Review: Isoacoustics Stage One Board

Canadian company Isoacoustics have recently launched the Stage One board, designed to be used in conjunction with their ground-breaking Stage One isolators. The latter, sold in boxes of four, offer an isolation solution for speakers and amp/cabs that all but eliminates the vibrational variables from a performance environment by fully decoupling the speaker/amp cab from the performance stage. This all works fine, but there is a downside. The isolators have to be screwed into the baseplate of the individual speaker/amp cab, making it a costly exercise to fit a set to each and every unit.

Enter the Stage One isolation board. Made from ABS Thermoplastic polymer, it measures up at 25” x 10” x 0.8” (63.5cm x 25.4cm x 2cm) and can accommodate a speaker/amp cab up to 90kg in weight. Instead of the four isolation feet being fitted to the baseplate of a cab, they screw fit into the base of the board, providing an easily portable isolation platform.

Coming in at £39.99 for the board and £129.99 for the set of four isolators it might, on the face of it, seem like an expensive indulgence. But, with the advantage of unparalleled sonic consistency from venue to venue, it is undoubtedly money well spent for the busy touring musician.

Find out more: www.isoacoustics.com