I concur! I auditioned two sets of Spatial speakers at Paul’s house. He was very accommodating and informative.
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Where the hell does this guy live? I'd like a free dinner. But then I'd feel obligated to buy something. |
mpignone - You heard the new version at CAF? I was hoping maybe they had addressed some of those issues. Interestingly, I watched a series by "New Record Day" on Youtube discussing some of the design issues with open baffle speakers. They are actually far more complicated to design than I would have guessed. It's no wonder they are still tweaking the design, and for a company as new as Spatial I would expect they will be making large revisions with pretty big improvements fairly often. It sounds like Clayton is a great guy as is his company. Even as is plenty of people really love them. I read a review on stereophile about the new version at CAF and they loved them. I actually spoke to Paul about them as well and he said overall they are definitely an improvement over the older ones. I just bought some Tekton Double Impact SE's and I have to get them broken in and hooked up to some better gear. I have 2 different amps on order that should be here Friday for me to try out - right now they are just hooked up to an Onkyo AV receiver and they sound pretty darn good already. |
Subsonic, your impressions of the Spatial Audio speakers are identical to mine at Capitol Audiofest. I wanted to like them as they are in my price range and I wanted to try open baffle, but they were very harsh. The treble was nicely detailed, but the balance was way off the mark. I was wondering whether I could add two sealed subs and turn the volume down a bit. I own anti cables by the way and highly recommend them. |
That's what he told me as well! It sounded like there were slight delays in getting the new speakers produced, but Paul expected to have some soon. I really would like to hear them as well. |
Paul should have his pair of the new M3's shortly after the show so set up another audition and hear the new model in person after they are broken in. |
Always great to hear a positive review.
Thanks for sharing
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You should really hear the x3. This is one impressive speaker from Clayton.
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I have sedan Anticables in my home systems for multiple years - speaker wire, ICs, and power cables to my Krell integrated amps. Great service - great value for the monies spent. I have heard a sonic improvement with every upgrade. I would recommend them to anyone!
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I went to the Spatial Factory and heard the new M3's. They are definitely a few rungs above the old one. In fact I think it one of his best speakers. Clayton was a exceptionally accommodating nice individual. I haven't had anything to do with Paul but have heard only good things about him. |
Yes, it actually makes me sad that I didn't like the Spatial audio speakers more. To be fair to the speakers I haven't been feeling the best the past few days, and I actually wonder if my hearing is a bit off. Still, there was something about the treble that just wasn't hitting me right. They seemed slightly harsh to my ears. Paul actually said that the speakers I listened to were the old M3's, and that Spatial audio is releasing a new M3 which is a complete redesign when it comes to the tweeters. Rather than utilizing the top speaker cone as a horn for the tweeter the tweeter will be broken out as a separate driver entirely. Apparently the tweeters will now also be driven DIRECTLY by the amplifier, with no capacitor in between to change the sound. Radical stuff.
At the end of the day I really wish I had liked the speakers more because I would have loved to purchase them from Paul. I do know that the speakers sounded great and a lot of people really love the sound from Spatial Audio. I figured that the very least I could do was to share what I considered to be truly above and beyond excellent customer service - what could really just be considered excellent hospitality. You could tell Paul was a genuine guy with a real passion for music and audio. Gotta love and respect that. |
Pop quiz. Why does Gardner Bob have a brown thumb? Shouldn’t he have a green thumb?
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I’ve also had a positive experience Paul. I bought some speakers and the guy threw in a few cables. Even though used Paul was very helpful in identifying them along with some other suggestions. |
"Anybody who’s on board the wire directionality choo choo train 🚂 is a genius in my book." Is a piece of paper with only author's name on it still called a book? |
b@lalitk ,
'Send in the Clowns', right?
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Too late....he is here already 😀 |
Let's just wait for someone to derail the train, like one did to the Atma-Sphere thread.
B |
I missed you, Geoffkait 🤓 the best I learned from you was the vibration discussion that end up to a pure physics lecture and it’s climax was when someone mentioned our brains also vibrating when we listening 😁 |
Anybody who’s on board the wire directionality choo choo train 🚂 is a genius in my book. |
Yup, Paul is one of the good guys. He is brilliant and sincere. He even tries to help his competitors (based on my experience with him). So does Clayton for that matter. They make an outstanding team.
Duke
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I have à pair of Spatial Speakers and so far couldn’t find anything better that make me to replace them! Amazing design 👍🏻👌🏻 I also bought some cables from AntiCables and happy with their service! |
I wish more dealers were like that. My experience dealing with Spatial's designer, Clayton Shaw, was nothing short of exemplary. He's a true gentleman. |
