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Mapleshade recommends air dried versus kiln dried and doesn't recommend butcher block (glued) maple platforms.Others sell kiln-dried maple.Has anyone compared these options? Thanks
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They seem to warp ever so slightly after years of use. It could be how they were stored though. I use a very large, though not the thickest butcher block for the turntable which then rests upon an audio rack. It is certainly far superior to the Salamander audio rack by itself! I also like it as a working surface. Very durable, although I haven't tried to paint it black yet.
J,
FWIW, I just completed some amp stands and part of a speaker stand using butcher blocks and some pocket joints. I used india ink to make them black and it worked really well and there were no harsh fumes and I could do the work inside....
No one here remembers the bending of our minds
Butcher block is far superior, but still not really any good. Only Lloyd Walker gets it to sound good.
Hey Norm, butcher block is usually maple, isn't it?
Besides, you are the only one I've ever heard make that comment about maple. Personally, I find maple to sound very neutral, open and dynamic. Perhaps you're the exception that proves the rule....
Cheers
I am not alone in finding maple robs dynamics., anymore than you are alone.
I considered a Mapleshade platform but every time I read their catalog I'm put off by their description of nearly upgrade n their line offering "50% improvement etc". Those kinds of numbers look to me to be advertising propaganda as opposed to science.
but with other equipment and someone else’s ears things may be different.
Cogito Ergo Credo
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Clearly the resonant character of a kiln dried piece of maple would be different than smaller pieces which were glued together. An analogy would be the sound board of a paino. They less pricey pianos use plywood soundboards as they are more durable and less expensive to manufactture where the best pianos use solid wood soundboards.
I also believe Mapleshade simply found kiln dried maple simple works better than a laminated product.
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