Don't get me wrong. I love Noble too and still love my K10 (and 6 and 3 and 4C...). It is just that my preferences have slightly changed and I have moved away from an overall warmish preference to a more neutral one (while still taking some extra bass). If I am honest, I actually like the Katana sound more these days than the K10. Don't take my post as me saying that the MAYA is technically better than the K10. It isn't. It is just, for me and my preferences right now, I have found myself reaching more and more for my MAYA. That doesn't mean that I don't bring both my Wizard K10 and my MAYA in my bag with me everywhere I go. I am not offering an attack, or outright trash talking the K10. You would be hard pressed to find a bigger supporter and cheerleader of the K10 than me. I don't need to see the K10 pedigree. One of my reviews here gives the K10 5 stars, and is one of the many reviews that gives the K10 its #1 rating here. All I am doing is posting my honest opinion here in another manufacturer's thread. For me, yes, the MAYA is more of my personal reference these days. That doesn't mean that I don't also love my K10. It is just that my tastes have slightly changed, and sometimes I find myself thinking that my K10 is a darker sound than I want at that time. That doesn't mean that a dark sound is wrong or isn't enjoyable. Sometimes my mood shifts, and again, if I am honest, it may shift back to my K10 again in the future.



FWIW, I very much look forward to hearing the Encore. It may very well be preferable to me to the MAYA. It will also cost me 2.5x as much as the MAYA. Even so, I very well may place an order for one (after listening to it at this year's RMAF), even though I already have a much-used and much-loved K10. But please don't take me talking about my own opinions about another manufacturer's products as an attack on you, your work, or on your company. No such attack was intended.