A magnetic resonance apparatus disposed in an installation space has a first component group, which contain at least a basic field magnet system and a gradient coil system, a second component group, which contains an examination volume for receiving an object under investigation and which has at least one supporting device for bringing the object under investigation supported thereon into the examination volume, and sound insulation arranged between the first and second component groups so that the installation space is divided into two spaces which are sound-insulated from each other, a first of the spaces containing the first component group and a second of the spaces containing the second component group.