40 years in this hobby and owned all styles of designs in that time. New designs of open baffle speakers are like having a Magiee or Quad Electrostatic but with the full bottom end, extended highs, and dynamics on steroids. They work great in all rooms, and like all speakers sound best 2-3 feet from the front wall. No different than box speakers.
So much in the audio is talking about how things were in the past, from Class D amps to digital and DIY OB speakers.
This is 2024 new time and era of new designs that have had years to mature and form. Open baffles speakers bring the music "live" into the room. Besides my Quad ESL's OB speakers on well-produced recordings sound like they are playing in your room, yes they sound different than box speakers as do the panel and electrostatic speakers and that is not a bad thing music-wise.