Mana, Base, what to do?

FWIW, you may be delighted with Quadraspire, its aesthetics and curvy lines. You might desire Hutter, and it may do 'the thing' for you. Mana might be best for you, who knows. All I can say is that I am delighted with Mana, it has lived up to all of the praise and hype, and it made me realise just how good my relatively humble setup could sound.

I only hope that you choice can do the same for your system.

John

Sorry, the best would be to listen to two-three of the well known racks (M., H., B., Q.) and decide for yourself. Suppose I said Mana is the best, why should you believe me ? go and have a try.

Omer.

BTW, If you read through the Impartiality thread, you'd see there's no such problem, the initiator withdrew his question as it was so clear. There're no grand schemes involved, just personal opinions of mostly music lovers.

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Any advice would be greatly appreicated.

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Jeb, IMO the best possible advise is to listen to as much racks as possible and come to your own conclusions/opinions.

There are raving and crushing opinions on just about any product you can think of...

Richard.

The dealers who stock NAP500 (which I use) almost all use Base or Townshend.

Its very difficult to hear alternative racks, especially as you move up the Naim Hierarchy (in which case the dealer may not wish to move 20 or 30K worth of Kit around a number of < GBP1000 racks just to keep you happy.

If you get a chance, try and get a listen to Naim on Base (which works well). The heaviest kit should be at the bottom, with anything with Toroids kept away from the source kit as much as possible.

Notwithstanding the above, you should read the posts of Vuk and others about Mana, Quadraspire and the rest.

Cliff
Trainee Perl Hacker

Although the difference when using a CD5/NAIT5 should be as noticable as a 30k system.

The difficulty is finding a dealer that stocks two or more of your shortlisted stands. Anyone know where I could audition Mana and Hutter at the same venue?

Andrew

Andrew Randle
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[This message was edited by Andrew Randle on MONDAY 20 November 2000 at 17:15.]

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Anyone know where I could audition Mana and Hutter at the same venue?

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You're in London, so is Mana. Give them a call, perhaps you might be able to visit them.

Although I doubt they would offer a comparison with Hutter kit. Its a little bit early days for me - the plan is to start looking in earnest during Feb/March 2001.

Andrew

Andrew Randle
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Those first impressions are very, very favourable.
I will report fully when the boxes come back from Naim & things have settled. Watch this space....

Bob.