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Do glass shelves affect sound Quality?

I have a TV cabinet with glass shelves that houses my hifi components. I'm wondering if the glass shelves could affect the sound quality of my components. I have a Classe pre/pro and 5 channel amp, Oppo 95 player and the Olive 04HD.
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rockanroller
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Just my 22 dollars solution to the glass issue . I bought 5 plain cork tiles at Home Depot( $15) and a jar of wood glue ($8) ,brush the glue on the tiles , clamped them together for 24 hours, put a finishing blade in my jigsaw, and cut 2 x 2 " squares , placed that on my 1/2 " glass shelves, and I think it made a very small difference in the trebles. I think?


ebm
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Glass is the worst for sound and wood is soft i use Symposium under all my components. 

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geoffkait
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The Mana employs glass shelves and the more shelves the better the sound. There is some guy somewhere with an 8 shelf Mana. Say, isn’t glass a liquid?
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nonoise
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Old automotive engineers used to bury engine blocks to "cure" them. When asked why, they said metal is just a slow moving liquid.
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r_f_sayles
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Nice catch geoffkait, Mana was once a very well respected isolation platform. I have two and have never noticed the glass shelves to be a detriment. Though I did prefer a Neuance platform the best under my Sondek Lp12 on Mana’s reference rack, the glass was better than the commonly excepted standard maple block cutting board. So, go figure.

People love to parrot simple ideas/answers like "glass rings" that the real audio world continually proves to those who listen that there just are are no absolutes. 

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