I love my NS-10's..I'm so used to them..they're the first set of reference monitors I used and I got so damn used to them that I cant imagine myself really working on any other speaker...Eventually when I get my own place to put my gear in I'll finally get another larger scale speaker for maximum oomph(sp?)yet still retain my NS10's for mixing!!
Opus

I had an American newspaper delivery boy sack that was a perfect fit for my NS10's. I could travel with em on the subway! I found them OK and used them for many years... but I liked Genelec's better (first S30's then 1031A's) so I sold my NS10's.

Now I find them horrendus sounding.

:)

I only use them as a way to hear the mix through something else. I often don't even listen to the whole song through them. I find them hard to listen to. When I used to use them a lot I found that I fatigued a lot quicker that with other speakers.

They're useful pets to have around, but I can live without them. Glad to see 'em go, to be honest. I never understood their popularity in the first place, especially now that the average car stereo has a lot more sound than they do.

Besides, Auratone still makes speakers, don't they?

Kevin, they still did a year ago when I picked up another pair from Cutting Edge Audio Group in SF while on the road. What's cool about the horrortones is they last twice as long, since I only use one in mono in the control room.

My opinion, however, is that Auratones are very different animals than NS10s, and serve a different purpose. NS10s are one of my favorite mix nearfields provided they are sitting on the meter bridge of a nice big analog desk, otherwise they don't sound right. The mono Auratone gets much less use; I throw the mix on it every now and then to simulate a mono TV set / radio / elevator / supermarket aisle listening experience.

Jon