Comments on: IsoAcoustics’ Aperta Sub XL Isolator Will Firm Up Your Bottom End: High-End Munich 2023

By: Ian White

Ian White — Wed, 17 May 2023 11:07:24 +0000

Lonny,

I will say this about their products (I own 5 of them). The speaker stands make a very large difference in terms of the isolation from the rest of the room, but they also thin out the sound somewhat on some loudspeakers. I’ve tried the Aperta stands on 5 bookshelf speakers (under $1,000) and whilst the overall clarity improves, the bass loses some of its impact and it almost felt like I had changed the amplifier.

I’ve never been a proponent of 90% of the accessories pushed by brands (you left out the Armor All and green markers) and agree that there is a lot of BS being spewed.

Best,

Ian White

By: Ian Jackson

Ian Jackson — Wed, 17 May 2023 09:17:48 +0000

I use four washing machine pucks under my SVS PB1000. Does the job for almost no outlay.

By: LONNY JENNINGS

LONNY JENNINGS — Wed, 17 May 2023 02:23:47 +0000

I assume there’s double blind testing to back up all the claims of these magic devices? How about you spend the money instead and buy a competent subwoofer whose cabinet doesn’t vibrate?
Speaking of magic, they’re directional? How, pray tell, does that work? I’ve been in this game for fifty years. I’ve seen it all; bricks on transformers, Tice (Radio Shack) clock on the same AC feed, isolators on speaker cables, burning in wires, and it never ceases to amaze me how this kind of BS gets people to part with their money.
As always, I don’t know where the lunacy resides more, the purveyors of this crap or the idiots who buy it.
Show me the testing proof and/or the physics.