Sorry but honestly no pictures of your space and how will changing the floor help with the crackly noise if both items are from the same company. Anytime you want help with anything we need pictures Post them her ein a comments . BTW seeing a floor in someone elses space will never help you. There are pics on the web of both floors just as helpful as any you will get here.

I had found it very helpful to see photos of floors in different spaces before narrowing in/deciding on Manila. But I understand your point and agree, it was obvious when we brought samples into our home if we liked it or not. In this scenario, we committed and loved the Manila and had defective boards installed and I am wary to stay in the same line of production due to discussions on other threads. Our flooring guy has recommended we try again and that it is unlikely to encounter the issue again, but I would like backup options similar to Manila to consider. I think the Blended Praline is a pretty close match from the sample, but have found very few photos of the Blended Praline installed and it has moderate variation in the planks that could result in an unwanted distracting pattern on the floor in our space. Here are some photos of the blended praline sample in our space. The visualizers are helpful but limited, they don't accurately represent bevels or the pattern/tone.