What represents now to you the NS10 sound and mixing field the best?

Why the NS-10 of course!

Thx but I mean of currently available and produced products.

There’s lots of great NS10’s out there. I’ve had three sets all with OEM matched speakers and crossovers. I just sold a pair immaculate shape.

Folks talk about the amphions but I've never heard them.

I have however listened to a ton of monitors in the last 20 years from atc to genelec to krk and none of them did the ns10 thing.

ns10's are dirt cheap for what you get out of them.

i think everyone should own a matched pair.

I heard the CLA versions from sweetwater and they don't sound the same imo.

lots of real ns10's for sale on Reverb .

NS10s are the answer. They're cheap compared to other monitors and do something very specific. If you want the NS10 thing just get those. For me my ATCs and NS10s are the perfect pairing. The ATCs are incredible but the NS10s help me figure out what goes where and fast.

+1 on the "the CLA versions don't sound the same." They're kinda in the same universe but they don't sound like the real deal. I bought some before I got real NS10s and realized I'd wasted my money once the NS10s showed up. But we all learn over time.

Just curious, what ATC’s do you have and what amp are you using for your NS10s?

I have SCM20’s and auratone clones and between the two I figured I was sorta covering the NS10 territory from both sides.

Are NS10 copies really “hi end”?

If a pair of NS10s is too dear, then find an old pair of Minimus 7s and a decent pair of headphones. And give the mix to a mastering engineer with good speakers to get the lows under control.

I have the 20ASL mk2. Amp for the NS10s is just the CLA 100 amp, nothing amazing but it does the job for me.

Unfortunately I don't have any experience with the auratone stuff, clones or og. But I love my NS10 and ATC combo.

The ATCs sound VERY different to my ear from the NS10s. The mid presentation on the NS10s is just very forward in a way I find very pleasing. But I'm a weird one, I actually enjoy listening to music on my NS10s.

What a strange question. If you want NS10s you should go to reverb and purchase a pair. They were mass produced and can still be purchased for an affordable price.


If you’re just searching for the sound of the NS10s… then I have to scratch my head and ask why? The NS10s really only got as popular as they did because Yamaha gave them out for free to studios. Studios used them because they didnt cost anything, not because they loved them. But since so many studios used them everyone just assumed they were amazing and they got hyped up.

A pair of NS10s arent going to magically make your mixes better. No speakers are going to make your mixes better. For good mixes you need to LEARN YOUR SPEAKERS and learn how they translate.


I suspect you’re looking for a quick fix / shortcut to better mixes and you’ve read some stuff on the internet so you think “if only my monitors sounded like those yammies…”


Hate to break it to you but every studio engineer who used NS10s had to learn the speakers and the room as well.

What you need is a good pair of nonflattering nearfield monitors. Neumann makes the best right now in my opinion.

But you can mix on anything if you learn the room, use reference mixes and have some headphones/cars to check mixes in while you learn the room

NS10s have great transient response without having impressive top and bottom; it's much more than "they were cheap so everyone got them".

So for anyone who knows and wants an NS10 experience, I agree - just buy some.

The people who it DOESN'T make sense for is those who've never used them. Tracking down a passive obsolete speaker with spare parts rapidly becoming unobtanium? Sounds pretty daft to me.

And I sort-of disagree that they're good value. They're a lot of money for something that still needs a really decent amp to get the best out of them, (the yamaha amps are ok, something like a bryston is a world above). For similar money, you could get some really good speakers.

Amphions and Unity Audio Rocks do similar punch/transient response whilst sounding a whole lot more pleasant.

I've not tried the CLA10s, but maybe they can do the same thing, even if they don't "sound the same". If you've never worked on NS10s properly, then maybe that'll be fine.

I wouldn't buy a pair now, and I've used them plenty!