New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan

I spent some more time in Clayton’s room at CAF. I thought the speakers sounded nice for the money. They didn’t sound honky or boomy like some systems did at the show, but I didn’t think they were better than his earlier products. I thought the system I heard at PAF was considerably better, although I think this was at least partially due to Don Sach’s and Lynn Olsen’d excellent electronics coupled with the Lampizator DAC. 

The new speakers lacked some of the dynamics and clarity of Spatial’s more expensive offerings, and had a bit of a hard edge to the treble, which I think is probably due to the LTA electronics (I’ve found this true with other LTA auditions). The bass performance was also a touch less controlled. 
 

But of course this was in a different room which was far from ideal, so an audition in your own room with your own gear is the only way to truly assess. 
 

Still, for $3000, this is a very credible offering. There aren’t many speakers at this price point that do as well. They look nice as well. 

Jaytor,

Excellent summary of your listening experience.  I have heard Spatials with LTA more than once and I had the same impression as you did. At the PAF, the front end of the Spatials with Don and Lynn's gear and the stellar Lampizator DAC was something very special.  But those Spatial were around $9K and the Caladan speaker are a third of that cost so compromises likely had to be made.  Your review is a good data point for us devotees of Clayton's speakers.  Thanks for sharing it.

While ric is right, as usual, I don't have the equipment to DIY. Anyway, by comparison to many/most similar speakers, they cost a lot more

I am curious about everyone's order number.  Maybe we can make an estimate/guesstimate on production units per month.  I ordered in early January, and I am ~order 1000.  How about you all? 

Is it ten thousand or one thousand? If 10k that would be WOW!

I placed the order on Nov 22 and the number is 857.