Well after a couple hours of expermentation, substantially squelched the hardness of the aurios by placing them on vibrapod pods. those in turn sit on the adona platform. the aurios interfaces with the bottom of the power stage. every change made a difference. interested to see what the hrs nimbus stuff will sound like. get it in a couple days. thanks for chiming in on this.Yes, from what I remember of using the Aurios under different eq is they were harder and brighter sounding. I did try some Herbies tender feet on top of them at one point and it did alleviate the brightness. It seemed to be the best of both worlds. I don't have a set of Symposium Rollerblocks so I don't know how they compare with mine. I use maple hardwood in mine.
Best,
Bill hart