Various Bearing Isolation Devices

Recently acquired MIB Aurios for my CDP and DAC. I was truly amazed at the immediate difference. Bass was much much tighter and the treble smoother and seemless with more bloom. Music became so effortless and made me feel more at ease too. Depth also improves. Unfortunately, I have no other isolation devices with which to compare these. I definitely hope to "float" all my other components. Pricey, though, at nearly $300 a component! MIBs require meticulous levelling to realize their isolation benefits. One hassle with these is when using a chunky custom power cord on the same component - this tends to "brake" the easy to-and-fro movement that is so critical to the bearings. Interested to know if others have had similar problems (ie using either the Symposiums or MIBs together with a "fat" powercord) and how they have solved this?

Marlec, congrats on your discovery, rollerblocks do not have to have perfectly level surface, but both Aurios MIB and Symposium Rollerblocks to freely float CDP, must have cable weight/forces nuetralized so as not to impede CDP. Short ICs are usually no problem, but heavy AC cords must get special attention......Tape/strap loosely to your equipment rack (careful not to pinch cord) so AC cord weight is nuetralized and does not impede free float of CDP.....this is what I did with my PowerSnake AC cord..... yes it is very expensive to float multiple components, but the vast majority of improvement comes from CDP isolation, regards Sam

Megasam - many thanks for your interest and thoughtful response. In the process of attaching the King Cobra V2 PC (this is the most obese 'reptile' I know) to my CDP (while perched on the MIB Aurios), the CDP almost got "catapulted" off the equipment rack as the PC has so little bending ability. The compromise with which I presently remain, is that of the CDP sitting rather obliquely on its shelf (atop the 'cookies') as there is no other arrangement possible to obtain the desired vibration isolation set up (while using the PC, too). I'm afraid to bend the PC anymore for fear of damaging it. I count my lucky stars that I'm still single; these tweaks are so ugly and time-consuming, no self-respecting spouse would tolerate the "spagghetti" and the rest of the "junk" on my rack! Of course, I enjoy it - why would I tolerate the mess?

Marlec, KC2 is a fat heavy snake! You will have to be creative and maybe move CDP to lower shelf and use hanging support straps, or create some support arms that extend from rack......experiment and be creative, results are worthwile, BTW sounds like you have great system.......regards Sam

As posted in mid July, I have been enjoying my Aurious under my SACD and Bel Canto Evo. Sold my Rosinante Dark Matter Shelves. I have a less obese Powersnake (Black Mamba) connected to the SACD. I first leveled the granite plate base sitting on top of the wood shelve in my cabinet, placed the SACD on the MIBs and check/readjusted the level. I then reconnected the Nirvana interconnect (stiff), tied a string loop around the ic and then connected the string loop to a thumb tack. I then counter balanced the force the ic imparts by enlarging/shorten the string loop length and angling the loop (the ic pushes the SACD out, the string loop pulls on the ic). Once the MIBs are recentered I locked the string loop in place with the thumb tack (there will be a few thumb tack holes in the wall from trail and error). I connected the mamba and repeated the same procedure performed for the ic until the MIBs are recentered. I also had to reposition the Black Mamba so the it can come straight out of the SACD. All time spent was well worth it.