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SRA VR vs. Ohio

I'm on the verge of investing in some vibration isolation platforms for my system. I use one digital box, a two chasis tube pre, mono SS amps, and speakers that have an outboard bass control so I would need 6 pieces in total. That would be some serious $$ if I went with all Ohio Base plus. I'm sure there are plenty out there who own the VR series and the Ohio Plus, so my question is, what differences do you notice between the two, and what components do you use with which?

I'm thinking about starting with all 6 VRs initially then trade up to a Ohios one at a time, starting with the mono amps, in a year or two but welcome any comments or suggestions.

Thanks.
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teck5
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I have 2 Ohio Class XL+ for my monoblocks...I have a granite floor and thought that it was free from vibration..boy was I wrong...

Once they were installed, the sound just tightened up (bass was no longer loose and the rest began to focus better)...Sure there is residual boomyness in my set up, but this is due to the fact that my room is untreated.

If anything, go for the amps first, this way you can figure if you want to do the rest..

As Slowhand says, these units are built specific to your amps or other components..

I have not tried other isolation bases...but using HRS Nimbus (muddied the sound), ceramic cones kinda thin out the sound and Cardas blocks dont do anything much...

In fact, after putting these XL+ in, it showed up the weakness in my source...sound was not so alive as compared to before...

Hope this helps....
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