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Spatial Audio open baffle speakers, who has them? Worthwhile change from Maggies?

Of late have been eying the Spatial Audio line of open baffle speakers and like what I have seen and read so far.
Now I am extremely happy with my baby Maggies which have easily bested any and all box speakers in my room ( that I can afford anyways!).
So looking for opinions and views from actual owners of said open baffle speakers, what did you change from and what are the real strengths of the Spatials?
Not short of horsepower to feed them even though they do not need much juice by all accounts but you know the old saying, " too much is never enough!"
Thanks in advance.
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douglas_schroeder
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For those interested in something different, my extensive review of the Tri-Art Audio 5 Open Speakers, as well as several other pieces of Tri-Art system components, is now published at Dagogo.com

While it looks peculiar, this is a SERIOUS open baffle speaker system! 
Enjoy the read!  I vouch for the high performance to value ratio of this speaker. 
douglas_schroeder
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One consideration I have not seen discussed here is whether there is a removable grill. While some designs are more polished and appear more living room-esque, they are imo hindered if they have a fixed grill.
The impact of the grill is substantial; when I compare with/without grill on speakers I much prefer sans grill. I am not sure I would accept a speaker with fixed grill as a reference. It is one reason I moved away from lower end Vandy and Magnepan speakers. The loss in performance is not insignificant.

Imo, the buyer is best served if they determine which primary driver in an OB speaker their ear likes best, concentric, horn, full range, array etc. as they all are distinct sounding.
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