I dunno, I have a silver Klon and have to say in front of the right amp its priceless, dont know how we came up with the 1800 pricetag, certainly did not pay that for mine (bought this year) its all about the tone chase, I agree with some others, I see people going thru major expensive amps, this is really no different, if there was an exact clone nobody would buy the original, I am not saying they dont sound good, to me clones are never exact copies. All IMO.
Just curious did you buy it from Klon or from a private seller?
The $1800 price tag came from ebay when I punched Klon Centaur in. Not sure if people are actually getting that price or not.