsoAcoustics’ patented design to provide a high degree of speaker isolation, while resisting lateral movement and oscillations, to maintain alignment with the listening position. Internal reflections from the hard supporting surface are attenuated resulting in greater sound clarity and openness. There are three models, GAIA 1, GAIA 2 and GAIA 3, designed to suit speakers weighing up to 100kg per speaker. Prices range from $299.50 for a set of 4.
The Aperta Series is a range of stands that allow for the full three-dimensional soundstage in your music, as seen supporting the marvellous JBL 4367 speakers at last year's show. The addition of Aperta stands to virtually any loudspeaker eliminates reflections from being conducted back into the structure that creates bass smear and results in a lack of clarity and openness.
Sculpted from aluminium frames, the Aperta creates a parallelogram structure with isolators in the top and bottom sections to provide a high level of separation of sound. To adjust performance and response of the stands, they are tuned by managing the shape, thickness and durometer of the isolators.
There's also built-in tilt adjustment that can be dialled-in 6.5 degrees upward and downwards to optimise your speaker placement and focus. The results are immediately obvious.
IsoAcoustics is available now. Click here for more information.
Marc Rushton
StereoNET’s Founder and Publisher was born in England and raised on British Hi-Fi before moving to Australia. He developed an early love of music and playing bass guitar before discovering the studio and the other side of the mixing desk. After writing for print magazines, Marc saw the future in digital publishing and founded the first version of StereoNET in 1999.
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