Price Paid:  $125.00 from Mana

Summary:
Outstanding product, the single biggest upgrade I have made is installing Mana stands. The sound frame is a bargain & a good way of getting a taste of things to come. Contrary to rumour/myth Mana stands are very easy to set up, just time consuming. The sound frame should take about 5 - 10 minutes to set up correctly

Strengths:
Speed, detail, clarity

Weaknesses:
glass tends to slide around if knocked, collects dust

Similar Products Used:
SO, Townshend, QS

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
The enormous enthusiasm (verging on fanaticism) that Mana seems to inspire encouraged me to try this. I tried it under various pieces of equipment (turntable, CD player), and I heard no difference. They tell me that setting-up Mana stands is enormously finicky; I took great care to adjust all those spikes, but apparently it wasn't good enough. If it takes THAT much fiddling, I don't want to know! My advice to prospective Mana owners-to-be is try before you buy. Also the keenest Manaiacs seem to be Naim owners. Something to that?

Strengths:
Well made and finished. Can be accurately levelled without sticking bits of paper, cardboard, etc. under it.

Weaknesses:
Aesthetic catastrophe. An absolute dog to set up (8 different spikes to adjust). And most importantly, doesn't work (MINE didn't!)

Similar Products Used:
Various isolation feet (rubber-based), half-squash balls.