Spatial X5 speakers


Just got mine, with upgraded crossovers, a couple of weeks ago.  I now have about 250 hours on them - mostly driven by the Voyager Gan 350 wpc class D amp and most recently by Don Sachs 65 wpc tube amp.  Speaker Cables are Griver Huffman Pharoah's and the preamp is Don Sachs tube preamp.  They are easy to set up as they come fully assembled.  Right out of the box they sound promising but the bass is cardboard like and the tweeter can sound harsh.  Nevertheless, after about 175 hours, these babies developed a pleasing midrange liquidity and nice open baffle bass.  They throw an expansive soundscape that extends beyond the width of the toed in speakers that is also deep front to back.  I mean, these speakers truly disappear as in my listening spot nothing localizes to the speaker itself.  Both amps drive these speakers nicely.  The Sachs amp defitely sounds better using the 8 not 4 ohm speaker posts.  I am now getting air with very nice detail and tonal colors.  

 

These speakers are just awesome.  They are worth every penny I paid for them.  Clayton warned me about the prolonged break in time and he was dead on the money.  I just love the OB box less sound.  These speakers are awesome.

 

I hope this thread does not degenerate into a toxic pussing contest like my Voyager Gan amplifier thread.

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Just noticed the X5s are discontinued in favor of the X4.  The X4 are passive vs. the X5 powered woofers with DSP control.  

I wonder why they discontinued the powered woofer model?  

I heard the X4's at the Pacific Northwest show this summer and was really impressed by these speakers.  Even in a hotel room they sounded wonderful.  One of my favorites at the show.

There appears to have been a major culling of models at Spatial, leaving just two currently available, the M4 and the X4, both in their "Ultra" version, whatever that denotes.  Part of it may be parts availability, and I suppose also possibly customer demand/preferences.  When I looked a couple of months ago at the website, those two models stood out to me as ones to try if one were going to go that route.

It doesn’t make much sense to go from 6 models to 2 models and not comment on why…..often when there is an information void, people can assume the worst.