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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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joc3021
100 posts
 
I think they're pretty great.  I've got X2's.  I've
 owned many speakers over the years, these pretty much do it all.  I'll need to sell them soon as I'm losing my listening room, but they're really keepers.  They need some space around them to come alive, but what a big, alive sound they produce. Plenty of nuance and subtlety too.  Clayton has been great with me. 
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ozzy62
3,111 posts
 
The bass of the X3 is definitely an area that improves with hours. The definition is there from the start, but the impact and depth come later.

Oz
gjoslyn59
1 posts
 
I had a loved a pair of apogee stages for 15 years until a bass ribbon failure in 2006.   To make a long story short, after doing “OK” with a pair of B&W 700 floor standers, I heard a pair of Spatial M3 triode masters at the Bay Area audio show.  Bought them immediately.  They do have the general feel of the apogee stages but are so easy to drive and much easier to position. Love them. I drive them with a vintage MC-225 in a roughly 15 X 15 room and filling the space is not a problem.  I am now thinking seriously of the Spatial X5. 
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rolanda
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For this sort of money, and enough space for planars, you owe it to yourself to checkout the Sanders Sound hybrids - electrostatic midrange and treble, transmission line bass, bi-amped with the bass amp included.  The electronic cross-over includes room equalization.  They sound like the original Quad ELS speakers only with real bass and very high power handling.  Much cleaner than Maggie’s or Walsh or anything else.  He sells direct with a money back guarantee, and with a lifetime warranty that he actually honors.
aniwolfe
760 posts
 
@rolanda

Those speakers are $17,000...that's a huge difference from the price of the Spatial TM's. ($2000 demo model)
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