IsoAcoustics Posts Its Strongest OEM Year Yet, Boasting Major Partnerships and Advancements

Todd Anderson · 2026-08-22T08:47:45-0500

(August 22, 2026) I first encountered IsoAcoustics nearly 11 years ago at AXPONA 2015, and the demo left me completely mystified in the best possible way. The company had an A/B comparison running between speakers with its Aperta isolation stands and those without, and the difference wasn’t one of those polite audio show moments where you think, “I might hear something, but maybe I’m being told to hear something.” Nope, it was obvious. The stereo image without isolation sounded comparatively loose, almost like spaghetti thrown across the front of the room. With IsoAcoustics in play, that image snapped into cleaner lines with better focus, stronger definition, and a more organized sense of space.

Since then, I’ve played with IsoAcoustics products in my own home and heard them during other in-person demonstrations, and I’ve repeatedly walked away convinced that the effect is profound. IsoAcoustics focuses on managing the mechanical connection between a speaker or component and the surface beneath it, helping reduce vibration and resonance that can blur clarity, detail, depth, and soundstage. In other words, the company is trying to keep energy from going places it shouldn’t.

It would appear I’m not alone in hearing value in the company's products. IsoAcoustics’ latest OEM division update points to its strongest year yet, with continued growth in brand partnerships and new collaborations involving JBL, Raidho, Marten, LUMIN, EMM Labs, and others. Most listeners know IsoAcoustics for its consumer and professional isolation creations, but its OEM work has become an increasingly important part of the business. Through that program, IsoAcoustics engineers custom solutions that can be integrated directly into another company’s loudspeaker, component, rack, or furniture design.

The numbers are notable. IsoAcoustics says it has completed approximately 155 OEM projects, up 13% from this time last year. Those projects now span more than 70 brand partners, a 28% year-over-year increase, with more than a dozen additional collaborations currently underway. That kind of growth suggests manufacturers aren’t just treating IsoAcoustics as an aftermarket tweak. In an increasing number of cases, they’re baking it into the product from the beginning.

JBL is one of the headline examples. To mark its 80th anniversary, the company collaborated with IsoAcoustics on custom JBL | IsoAcoustics isolation feet for its next-gen Summit Everest and Summit K2 loudspeakers. Those feet are a semi-recessed adaptation of the GAIA-TITAN Neo, the newest addition to IsoAcoustics’ GAIA Neo range designed for the industry’s largest and heaviest loudspeakers. JBL credits the integration with tighter bass performance, a more expansive soundstage, and imaging defined by greater clarity and spatial precision. And that description lines up closely with the kind of sonic shift IsoAcoustics has been demonstrating for years.

Marten is another major partner. Its new Dexter Series uses custom Marten Isolators developed with IsoAcoustics using GAIA Neo technology. The isolators are integrated as a permanent part of the loudspeaker design rather than treated as an add-on accessory, helping manage energy transfer between the speaker and supporting surface. For a brand like Marten, where cabinet design, driver quality, and sonic refinement are already core parts of the product identity, that kind of integration says a lot about where isolation sits in the overall performance equation.

Raidho has also expanded its use of IsoAcoustics technology, having shown one of the broadest integrations to date at High End Vienna 2026. The company is rolling out custom GAIA isolation solutions across multiple speaker series, including new TD Signature models, in which IsoAcoustics feet are included as part of the package. Additional Raidho models will also use or recommend IsoAcoustics as part of the speaker system.

The update also hints at more than loudspeaker integrations. EMM Labs is working with IsoAcoustics on purpose-designed isolation footers for its reference audio components, including the flagship PREi preamplifier, with availability expected across all EMM Labs products. LUMIN has integrated IsoAcoustics isolation into its X2 flagship network music player, streamer, and DAC. Oladra, the ultra-high-end digital audio source brand from Antipodes Audio, has integrated IsoAcoustics isolation into its Presence and Sentia music servers and streamers.

And, of course, there are other examples. Gershman Acoustics introduced the Symphoria at Toronto Audio Fest with IsoAcoustics isolation beneath the speaker, along with a Separate Sub Alignment System that floats the midrange and tweeter module on IsoAcoustics devices, isolating it from the bass enclosure. Kroma Atelier has made GAIA Neo a defining feature of its new Reference Line Maribel loudspeakers. Stable 33.33 has launched Immuable, a turntable with integrated, semi-recessed IsoAcoustics isolators. And Deep Lake Audio has even built IsoAcoustics isolation directly into a new line of audio racks and furniture.

Looking ahead, IsoAcoustics says the GAIA-TITAN Neo will soon be available for consumer purchase. The product currently sits at the top of the GAIA Neo range and is purpose-built for the largest and heaviest loudspeaker cabinets on the market. Following its OEM debut last year in Marten’s flagship Coltrane Supreme Extreme, JBL is currently the only other brand building with it. For now, GAIA-TITAN Neo remains exclusive to those OEM partners, but that changes with a full global rollout planned for later this year.

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