1.2.x (Gear Isolation)
Code Name: Gear Isolation
From this release Snakeoil has foregone the ISO live-CD and moved to a shell installer instead. There are pros and cons of a LiveCD - OS is highly optimised, tweaked and tuned to sound great on the get go. There is a big downside though, the custom kernel is stripped of a lot of drivers, and will not work on some hardware configuration.
The ISO solution as it was designed simply cannot keep pace with the rapid pace. With just a single developer, there is just not enough resource to keep pace - Snakeoil cannot even keep pace with Ubuntu LTS.
Audio Benefits Of Gear Isolation
The theory behind Gear Isolation is to decouple the equipment from the room. The equipment can be pre-amplifier, power-amplifier, turn table, computer, even speakers. The best isolation device I have tried so far is carbon. Like the one pictured before.
Isolation can bring benefits to solid state equipment as well. I'm using carbon feet under all my solid state gear (amplifier, pre-amplifier and power CD-player) and do feel there is a sonic improvement - better clarity.