"...when I got home I popped the rollerblocks under my Linn Genki CD player. Based on my positive experience using them under my VTL, I expected them to work fine, but not to the extreme they actually did. Same kinds of improvement as with the amp -- much better bass control, less rasp on violins, better dynamics -- but even more so. Stuff just jumped out of the system. Congested CDs got sorted right out. Much easier to hear low level information and soundstaging cues, echoes of cymbals, rhythm instruments in the corners ... really quite shocking for a couple of balls in cups, and has me questioning reality." - A.M., Maryland

"I am really astounded at the incremental improvements to my system as I add Symposium products. I switched the 'regular' Rollerblocks under my SACD player for the recently received new set of RBs with Superballs and put the regular RBs under my tube preamp which previously had Precision Couplers--both have a Svelte Plus platform . "Doing somewhat extensive A/B testing with some friends (and going a little nuts installing and removing inverted RBs), it was noticed that the last round of changes noted above yielded better definition in the attack of instruments and once again acoustic piano sounds quite 'real.' Also the 'stirring the soup' brushwork and decay of cymbals on drum kits sounds incredible--as far as upright bass the improvement took my breath away. (As a musician, I am very familiar with the actual sound of instruments especially acoustic.) "We started thinking that before people go out and buy new components in an attempt to create audio Nirvana, if they already have good gear, perhaps they should attempt the Symposium route--but I think that's a hard sell. Thanks for your research." - R.G., Connecticut

"I would put it like this. Generally, as a case of habit, if anyone brings CD's with them, we listen to them first while things are warming up just to get them out of the way, then get on to the serious listening with JRiver or Roon. Saturday, with the Marantz on the Ultra platform and HDSE, the sound was exceptional, for sure. But when we inserted the 2+ into the system, it was game over. There was no way we were switching away from the CD player to do any kind of listening. In fact, guys were going out to their cars and getting CD's they wanted to listen to. That was a first. And seriously, it got better even 4 hours later, after they left and I continued to listen. One of my buddies took the box that the 2+ came in home with him and told me not to even think about sending them back."

"The Rollerblocks 2+ arrived on Friday. 'Yeah, they're pretty good' as he said in his patently understated way. No Peter, I'm just kidding. They sound GREAT!! The HDSE may be at the sweet spot in the Rollerblock line-up, but your customers shouldn't get it twisted; the 2+ are spectacular and provide a much bigger improvement. That was not a subtle change at all. I had 3 of my audiophile friends over to do some listening on Saturday. I hadn't planned on listening to the 2+ then and they were still in the box sitting besides the sofa. I said for the heck of it, 'if you fellas like the HDSE, wait until we plug the 2+ in the system'. Personally, I wasn't ready for the level of improvement we heard. "I would put it like this. Generally, as a case of habit, if anyone brings CD's with them, we listen to them first while things are warming up just to get them out of the way, then get on to the serious listening with JRiver or Roon. Saturday, with the Marantz on the Ultra platform and HDSE, the sound was exceptional, for sure. But when we inserted the 2+ into the system, it was game over. There was no way we were switching away from the CD player to do any kind of listening. In fact, guys were going out to their cars and getting CD's they wanted to listen to. That was a first. And seriously, it got better even 4 hours later, after they left and I continued to listen. One of my buddies took the box that the 2+ came in home with him and told me not to even think about sending them back." - M.W., Illinois