Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw?

@speedthrills 

Little tip. It’s best to read the entire thread before you post. He has already received communication from Clayton.

@cycles2 

I don’t have a dog in this fight since I have no intention of buying a pair of these speakers. That said I did buy X3s from Clayton a few years ago, which are long gone now. The transaction was trouble free and I believe Clayton to be a stand up guy. Unless I’m completely wrong here, I think anyone placing an order will receive what they paid for.

What is the efficiency of these speakers? I ask because my Spatial Audio X3s were supposedly 96 db and had a built in sub amp. At the time I had in house a Decware Torii II (around 20 wpc) and it could not drive the X3s sufficiently. On paper it was a perfect match, in reality, not so much.

I have a 300B amp from Aric Audio that I absolutely love, but I've got a feeling it would not work on the Caladans.

@dbb 

This was my chief complaint of the Spatial Audio X3. Using a 12” driver to reproduce the crucial midrange seemed to be its shortcoming. The texture and “realness” of the human voice was not conveyed IMHO. It was an amazing speaker in many regards, but ultimately left me cold with its midrange reproduction. The Caladan might not have this issue at all.

@ricevs 

Is this just a speaker for personal use, or are you going to market to the public?

@ricevs 

Paragraphs are your (and our) friend...

@jeff_pvd 

I assume you mean 15 minutes with a fully broken in pair?

So you really need about 12 thousand minutes to decide?

I know clayton is swamped with orders and is extremely busy. But there are far too many reports in this thread of people not receiving a reply to emails. Most of us are busy with work and day to day activities too. But business owners should carve out an hour a day to reply to messages. It makes you wonder if the people inquiring about a purchase are being ignored in the same numbers as those who have already paid deposits.

The next logical question is if someone cancelled were there any issues getting a refund?