I have just put up on eBay a FA: Mana Acoustics 2-Tier Amp rack for
£50 (retails for £470). No reserve. No longer needed it is
nonetheless a lovely little table that yields benefits for highly (and
not so highly!) microphonic devices that are placed upon it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=5736562900

Email me if you have any queries

www\.mana.co.uk has more information and US people interested in Mana
can have a look at http://www.flatearthaudio.com/
Start bids at just £50. Thanks for looking

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I have just put up on eBay a FA: Mana Acoustics 2-Tier Amp rack for
£50 (retails for £470). No reserve. No longer needed it is
nonetheless a lovely little table that yields benefits for highly (and
not so highly!) microphonic devices that are placed upon it.

Cough. I just looked up the price of the Sound Stage, of which I can
count about 18 in your picture.

Do you really find such an extreme stack makes a difference over, say, a
large stone block if you really need the height?

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Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:32:39 +0000, Mark Tranchant
wrote:

Do you really find such an extreme stack makes a difference over, say, a
large stone block if you really need the height?

Mana equipment is I believe used in several professional recording
studios (and to the best of my knowledge, like anyone else they have
to buy it), so the normal "it's snake oil" comments do have at least
a degree of potential rebuttal in this instance.

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Anthony Edwards

Anthony Edwards wrote:
On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:32:39 +0000, Mark Tranchant
wrote:

Do you really find such an extreme stack makes a difference over, say, a
large stone block if you really need the height?

Mana equipment is I believe used in several professional recording
studios (and to the best of my knowledge, like anyone else they have
to buy it), so the normal "it's snake oil" comments do have at least
a degree of potential rebuttal in this instance.

I don't have a problem with sturdy supports, nor with the price of Mana
stands, which appear to be well designed and engineered, and look very
nice. Personally I wouldn't buy them: my equipment, room, situation and
available budget don't make me their target customer, but I can see why
people might buy them.

My question was to the OP: his eBay auction page shows a photo of
equipment on two towers of Mana Sound Stages (effectively very short
tables), and I was curious why he had (presumably) expended such a large
amount of money on an unusual support strategy.

Of course, it's none of my business how he chooses to spend his money: I
was just intrigued to see such an odd setup. I am not hurling snake oil
accusations.

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Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

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Anthony Edwards wrote:
Mana equipment is I believe used in several professional recording
studios (and to the best of my knowledge, like anyone else they have
to buy it), so the normal "it's snake oil" comments do have at least
a degree of potential rebuttal in this instance.

Professional installations tend to have the equipment solidly 'bolted
down' for reasons nothing to do with audio. If Mana offers a cost
effective good looking way of doing this then this will be why they use
them. Of course, some facilities might want to appeal to those who believe
in snake oil. And where there's a demand...

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