Battle of the Open Baffles

Spatial Audio speakers have impressed me greatly at shows (usually paired with LTA electronics) and were fer sure my vote for best bang per buck — can’t wait to hear feedback on the new Caladans.  Best sound I’ve ever heard was the Nola Grand Reference driven by top ARC electronics so I’m on board with the OB design concept and hope to own one of them some day.

I belong to a large metro area audio club and I have not heard any other club member’s system sound better than my GR Research NX-Otica open baffles.

Paired with a 300B tube amp, they are heaven on earth.

For outstanding OB performance look up -- better still, listen to -- Linkwitz' LX521

S. Linkwitz (RIP) was one of the legendary engineers in the audio sector (think of the Linkwitz-Riley xover, for example)

I think the Linkwitz full 521.4 system would rival anything available anywhere but they do take a lot of space to sound their best. I have great interest but dont have the floor space available.

I do have a pair of Spatial X5's and for the money they are a sonic bargain.

After hearing some open baffle a friend has, seeing Ron's video on the Caladans, hearing the Caladans at CAP, and talking to Clayton, my pair is on order.  I'm excited to jump into the OB world.  I run KEF, Mission, Elac, and Emotiva speakers now.  This will be a new world/sound for me.