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Idlewithnodrive
05-05-2016, 18:06
Yes, I know you've all seen one before and yes, it's not that special etc etc etc but I am just amazed by how this thing sounds (and looks) :)
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/TheMJMan/IMG_05041_zpsm5jamp5d.jpg
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac143/TheMJMan/IMG_04981_zpsjpsre9mk.jpg
I present to you, my old Manticore Mantra :stalks:
I was never going to go back to belt drive but that was then and this is now :lol:
walpurgis
05-05-2016, 18:11
The Mantra always had a very good reputation for its sound quality. Well worth hanging onto.
Virtual-Symmetry
05-05-2016, 18:28
I bought a brand new 'Mantra' back then mine was the same Sepele finish as yours but had a Green pwr button.. for some perverted reason i was obsessed with how bouncy the suspension was on the Mantra.. If i remember Castle Acoustics in Skipton at the time did those plinths for him..im sure they did.
Again needs the Hardboard bottom & those tiny little rubber feet replacing with something more substantial..
Idlewithnodrive
05-05-2016, 19:08
Kj
I bought a brand new 'Mantra' back then mine was the same Sepele finish as yours but had a Green pre button.. for some perverted reason i was obsessed with how bouncy the suspension was on the Mantra.. If i remember Castle Acoustics in Skipton at the time did those plinths for him..im sure they did.
Again needs the Hardboard bottom & those tiny little rubber feet replacing with something more substantial..
Hi Andr'e,
You are right; Castle did make the plinths for the Mantra and a fairly substantial affair they are too.
Removing the base and replacing the feet are the first things I will be doing. Sounds great as it is though, so it can wait a while :)
Virtual-Symmetry
05-05-2016, 20:52
Little trick. Fire a Zerostat gun near the motor it should stop the deck :D
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