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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.
uberwaltz
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ozzy62
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Congrats!

Get them at least 3 ft into the room if possible and as far apart as practical. I am a big fan of horns and OB speakers. I’m sure once you get them dialed in you will be even more impressed.

Oz
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uberwaltz OP
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Right now about 4 ft from back and side walls and about 7 .5 ft apart.
I toed them in towards me some more and I got a bit more energy at the higher end with no other apparent losses.
It's going to be good.....
aniwolfe
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@uberwaltz 

DON'T shut down the idea on subs just yet! I would wait for break-in to determine if you need a sub or not. Personally, I find the addition of dual subs well integrated with the Triode Masters to be a huge increase in music satisfaction. I listen to a lot of artists like RUSH, YES, KING CRIMSON, THE POLICE, AC/DC etc.
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uberwaltz OP
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Point well taken.
Turned subs back on and have them barely cracked on the pot, considerably less than 1 but just fleshed the music out everywhere.

So they can stay for now too.
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ozzy62
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I had considered some OB subs with my X3s early on. After they broke in I decided that was far from necessary.

Oz



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