New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan

I had the older spatial 4 and other open baffle speakers 

you don’t need 2 feet mine with room panels behind them had onky 16 inches and toed in a bit and worked very well just have carpeting at least in front of them and some absorption , bass is still very fast and open .

I heard the Caladan on YouTube , they sound very very good.

Yes, maybe you can get acceptable sound...and in some cases maybe even good sound with open baffles at 2 feet....But....I don't think you can apply a universal rule when it comes to open baffle location and best sound because of how much room influence there is. 

When I owned the Spatial Audio M3 Sapphires, I started at 30"....then 40" then 50"...and in my room, ended up at 41" as the "best sounding" location.

I tried the same with the Magnepan LRS+..and ultimately ended up with 60".

I am with Audioman on this one.  My M4TM's have resided about 16" from a well-treated back wall and they sound sensational.  I moved them further out many times, but the result was that I only loss bass response .  Easy for me to say the Spatials are the least sensitive to room placement of any speakers I have had, other than Linkwitz speakers.  The Magnepans clearly need far more room, dunno why.  

Hopefully someone is going to Capital Audiofest, and will report back on the speakers.....not sure who's electronics are with them