Pure Audio Project open baffle speakers

@mijostyn - thanks very much for al the info, definitely something to take into consideration.

You mention "Average Room" - what size are you thinking of?

My room is 17ft wide x 42 ft long with an 8 ft ceiling - broadloom covers the floor.

Speaker placement is currently 8 ft from the wall behind the speaker
- i.e. from the wall to the front of the speaker is 8 ft
- this is the upper limit due to furniture
- listening position 8 ft from the front of the speaker

I realize every room has it’s own challenges, but any assistance would be appreciated.

Cheers

But I have a few questions...
- how wide is your room.?
- did it take a lot of time to find their ideal position?
- is it better to have more space behind them - I have about 8 ft available
- have you tried them further away from the wall behind them?
- the two large round "Towers" behind the speakers - what do they do?

The room is 15.5 X 25. I have the speakers about 55" from the front wall. I tried them further into the room, and closer to the wall, but this seemed like the best position, bringing them further into the room had no positive effect. They aren't hard to place in a room, since bass nodes that have affected other speakers seem to have no bearing on OB bass. I have fine tuned them a couple of times, but the basic position hasn't changed much. They do like a lot of toe in and the sweet spot is pretty small. That's the only negative I can think of.

The round things are home made tube traps. I have had them for many years. I haven't tried to remove them with these speakers. But the bass with the X3 is pitch correct and the most accurate sounding bass I have had in this room.

Oz

I agree with Ozzy regarding the quality of bass from the Spatial X series.  I have the X5 which has the powered 12 inch woofer rather than the 15 inch powered woofer of the X3.  My room is a difficult room for bass as it is only 11 feet wide by 24 feet long and has 7 foot ceilings.  I have several bass traps which helped my previous two rel subs but still the bass was never as tight as I would have liked.
The bass quality is much much better with the Spatial X5s and my intention prior to purchasing the X5s was to still use the two rel subs but just cross them lower.

I have mine 50 inches from the front wall and almost 8 feet apart and toed in to almost point at my ears and I sit about 10 feet apart.  I prefer 10 feet away than 8 feet away, the drivers seem to integrate better but I only have about 40 hours on them so I know they will improve with break in.

However I was shocked at the bass quantity and quality and have removed the rels as they do not benefit the bass and actually subtract from the bass quality compared to the X5s alone.

If I had a larger room I would have gone with the X3 but Clayton recommended the X5 for my room and I also thought I would still use the subs but they are now in storage.  
The reproduction of the bass guitar on these speakers is outstanding with very good pitch definition and the speakers go down into the upper 20s according to my test cd.

mrotino,

You have only scratched the surface with 40 hours on the speakers. Mine improved up to and beyond 300 hours. The bass will benefit the most, becoming more prodigious with better presence and slam with kick drum and electric bass guitar. It does get much better than what you hear now.

Oz

Yes Ozzy that's what I've heard from many owners which is hard to believe as the bass is already quite good and much better than what I had previously.  It's difficult for me to play them continuously since my family doesn't like it unfortunately.  Anyway I'll try to get more hours on them and look forward to the improvements as well.
I've heard the 100 hour point is significant and that they continually improve as you've mentioned beyond that as well.