Neuance - Installation

For Sound Organisation users:

Installation of Neuance in your Sound Organisation support is easy and straightforward. Just remove the original stock MDF board and replace it with the Neuance platform. All you need do is to level the shelf by carefully bending the pointed shelf support tabs up or down with a pair of needle-nosed pliers as needed to make sure that you neither see nor hear indications of rocking or rattling.

Do not attempt to level the spiked tabs by pressing down directly on the shelf from above to force the tabs into place. The outer shell of Neuance is durable and carefree in normal use but, as it is designed to have the lowest possible mass, it is somewhat susceptible to piercing of its outer shell by very sharp cone points if heavily overloaded.

For footer users:

If you are using aftermarket footer devices such as pods or cones beneath your component, it is suggested that they be removed and the component placed on the Neuance shelf using the manufacturers originally supplied feet while you get used to the new presentation.

Reinsert your favorite "footer" tweak to fine tune for taste and system particulars only after you have a good handle on Neuance's impact. Generally, Neuance renders most footer devices redundant in a well-balanced system.

On occasion, as a result of increased perceived tautness of the bass regions, repositioning of speakers several inches back towards the rear wall may be required to regain a preferred tonal balance and in most cases the increase in image focus will allow removal of some speaker toe-in for a larger stage presentation.

Care and feeding of Neuance:

It’s simple and easy with occasional dusting with Pledge furniture polish. A once or twice a year application of Armor All or Son-of-a-Gun spray protectant will hide small blemishes and scuffs while restoring luster.

Hint: Neuance tends to prefer cones rather than isomers/pods. Some care must be taken with very sharp cones to avoid piercing the laminated shell although the device is relatively durable in normal use. The DH cones from Golden Sound are particularly recommended for fine tuning and tweaking as their construction makes for a particularly good impedance match to the Neuance laminate structure.


	Neuance can be placed, as a free-standing platform, directly on a table top. It can also replace the stock shelf in your existing stand. Each Neuance is custom-fit to your stand and equipment requirements. Greater Ranges shares set-up expertise for integrating Neuance into your system. If you do not currently own an appropriate support/stand, we can offer recommendations. Special order units to fit the Roksan triangular stand, Studio Tech as well as many others can also be accommodated.

	For adjustable spike shelf support: Target, Standesign, Apollo and Mana It's best to start from scratch, removing all your components and leveling your stand while it is not laden with gear. When you adjust the stand's floor spikes, try to adjust them so that there is even contact with the floor and snug the jam nuts firmly but not torqued down hard. Avoid the urge to level the stand by pushing the spikes into the flooring. It should settle in
Hint: Expect your Neuance to take up to a full week to fully settle into its new environment. Remember that the laminate structure has never before been loaded. It will need a little time for the internal stresses and pressures to equalize. Sonically it will be all over the place for the first several days. Don't worry. Break-in is pretty much a one-time shot with subsequent refitting taking a much shorter time (hours rather than days).	place over a few days time by its own weight. Pressing the spikes firmly into the flooring only serves to tightly couple the stand to the mass of the floor and will negate some of its isolating properties.
	The shelf support spikes should generally be adjusted as low as is practical. Place the Neuance on the shelf support spikes and level the Neuance as needed. It's easiest to do the leveling on 3 of the support spikes with one spike slightly retracted. Once the shelf is leveled, raise the 4th spike to make even contact. Check for evenness by rapping, with your bare knuckle, on the top surface of the platform in an alternating diagonal pattern above where the support spikes contact the Neuance shelf. Listen for signs of rocking or rattling. When you've got it, the sound of your knuckle rap should be approximately even in tone and solid sounding. Again, it is important that the jam nuts be snugged firmly but not torqued down hard. Taking a little extra care to get your shelf and stand even and level will pay off in musical dividends and reduce the time for break-in.


For Sound Organisation users: Installation of Neuance in your Sound Organisation support is easy and straightforward. Just remove the original stock MDF board and replace it with the Neuance platform. All you need do is to level the shelf by carefully bending the pointed shelf support tabs up or down with a pair of needle-nosed pliers as needed to make sure that you neither see nor hear indications of rocking or rattling. Do not attempt to level the spiked tabs by pressing down directly on the shelf from above to force the tabs into place. The outer shell of Neuance is durable and carefree in normal use but, as it is designed to have the lowest possible mass, it is somewhat susceptible to piercing of its outer shell by very sharp cone points if heavily overloaded. For footer users: If you are using aftermarket footer devices such as pods or cones beneath your component, it is suggested that they be removed and the component placed on the Neuance shelf using the manufacturers originally supplied feet while you get used to the new presentation. Reinsert your favorite "footer" tweak to fine tune for taste and system particulars only after you have a good handle on Neuance's impact. Generally, Neuance renders most footer devices redundant in a well-balanced system. On occasion, as a result of increased perceived tautness of the bass regions, repositioning of speakers several inches back towards the rear wall may be required to regain a preferred tonal balance and in most cases the increase in image focus will allow removal of some speaker toe-in for a larger stage presentation. Care and feeding of Neuance: It’s simple and easy with occasional dusting with Pledge furniture polish. A once or twice a year application of Armor All or Son-of-a-Gun spray protectant will hide small blemishes and scuffs while restoring luster.


		Hint: Neuance tends to prefer cones rather than isomers/pods. Some care must be taken with very sharp cones to avoid piercing the laminated shell although the device is relatively durable in normal use. The DH cones from Golden Sound are particularly recommended for fine tuning and tweaking as their construction makes for a particularly good impedance match to the Neuance laminate structure.

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