If you want to get the best of your transport, try this.

Series 2 Rollerblock System

I had used these three roller blocks under CEC TL0x for 5 years about 15 years ago and now I am using them under Jay's Audio CDT2 Mk2.

There are two different balls. If you can afford, the super ball is recommended for more effect.

With these roller blocks, transport give higher resolution and sharper focus.

I think it's effect is more than good digital cables.

But I recommend combination of roller blocks and good digital cable to get the best of your transport.

 

Best results in earthquake-prone areas?

 

It may not be.

But I did not experience earthquake around Seattle very often.

 

Do people jam out during earthquakes? I know I did through a few hurricanes.

 

I never had experienced severe earthquakes only up to 5.

It was fun.

But my friend who experienced 7 magnitude earthquake at Berkeley on 1989 got almost scared to death.

 

Yes but did it interrupt his music?

 

You are experiencing earthquakes on a daily basis in Seattle:
Latest Earthquakes

 

Not a big one that I can feel in Seattle.

I had experienced ones up to 5 in Berkeley, CA pretty often.

 

Is there a break-in period for this?

 

No it works right away.

 

Yeah, but the frequency and amplitude of vibration that these rollerballs can theoretically dissipate are likely well within the range of what you experience on a weekly if not daily basis.
On another topic, I'm not at all clear as to how a digital system can benefit from that kind of isolation, much less how the performance can be enhanced. A TT yes. A CD player though?

Also, if that's your setup in your profile picture, it looks like all your gear is smack dab in between your woofers....that's WAY more airborne vibration than any physical vibration those balls would help with. Not that it matters for digital gear, but anyways....

 

The OP already explained this. It provides higher resolution and sharper focus.

 

The OP claimed that, yes. I'm not sure that's actually true though, since there is no logical explanation for why that would be. A CD player is going to play the same thing the same way every time. I don't think you can 'tweak' a digital playback system like that.

 

Unless you try out, you never know it will work or not in your system.

If you can try out with money back guarantee, it is best.

 

I can easily buy into isolating blocks improving audio - if they decoupled
the speaker from the floor - however you could achieve the same exact
effect by flying the speakers - and for a whole lot less moola. And a solid
metal ballbearing sitting on top of a solid metal block - that is not going
to decouple anything from anything. It will however amplify the vibrations
because that's what metal does.

But the part that is ridiculous hyperbole - a isolation block improves
video? Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Vibration does not effect digital
video - it can't. It's entirely impossible unless a person has defective
equipment.

 

With all due respect, that argument is universal. If I told you my car drove faster and accelerated faster after I sacrificed a baby rhinoceros in the driveway, and that 'you don't know 'till you try it', we'd be on the same page .

 

Shhhhh... You're killing the entertainment.

 

I think this forum is a valuable resource for those seeking information. I obviously don't know everything (which is why I cone here all the time!), but in cases where I can make an informed contribution, I do feel some kind of responsibility to provide a reasonable counterpoint to spurious claims.

 

Hearing is believing in Audio.

There are some strange tweaks.

This one is some kind of isolation system for transport.

The important thing is that it makes clear differences in my system.

But I can not guarantee that it will work in your system or not.

You had better try out yourself to find out with money back guarantee.

 

I had used this block for more than 15 years with clear improvement.

I am just trying to provide my experience to other.

It is up to each member whether they will try this or not.

 

Audio is not magical and doesn't work differently in different environments.
I am not speaking to the acoustics of a room - which changes audio - but
speaking to the electronics - which doesn't change.

This 'device' is based a real principle - vibrations from coupling -
but it is not the right material to decouple audio vibrations - metal
amplifies the vibrations. In our studio we have isolation pads that
decouple the speakers from any of the surrounding walls & floors.

Bob Ludwig has isolation platforms that are isolated - they have a support system that
is drilled down 1/4 mile into bedrock. He hears the differences.

These do not do either of those actions. And if you hear a difference
I can only assume that it's confirmation bias on your part.

 

The problem is the pattern where many threads containing grandiose claims of SQ upgrades have been posted by you in regards to products which are very very unlikely to lead to anything but a lighter wallet ; bells, blocks, etc.

The upgrade in SQ is *far* more likely to be in your head (AKA placebo effect).

 

I think you are referring to copper bowl experiment that I had tried last year.

I had kept only three bowls out of 16 at some selected position.

But this one had been working for more than 15 years.

I got a recommendation for free try out when I was in Korea 15 years ago.

It worked right away and I paid for it.

This product is pretty popular in Korean audio community although it is made in USA,

 

It takes balls of steel to get sharper focus.