New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan


As I understand it, Clayton developed these speakers after he parted with Spatial Audio.  At a cost of ~$3K, which is astounding, and a beautify wood baffle, they look sensational.  I heard the sound of them in the video below on my cans and was super-impressed.  They go very low in response as well. I can't wait to hear more reviews of them as I am sure that they will be excellent performers for a really affordable price.  You have lived until you have had OB speakers in your room, which is just my humble opinion.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRrgJ-_npls

 

 

 

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Hopefully someone is going to Capital Audiofest, and will report back on the speakers.....not sure who's electronics are with them

The room was pretty crowded so I only listened to them for a few minutes and I was on the side of the room. I hope to get back later in the show. I couldn’t really assess the imaging and sound stage, but they sounded clean with good tone, nice range, and punchy bass. They were using LTA electronics. 

Clayton's room also debuted LTA's DAC, AD chip and ZOTL tube output stage, the system was clear, delicate, dynamically alive, and the bass had weight, quickness, and did have punch when required, welcome back Clayton.

I just returned from CAF. We spent about 30 minutes in this room listening to these speakers. They were in my top 4 or 5 speakers I heard at the show. The top 3 were all over $50k. I attended with a friend who has his own opinions of what he liked. He had them as third best speaker at the show. 
A note about evaluating systems at these shows. If you don’t play more mainstream music, I can’t truly evaluate a system. Walking into a room with 10 minutes of classical acoustic guitar or some tribal chant doesn’t tell me a damn thing about a system. Play real music, please. I’m happy your speaker can reproduce brushed cymbals with aplomb. Now show me some vocals and substance. Nobody cares how well your system can reproduce a piano if Norah Jones sounds like George Jones. This room played MUSIC. The other systems I evaluated highly did likewise. Rant over. For now.