Symposium Ultra vs SRA

As a follow-up to my previous post, I checked the price of Symposium bases, and they range in price from $600 to $2,000. The SRA VR 3.0, which is custom made for the particular component it's supporting, runs $475 to $675. That's a considerable gap in price, one that I don't think is justified by the performance of the two products. In my experience, SRA products are without peer--even including the Symposium--and the VR bases are the company's biggest bang for the buck. And for $2,000, you can get the Ohio Class XL+ bases, which blow away anything I've heard.

FYI - for some reason, I got a very nice improvement switching the aluminum coupling blocks that come with the Ultra to Mytle wood blocks distributed by Ayre. I had my reservations, but at only $15 for three, it was worth the try. They came highly recommended by Audio Alternatives in Atlanta. I use the Ultras under my monoblocks, and Aurios Pro bearings under everthing else

I have an half sized Ultra for use under the CDT power supply. I'm going to try it with Nordost Pulsar Points.

Go to the shows and see what rooms you like are using. At the New York show this year, the two best rooms I found both used SRA with very differenct equipment. I bought a set for my EMM front end (transport and dac) and it really made a big difference. I was using Bright Star before and this was a big step up. I have never used Symposium.

I have both and personally prefer the symposium Ultra's as deep bass and extended highs and more dynamic in my system plus not as bulky so better looking IMO