I have a 250/hi/72, and a Rotel 971 cd player. I have all amplification and power supplies placed on an older three tier Sound Organization rack. The cd player has recently been moved to a one tier S/O TT stand. The sonic bensfit of the latter was dramatic in it's sonic improvements. The cd player and preamp are also placed atop three sorbothane footers each,with a VPI magic brick placed on top of each. The hi-cap is sitting on top of the 250 and the 250 is on three brass cones.
I am looking forward to the upcomming comparison. I am hopeing that the Mana lives up to this forums hype.

Lance

Mana will be at my gaff in c 3 weeks.
I will advise of my findings as well.
I plan to keep a "Mana diary" to check out this x weeks settling in period.

Jonathan