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Posted by: Mike Cole on 03 April 2001

I went to the following site after someone on the forum posted a link to a site thjat provided a link to this site. I saw a very cheap tweak that I had to try since it really was cheap. Follow the link to see what it is. I tried it and it worked. I had my Nait3 on a 3 layer ballnutter thingamajig and it was OK. I added the "supports" and got everything that was claimed for the tweak. If anyone else tries it, please post.

http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/sblocks1e.html

Mike

Posted on: 03 April 2001 by Greg Beatty

Mike -

Have you tried glass in place of the top piece of MDF? If so, does this give similar benefits to the foot corn blocks (the most attractive name I could come up with)? A friend of mine has a Nait 3 and CD3.5 that he has been wrestling with. He is using glass now in conjunction with stone slabs. His system presents a mix of flat and round earth virtues set up this way.

- GregB

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Posted on: 04 April 2001 by Mike Cole

Greg,

I have tried a glass/blutak sandwich before. It made the sound leaner and brighter. I ended up taking it out after about a week. After a couple of days of listening, I think this tweak will stay put, it opens up the sound almost the way mana did with my LP12. I may try my CD3.5 next to see if it is affected the same way.

Mike

Posted on: 04 April 2001 by Matthew T

Better used or new?

Matthew

Posted on: 05 April 2001 by Greg Beatty

Mike -

I was wondering if you tried glass as the top shelf of your DIY support, so that the player sits on the glass rather than MDF. The glass/blutak thing went on top of the player, yes?

- GregB

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Posted on: 05 April 2001 by Rockingdoc

I have made their Flexi equiptment stand and most of the DIY cables shown on the site.
Perfectly happy with the results (but all used in my secondary system)

Posted on: 06 April 2001 by Mike Cole

quote:
I was wondering if you tried glass as the top shelf of your DIY support, so that the player sits on the glass rather than MDF. The glass/blutak thing went on top of the player, yes?

I was planning on doing that originally, but the cost of a 4ft by 2ft sheet of glass with 6 holes drilled into it was about $400 - that is not quite a DIY type of price :-) I have tried the glass/blutak on top, on bottom and on bottom supported by spikes. The best sounding solution so far has been to put the player on 3 cones (points up) supported by the 3 layer ball/nutter thingamajig. I will try the cornblocks next and if that does not work I will (at some point) invest in another Mana wall shelf. After the few days that I have had the cornblocks under the Nait, I still like it quite a bit. (of course my wife just rolled her eyes again)

Posted on: 06 April 2001 by Greg Beatty

quote:

I was planning on doing that originally, but the cost of a 4ft by 2ft sheet of glass with 6 holes drilled into it was about $400 - that is not quite a DIY type of price

I had 6 mm glass cut into roughly 20" x 17" (or therabouts - measure first so that it fits all your components) for $13 per piece. I later found a place that would provide 10 mm for $15 a piece. Call a few local glass shops and see what they will do for you.

- GregB

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Posted on: 07 April 2001 by Richard F

I currently use two TNT style mains cables on my system. THe first was conneted to my Meridian 506.20 which resulted in a lighter, clearer sound. Treble came across as thinner or do I mean more delicate? Not sure but I still like it.
I also made a lead for my then 140. Can't really recall the effects on that as I now have a 250 and continue to use the lead. Maybe sometime I should go back to the orginal leads provided to hear what happens.
I do feel it becomes a case of what you are used to after a while. I've listened to other systems, but they always seem to come across as clouded compared to mine, I know it isn't the system it's my mind!