Granite instead of an amp stand?

The object of a good amp stand is to channel resonant energy away from the amp, but I bet marble would look pretty cool. Give a listen to Stephen Micus/The Music of Stones (ECM 1384). It's oscillating, atmospheric and hypnotic, made on resonating steles cut into metre cubes of black granite and green serpentine.

Well, all I can say is that once I put my Krell fpb 200c on a Zoethecus amp stand, I was stunned with the increase in focus, imaging, etc. I really was amazed!

That's my point. I heard the zoethecus amp stands and they were great, but the cheapest one I found was 500 bucks. Which isn't too bad except I'm poorer than an audiophile should be. I can get a 3 inch thick 20x20 slab of marble for around 100 dollars, hence my question. But I'm in total agreement with you, if I could nab a Zoethecus I would.

tbadder, stick 3 cones under the marble slab, & yule be good to go... doug. ps - i like putting lead bricks on top of the amps, too...

okay, given the lack of shun mook-ers on this site, this takes some courage, but here it goes: i experimented with brightstar big rocks, corian (sorry, misspelled) and marble. the marble may have been the best in terms of tightening the image. then i talked to bill ying at shun mook. he suggested making my own sand box from u.s. maple wood (kind of like a "natural" brightstar). failing that he suggested i use a u.s. maple cutting block. i tired the cutting block with some cones beneth it and found i liked it better than the marble. the image was just as tight but the warmth of my (tube) amps came through moreso then when they sat atop the marble. as always, its a matter of personal preference. good luck.