Spatial Audio open baffle speakers, who has them? Worthwhile change from Maggies?

Well I own the X3s and here is a short list of what I've owned in the past few years

Klipschorns
GR Research Super V
Forte IIIs
Wilson Sophias
Reference 3a Grand Veena
Piega P10
Von Schweikert VR4 Gen III HSE
Green Mountain Audio C3
Magnepan 1.6 and 3.5

I would say the Spatials are as good as anything I've owned at most things, and quite a bit better at some. They have the most articulate and pitch correct bass response of any speaker I have owned. They are open and boxless sounding like maggies, but with far superior soundstage depth and dynamics. They most closely resemble the GMA Continuums in tonal balance and transparency. Their dynamics most closely resemble that of the mighty K horns. About 90% of what they do.

Hope that helps.

Oz

I haven't owned that many but have owned the below:

Green Mountain audio callisto
Green Mountain audio continuum 1.5
Green Mountain audio eos/Hx with 2 rel subs  - most current setup
Merlin VSM
Condor Acoustics SC 7 (Older high quality standmount)

I belong to an audio club in CT so have listened extensively to many excellent speakers such as Revel Studio, Verity Audio Parsifal, Spendor, Thiel CS 2.7.
A friend of mine in the audio club recently purchased the larger Open Baffle Bastani Mondali and that got me hooked on the open baffle sound.

I have always been a big fan of the Green Mountain Audio speakers (they were not well known) and like others have mentioned the Spatials do most similarly sound like them but definitely at a higher level especially in regards to bass/midrange coherence, detail, ability to play well at lower volumes and just plainly put out an overall much larger fulfilling soundstage.

All of the above are very good speakers but I could not emotionally connect with them to a great extent other than the Green Mountain Audios and I've finally found a speaker that in my opinion surpasses them rather easily.  This of course is just my opinion.

Hard to recall/remember all of the speakers I have owned but many just failed to cut it for me and were always , well these are ok but.....

Focal
B&W 803
Usher
Wilson
Kef
Monitor Audio
Joseph Audio RM33SE
Maggies.

Memory does not even recall most model number numbers that's how special they were not... lol.

However in my room the box speakers were always just that, boxes, never lit my fire in any way.

Then the Maggies came along and they were a huge step in the right direction for myself.
But the Spatials are the Maggies on steroids and then some.
Same type of open non box space but more of everything.
Stage is wider and deeper, bass is so tight and deep and extended and very easy to discern notes not just oh well that's bass.
But the mids where vocals and acoustic guitar live is to die for.

So yes you could say I am pretty happy so far.

@uberwaltz 

Focal - B&W 803 - Usher - Wilson - Kef - Monitor Audio - Joseph Audio - Maggies.
That is an impressive list of speakers so, you must really be enjoying your Spatial’s if they best (for you) everything on that list.

Kudos to you for your appetite for Music (as we all know) plus your tenacity in pursuing the ultimate in sound.

 

Doug
Probably at least 50% of is my acoustically awful room.
Regular box speakers just do not work.
And unfortunately wifely constraints mean no real treatments allowed!