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Model: Isolation Platform Category: Accessory Suggested Retail Price: $390 Description: 4 Manufacturer URL: Mapleshade Model Picture: View
Review by Siddigger ( A ) on March 17, 2007 at 14:34:52
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I had a Mapleshade maple platform under my Sota Nova. I really like the folks at Mapleshade so this is hard for me. This will be a little long as there is quite a following of maple so I want to get all the details right. I purchase the Mapleshade platform the same time as the Sota along with a Shelter 901, SME 5, Brinkman phono stage. I wish I had not added the platform at the same time as I would have realized the problem immediately. Just too many varaibles. I was completely at a loss as to how my Sota Nova was sounding. Odd because this was my second one. My Jolida CD player was sounding better in every way. It should have been the other way around. The Jolida is very good. I had started with Legacy speakers. The difference was not great with the Legacy's but the Jolida was better. I then purchased Avalon Opus Ceramique's. Now the difference was much more pronounced. Did I mess up getting the Avalons. Odd because I have a set of Avalon Symbols I will never get rid of, ever! I could not listen to the Ceramique's. The midrange was recessed and bright, I know maple should not be bright by conventional thinking but it was. The sound was fatiguing. I then did something I should have right away to put a finger on the sound problem. I took matching CD's and Records I had both of. Both me and my wife listening. With the cd there was rythym and was easy to listen too. Better sound stage, upfront, better midrange but why. I finially started to get it. I could not get into the beat with the record. So I asked my wife if she wanted to dance with the cd playing. Yes she would. I then asked to keep beat to the music tapping her foot and moving her arms and shoulders (get into the music!)while sitting. Very easy to do with the Jolida. This is my first requirement in a system. When nobody is watching I want to turn it up and jump around the room. Be a fool. If I do not get that feeling, somethings wrong. Next a record. Try to keep the beat of the music. I couldn't do it, I kept getting out of time. Next my wife, wanta dance honey? No I do not feel like it. Bingo, it's the bass. Bass is the foundation of music, it effects everything, the rythym to make it fit together. The bass was out of time with the rest of the music which affected everything. How would you like to go see a live band with the drummer out of time? The drum's were even out of syn with each other. To be fair I had Legacy speakers before the Avalon's. It was not near as bad but the Jolida was better. The Avalon's are very detailed and musical. The equipment makes a difference as always. But if the Avalons let you see the problem more, then there is a problem when there shouldn't be. Period. There is no forgiveness with the Avalon's if something is wrong. Garbage in, garbage out. Before the maple platform I had a Kasota Stone sandstone 3/4 inch slab under the turntable. Brass tip toes under the turntable and Bright Star nodes under the slab. Took the maple out and sandstone setup back in. Well I'm bouncing in my chair to the music. As I said this would be long. Maple has a large following and nothing is going to change that and I do not expect it to. If you are thinking of wood but havent done it yet, maybe you should listen before you leap and make your own opinion. Once you buy you might not want to think anythings wrong because so many swear it's right.
Product Weakness: Not for music Product Strengths: Looks nice
Associated Equipment for this Review: Amplifier: Channel Island D200 Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): Modwright SE Sources (CDP/Turntable): Sota Nova - SME-Shelter-Jolida100 Speakers: Avalon Cremamique Cables/Interconnects: Signal Cable Music Used (Genre/Selections): All Room Size (LxWxH): 15 x 14 x 8.5 Room Comments/Treatments: Eighth Nerve Adapt plus more Time Period/Length of Audition: 3 Months Other (Power Conditioner etc.): Monster AVS200 - HTS5100 Type of Audition/Review: Product Owner
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Topic - REVIEW: Mapleshade Isolation Platform Accessory - Siddigger 14:34:52 03/17/07 ( 9)
- Not familiar with the Nova-is that a suspended table?... - Marc Bratton 21:32:22 03/19/07 ( 0)
My 4" thick Mapleshade Isolation Platform makes wonders to my TT (nt). - Antonio Machado 13:37:56 03/18/07 ( 1)
- Siddigger, how did you mount your TT? - mattcecil1@yahoo.com 07:28:02 03/19/07 ( 0)
Turntable isolution often trial and error - mls-stl 08:57:55 03/18/07 ( 0)
If you are saying that the Mapleshade Isolation Platform steals the pace of the music, I agree. nt - Norm 07:55:31 03/18/07 ( 0)
Mapleshade Isolation Platform Accessory - the roofman 06:44:20 03/18/07 ( 1)
- Man, that's 2 funny!! - rlw 07:47:22 03/18/07 ( 0)
Mapleshade Isolation Platform Accessory - Dave Pogue 04:13:52 03/18/07 ( 1)
- Re: Mapleshade Isolation Platform Accessory - the roofman 06:46:43 03/18/07 ( 0)