People with a lot more knowledge than me and better ears than me will tell you that a compensated saddle on a acoustic is 1. nonsense or 2. essential to proper intonation. On my Guild D35 I've gone back and forth with compensated vs. not and have a hard time telling a difference.

In a recent issue of Vintage Guitar Magazine Dan Erlewine was interviwed along with Steve Earl re: Earls new signature Martin 0000. It does not have a compensated saddle as both feel it makes no difference.

If you play a lot of first position chords and/or stay below the 5th fret then my opinion is a compensated saddle has little impact.