Have you tried granite slabs under your speakers?

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Are these a cheap way of replicating the mana effect?

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No, but you may notice some benefits due to reducing the effect that a bouncy floor or a more compliant surface has upon your speakers. Some have noted that granite is highly sonically reflective so this may lead to problems also.

Mana bases work very well, and their custom stands work even better. I'm not aware of any way to reproduce the 'effect' using other materials, though the 'effect' itself may or may not appeal to you. Have you heard it for youself? Why not try the money-back guarantee on a pair of bases?

TC '..'
"Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a Muffin..."

Paul and I are in agreement. Damn, must be losing my touch here

Cheers,

TC '..'
"Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a Muffin..."

I havnt tried granite slabs under my speakers yet, but I have tried it under my kettle and the tea I made was so much sweeter!!

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I have a pair of marble slabs given to me by Stallion. Speaking to John Watson on the subject, granite or slate has a tendency to smooth out the music a bit making it sound a bit dull. Not recommended on carpet.

I'm sticking to Mana Sound Bases. The slabs are in the boot of the car and have proved useful when I've needed to change a wheel.

Regards,

Steve.

It's just a pleasure to hear music as it was intended to be heard.

Hi all...

Just wondering what difference the mana plinths are supposed to make on speakers... From what I gather from the posts, they are designed to reduce the amount of bass when the speakers are used on a raised floor?
I have a pair of Castle Howard S3's, NAC102 and a NAP180 and currently a Marantz CD6000 OSE... Fear not... this is due to be upgraded in the next few months to a CDX... My floor is also raised, and was wondering if this actually worked about (hopefully) reducing the amount of reverberation through the floor? And if Mana plinths arent supposed to do this, what are the granite slabs supposed to do?
Maybe this is a silly question... but you gotta learn some way right???

Thanks

Hi Mr Sukebe,
A couple of years ago I bought a pair of HNE granite plinths to sit underneath my Shahinian Compass speakers. These speakers are a little unusual with their upward facing drive units and venting of air out of the base of the speaker but I can confirm that an improvement was made. The most notable improvement was to tighten the base a little along with a clearer mid-range and more open treble. I suspect the improvements in mid- and treble were attributable to a reduction in bass boom.
As per earlier thread, I think these do work by reflecting sound back up from the plinth (I am told that granite is acousticaly neutral) but I sometimes find that at high volume it can sound as though there may be a bit of unwelcome reflection going on, although this could be my room acoustics which are a little bright.
As ever with hi-fi, try before you buy.
Rgds,
Tom