New NS-10 clone - CLA-10 - overpriced junk or worth trying?
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- KVRAF
- 40225 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from clown world
I hear the deluxe package comes with a flat-pack ikea room. It only takes five minutes to assemble.
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- KVRAF
- 1568 posts since 1 Aug, 2006 from Italy
I'll keep an eye on them, but I'm not buying them anytime soon (I'm not looking for another set of speakers, I don't have room for them, I'm waiting for some user reports...).
I'm not keen on paying CLA (or anybody else, for the matter) just for putting his name on a product that would sell anyway (if it's true to the original model), but I can live with that if the reports on the speakers are positive.
I'm more concerned about the amp, because these are passive speakers. While I think there's not much to say about NS-10 speakers and the CLA name (both are already very well known), I'd like to know more about a proper amplifier to drive them, in order to have the full picture.
I'm not keen on paying CLA (or anybody else, for the matter) just for putting his name on a product that would sell anyway (if it's true to the original model), but I can live with that if the reports on the speakers are positive.
I'm more concerned about the amp, because these are passive speakers. While I think there's not much to say about NS-10 speakers and the CLA name (both are already very well known), I'd like to know more about a proper amplifier to drive them, in order to have the full picture.
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- KVRAF
- 3080 posts since 17 Apr, 2005 from S.E. TN
Wildly guessing, given a flat freq response, low noise, low distortion amp of adequate power, I'd be surprised if a listener could hear one amp brand sounding different than any other "clean enough" amp brand. And there are many clean flat powerful amps out there.
Sometimes one can hear a diff between good quality amps if a speaker has weird impedance curve "real hard to drive" but if a speaker is real hard to drive that would be a reason not to buy the speaker, because many quite nice speakers are not real hard to drive. Why bother with something that is trouble from square 1?
I suspect you would have to hook up amps with non-flat freq response, or high noise, or distortions, or maybe inadequate power with clipping and power compression, before it would be easy to hear a diff between amp models. Odd thing though, certain freq response oddities or distortions might make the user prefer the nastier amp-- Thinking the nastier amp actually sounds better or higher fidelity or whatever. Hard to say.
Sometimes one can hear a diff between good quality amps if a speaker has weird impedance curve "real hard to drive" but if a speaker is real hard to drive that would be a reason not to buy the speaker, because many quite nice speakers are not real hard to drive. Why bother with something that is trouble from square 1?
I suspect you would have to hook up amps with non-flat freq response, or high noise, or distortions, or maybe inadequate power with clipping and power compression, before it would be easy to hear a diff between amp models. Odd thing though, certain freq response oddities or distortions might make the user prefer the nastier amp-- Thinking the nastier amp actually sounds better or higher fidelity or whatever. Hard to say.
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- KVRAF
- 2147 posts since 30 Oct, 2006 from Australia, NSW
NS-10's are brutal pull a good mix on them and you know it will sound good on anything, but they are somewhat surpassed these days.Im very happy with my Dynaudio system.
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- KVRer
- 16 posts since 3 Dec, 2018 from Ireland
A lot of marketing snake oil going on here in my opinion. I love CLA and I love my original NS-10s but if you dig that sound there are plenty of original pairs stick knocking about on sell it sites. I'd go that route first.
Cheers,
Mark.
Cheers,
Mark.
