Thank You and Au Revoir

Posted by: Alex S. on 13 June 2001

2 free trials ago I joined and now my time is almost up.

Since arrival I have changed 2 Hi-caps for a Supercap (for 82) with great effect and put Mana Sound Bases under the N805s, also to good effect but the CDX sounds a bit top end harsh - is this Mana or the CDX? I am keeping the 250s but may change to 135s.

I wish to post a few thankyous:

1. Biggest thanks goes to Mike Hanson for curing my insomnia.

2. Vuk has to be next because he is Vuk and without his grip on Mana, Photography and young girls of a certain age and cleavage we would surely be lost.

3. Thanks to Martin Payne for providing what might be the best piece of advice I received - instead of trading CDPS for XPS, what about trading CDX for CDS-II.

4. Andrew Randle made the best joke at my expense.

5. bam rekindled my Hampster.

6. Mr Pig told no porkies about Mana, and gave a few dealers a good thrashing to boot.

7. Ron the mon said something sensible from pondside. . .

8. Chris Bell didn't but kept the wheels of the Mana debate nicely oiled and drew Vuk back even though he had never been away.

9. Thanks to Peter Chappell for his Supercap resumé.

10. Thanks also to Tony Lonorgan, Stallion, Rockingdoc, Dev B, Sproggle, Jonathan Ribee, Frank Abela, Ken c and Arye_Gur for all combining wit with information - in Arye's case perhaps half-wit. And thanks to many others otherwise unmentioned.

11. Rico and James Jong - you were always in there when needed (and when not).

12. Mick Parry - I aspire to an invitation one day to the Hutter-Mana-Whiskey-Impecccable Taste ensemble.

13. 13 hmm, I must thank Paul Stephenson for the observation that the best sound will be achieved by placing each piece of my equipment atop an otherwise empty 3 tier Fraim (or was it 4 tears) - nice.

14. Finally I thank pd cornelius for the Black Madonna - haunting me right proper as I pen this last post.

Maybe.

Posted on: 13 June 2001 by Mike Hanson
quote:
2 free trials ago I joined and now my time is almost up.

What trials? Are you an AOL teaser? wink Why not get on the net fulltime? Or do you mean trials of something else?

Anyway, I'm sorry to see you go. I hope you come back soon!

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

Posted on: 13 June 2001 by Dev B
but b4 u go please tell me where can i get a piano black finish sprayed on my spare speakers (assuming I remove the drive units etc)

dev b (on the wheels of steel)

Posted on: 13 June 2001 by Dev B
Harsh top end on your CDX sir? I reckon it could be:

a) Proximity of the CDSPS/SCap to the CDX or 82 head units. i.e not far away enough.

b) The Mana stand under the CDX. Wood or not such a hard interface is best under naim cd players.

c) Interconnects not coiled or directionally wrong

d) CD Clamp or platter not clean

e) Lingo plugged into system and not using CONN/Whatever (correct tt earthing)

f) all of the above