I just returned from CAF. We spent about 30 minutes in this room listening to these speakers. They were in my top 4 or 5 speakers I heard at the show. The top 3 were all over $50k. I attended with a friend who has his own opinions of what he liked. He had them as third best speaker at the show.
A note about evaluating systems at these shows. If you don’t play more mainstream music, I can’t truly evaluate a system. Walking into a room with 10 minutes of classical acoustic guitar or some tribal chant doesn’t tell me a damn thing about a system. Play real music, please. I’m happy your speaker can reproduce brushed cymbals with aplomb. Now show me some vocals and substance. Nobody cares how well your system can reproduce a piano if Norah Jones sounds like George Jones. This room played MUSIC. The other systems I evaluated highly did likewise. Rant over. For now.
New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan
As I understand it, Clayton developed these speakers after he parted with Spatial Audio. At a cost of ~$3K, which is astounding, and a beautify wood baffle, they look sensational. I heard the sound of them in the video below on my cans and was super-impressed. They go very low in response as well. I can't wait to hear more reviews of them as I am sure that they will be excellent performers for a really affordable price. You have lived until you have had OB speakers in your room, which is just my humble opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRrgJ-_npls