The problem is -- there's nothing new.
That may be true for technical innovation per se but is not true for products, and we buy finished products that we can use.
So much so that there is NO good alternative to Spatial audio outside of the US, outside US I cannot buy Spatial:
- Spatial Europe (sort of distributor/its own brand), questionable differences, questionable pricing
- PureAudioProject, substantially different in several ways and questionable pricing
- Steinway Lyngdorf, waiting to win the lottery
- GR research, DIY product and problems with amps voltage
- Linkwitz, lots of differences, DIY or questionable pricing in its finished form
- LilAudio/Decware, questionable estethics, fullrange based not to everyone liking
The whole thing with Clayton has been having basically the only ready to buy, architectural grade designed OB options on the market.
I don't see how selling successful companies for an entrepreneur is a bad habit. As for Spatial - and Clayton new efforts - there is a whole market outside the US to be conquered and innovation (aka ability to create such products to win market with the right offer at the right price point) doesn't need to stop with Clayton.