AVANTONE CLA10 VS. YAMAHA NS10 SOUND COMPARISON | Streaky.com

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[CERTI]

The mid range on the ns10’s are so nice. You can really hear where your instruments are supposed to sit in comparison to the CLA10

[DrAudioBot]

Original NS-10 sounds WAY better to me. CLA's sound very scooped while the originals are nice and open sounding. But man, do they sound different. They sound nothing alike! I bet HS-7's sound more like NS-10's hah! BTW, I owned NS-10s myself for about 10 years ;)

[VentsislavGrozdanov]

They sound to me surprizingly different, like totally different speakers, which they actually are :)

[dylanfischer]

As someone who has used ns10s for decades, i can agree that every pair of ns10s I have ever owned have sounded different. they have all aged differently as well. As a recent buyer of these new CLA monitors, I can say that the CLA's are closer to some of the NS-10's than some of the other NS-10's were. I've been using the new ones for a few months now and the transition were pretty simple, it was like taking a time machine back to when you could go into a store and pick up some NS-10's.

[mangotango]

Here is my takeaway. The mids in the CLAs might be a little more choked than the NS10Ms because the drivers are new and may need to be worked in a little. I could live with that. However, the tweeters on the CLAs sounded much more choked in the top end on the NS10s were more open.

[TheStanger]

First off, like someone mentioned before in the comments, a slightly different angle of the mic or speaker can alter the sound tons. Plus, how do you compare the sound of a speaker that has been broken in for years and years of playback with a brand new pair that isn’t even been broken in yet? Give the CLAs a chance to be broken in first before judging.

[TheRegulator]

Prefer the NS-10s meself. The highs on the CLA sound very coloured. Though I did watch this on my TV with Dolby Surround and about 5 other useless sound processors 😵

[gregoryisom]

Streaky those NS 10 sound a lot better a little brighter as I want that in a monitor...The CLA was hiding some of the mid to high frequency!

[reptilespantoso]

Quite a difference in the highs. I've not worked with either, but it sounds to my ears the CL10 are like the NS10 but with something missing in the mid highs. (around 8K)
If I didn't know better, I'd say there's some comb filtering going on. Which is of course not the case, but that's what it reminds me of.
But, probably they're fine once you put in a few hours. Merry Christmas!

[melee]

The hats sound completely different when switching from to the other. Imho I think the ns10s sound nicer. Shame, I so wanted to buy the CLAs.

[YouriBotterman]

The Avantone are really very focused on the mids. Sounds more "boxy" than the NS10. I can't tell if it's good or bad point. Thanks for the video comparison.

[dombud]

Merry Christmas Streaky. Thanks for all the videos this year.

[EnigmaState]

I bought a pair of Studiospares SN10 monitors back in 2007/8 and they have been outstanding and hold up today as a good like for like on the original NS10 monitors. They have a MK2 version which I'd be keen to see how they stand up against the Avantone and Yamahas. The Studiospares are a hell of a lot cheaper.

[MustafaAlbazy]

I agree the sticker look so cheap and too large comparing to the cabinet size! .. BTW it's normal for the old NS10 to sound smoother in the top end, because the component of the passive crossover do age over time and lose hi frequencies.

[ricksalt]

I'm listening to this through old NS-10M's and yes 1.6K-ish on the NS-10's seems more prominent than the CLA

[sasamihalik]

i m listening to this on MS 10 . . . Highs are very different

[ArthurStone]

NS-10's a little brighter (listening on HEDD Type-20). Cheers Streaky; thanks for all the videos. Merry Christmas : D

[miomusic]

The position of the hats change, I’m curious about how you recorded the speakers?

[agondistortion]

First impression cla where slight darker more focused and fatter its a suttle thing but cla sounds more modern to me .

[antdna]

The CLA one has taken away the usability and purpose of this speaker. The original had a clear and open upper mid range that made it easy to identity screechy upper mids in female vocals and hence you could tame them. The CLA ones have a weird unnatural treble going on that sounds boxed in. Every time the originals were playing on this video it felt like clear open air.