Is Mana Back?
- Thread starter lostintheozone
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I think that was a large part of the problem with Mana. You had to be absolutely 100% OCD and then some when setting them up. You probably had to be fairly OCD to consider buying them in the first place, however
I still think it's good stuff, but then I'm selling some.
bob atherton
pfm Member
So is the new Mana the same as the old Mana, or better or worse?
MVV
pfm Member
Here
Steven Toy
Accuphase newbie
If I am correct, you are selling because you have moved from standmounts to floorstanders.
sandeepmenon
Member
Brilliant Tones! Priceless....
John
Rack’em Up!
Looking at this photo, it looks like the front right spikes are significantly more imbedded in to the boards than the other spikes. Didn't Mana make stronger boards to handle the extra weight? I can't imagine that would be a good thing.
What that photo shows is nothing of the sort. It shows nice bokeh.
rontoolsie
pfm Member
The 200-plus pound DBL spikes made barely perceptible pits in the (?) laminate wooden boards beneath the spikes. I would imagine they would support two or even three times that much before they were driven into the wood.
BTW the Soundbase 3's did *everything* the Mana mystique promised on the DBLs...way deeper, tighter, more rhythmic etc. This was compared to placing the DBL screws on cross headed screws driven into the wooden underflooring.
BTW the Soundbase 3's did *everything* the Mana mystique promised on the DBLs...way deeper, tighter, more rhythmic etc. This was compared to placing the DBL screws on cross headed screws driven into the wooden underflooring.
Bradders
The Pork Chop Express
<Interlude #2>
This morning, while stretching the legs on my morning walk, the sun was starting to come up over the hill... and as the light caught the dew glistening on the fields, I noticed the cows, nestling on the meadows, grazing contently on the grass. Just at that moment a single partridge rustled the leaves of a nearby tree: it was making a nest for its young. I smiled as I took in Mother Nature's Majesty in all her finest and returned home for breakfast.
After breakfast I listened to Steely Dan/LP12/Mana Phase 25 and raised a glass to The Steely and, of course, to Mother Earth (as most of you know, I usually refer to Mother Nature by her Greek name "Gaia" when I am raising a solemn toast to her, but I have referred to her as Mother Nature, for our less spiritual readers).
This morning, while stretching the legs on my morning walk, the sun was starting to come up over the hill... and as the light caught the dew glistening on the fields, I noticed the cows, nestling on the meadows, grazing contently on the grass. Just at that moment a single partridge rustled the leaves of a nearby tree: it was making a nest for its young. I smiled as I took in Mother Nature's Majesty in all her finest and returned home for breakfast.
After breakfast I listened to Steely Dan/LP12/Mana Phase 25 and raised a glass to The Steely and, of course, to Mother Earth (as most of you know, I usually refer to Mother Nature by her Greek name "Gaia" when I am raising a solemn toast to her, but I have referred to her as Mother Nature, for our less spiritual readers).
Robert
Tapehead
dave
Plywood King
Extremists are the lifeblood of a forum. I mean, could you imagine only Johns or daves in these forums? Tony would be out of business in a month.
I'm ditching my Mana because it was custom-made for my previous stand-mount speakers, and will not fit my current floorstanders. Hope that's OK with you, but if it isn't I won't be losing sleep. Go figure?
Tony L
Administrator
I'm not convinced! Ok, overall traffic is increased, but the more extreme threads tend not to contain links to Amazon / eBay etc (so generate little if any ad revenue), they certainly generate no record sales, and if anything they frighten trade advertisers away as many are insulting towards certain businesses or product categories etc. I'm no fan really, though I guess I'd take it over tumbleweed blowing across static threads. Can be funny too!