Spatial Audio X3 Open Baffle Loudspeakers


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What at do you think?
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Hello I dont have the layout 
but I can say the new VH Audio 
Odam are superb and very natural caps, just read some of the  raves.
path audio Best resistors period 
vh Audio fantastic Occ Litz copper wire light film Teflon  and Jantzen inductors all are not that pricy 
and in many ways as good or better then Duelunds which are colorful ,but too huge and too expensive ,follow this recipe 
and I can endorse this $110 % 
in the fall vh Audio will have big value in a 250 v version ,which is very good news and not huge.
Clayton makes a very well thought out speaker ,the only weakness,as in most speakers is the Quality $$ of the Xover components myself doing upgrades for over 20 years .built to a price point 
Spatial audio use decent quality like clarity,Any solen is junk imo, and resistors Path Audio are the best without question,Jantzen inductors are very good for minimal money ,bobbin types stink. Capacitors is where you can spend $$ , in a open baffle a seperate small box for the Xover is ideal 
the new VH Audio ODam caps are excellent 
for coupling caps and not that big , for Bass you can use a Clarity Csa cap which is plenty good and reasonable.
$500 in parts is not much at all and will give you at least a 10% increase in performance across the board. This is the heart of all speakers .i would like to mention Ihave seen a $80 k well known 
company use parts that  I would not use in a $3k speaker,some companies have no pride just $$ and cents,or No sence.p.s Clayton will upgrade your speaker if new you just speak with him pay the difference for parts and maybe external Xover box.
I may buy them for the Beyma 
uppermidrange-Tweeter AMT is world class, as is the mid bass- midrange driver and Xover at 90 
hz to the powered subs. I hope 
Clayton has a App for-the Sub 
with room correction that 
would make a lot of sense and make setup much easier.
On the Spatial audio  X 3, X5 speakers it is a very easy Xover 
I believe 1st order only 2 capacitors in the circuit no resistors 
and one inductor , he uses Duelund Copper wire and WBT connectors . I would like to know the capacitors values 
for sure though order with the close matched VH audio Odam capacitors matched to .05% per pair thats the closest matched 
caps anywhere.and possibly upgrade the inductor if it’s a bobbin type I like the awg 14 Jantzen wax foil inductor .