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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.
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uberwaltz OP
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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.
dougsat
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@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.

 

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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!
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Doug
One set of speakers I forgot about that NEARLY made the grade as far as boxes go were the DeVore Gibbons.

See this thread from a while back.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/joseph-audio-rm-33le-vs-devore-gibbon-8-my-experience?highlig...

dougsat
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“wifely constraints“ LOL 

But she’s okay with you buying all of the different speakers! Sounds like you need a man cave away of the rest of the house.
Seriously continued good luck with the new speakers.
Aside from your room not functioning for certain speakers my hats off to you for trying what appears to be some of the best. Most of which I only have heard at the RMAF.

Actually I have ran the gamut (on a smaller scale) with “box” speakers and I am now enjoying Magnepan LRS.’s. I have heard the Spatial’s (I forget the model #s) and they are indeed like Magnepan’s on steroids. 

Cheers. 


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