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?