The Official Salk Sound Owner's And Discussion Thread - Page 268

Ok you asked for it.
So rather than give you answers, I'm offering questions. Sorry.
What's your budget?
Is the ST standard as much as you want to spend?
What is upstream from the speakers?
Source, pre-amp, amp, integrated, receiver?

How particular are you about sound?
The ST's are radically different from Magnepans as are most cone driver-based speakers.
How did you like the Paradigms?
They're nice speakers.

In all honesty I've never heard the STs. I own HT-2s.
D'Appolitos are very dynamic and the STs have the addition of a TL cabinet for better bass response.
If at all possible, listen to some more speakers and really define what is important to you.

Your open-ended compare question is a tough one.
I view sound systems as just that, systems.
It can be hard to isolate one component's quality without taking the rest of the system into consideration.

I believe Salk has a 30 day return policy, order up and see how you like them in your home.
A lot people are not comfortable with this arrangement but it really makes a lot of sense.

I had paradigm studio 10s, then bought supercharged songtowers. No comparison. The 10s although good can't hold up to the salks. I've heard the 60s as well. All of the studio line are very good speakers, they just aren't special speakers. The Salks are special speakers. In particular the midrange clarity will blow you away. They are probably a tad more forward than the studios but not overly so.

The are ST is the most I want to spend around the 2000 mark. I'm currently running aRX-773 Yamaha with a nakamichi as a external amp to run the Maggie. Sq is also very important to me and ht is also important. I liked the paradigms was I blown away no. I guess your right I have to audition more speakers but in my area I'm somewhat limited.

Thanks for your help I wish I could hear the revel or the kef no dealers in my area might just have take my chances with the ST.

I sympathize, auditioning certain speakers can be tough.
I live in a large metro area(Seattle) and I had a hard time auditioning speakers recently.
Oh, there are places that carry speakers just not the ones I wanted to hear.

I'm fairly confident you'll like the STs but the key is compared to what?

On the one hand you will be able to compare to your Magnepans, right?

I'll tell you what Jim told me when I ordered my SCST.
[Paraphrasing] If you don't like the sq of these speakers then be prepared to get your check book out. Because to get something that has any kind of noticeable improvement you'll have to spend double what these cost.
With Jim's speakers you're getting great bang for your buck IMO. But if, for some reason, you're not happy you can always send them back.

It's like getting married without the test drive.

FYI......

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=113149.0

You didn't lose me yet. That was a bad analogy speaker can be returned

Yes, Saturn is selling his and Pat was responding to his previous post.

Yes, Nuance you need some coffee!
Edited by charmerci - 1/12/13 at 8:20am

would you guys recommend using Salks as LCR for a dedicated home theater?

If so, which speakers would you recommend?

That would depend on your budget and your volume needs.

In my house: the SCSTs have worked very well for HT use. You can have a center-channel built, or a third tower depending on your preference.
You might, in that case, do just as well for a little less money and get the ST-RT. Though there may be some mid improvement in the SCST, the big advantage is extension; which is less needed with a sub.

I think the speakers above that but below the SS8 mostly give you LF extension, or SPL. So if you are unhappy with one of those, there are available. I think the next major step for audio quality would be the SS8 which introduces a terrific mid-range driver.

Thanks Nuance. Until they are sold, I'm still an official member. After then perhaps someone will adopt me so I can still hang around here.

What are you replacing them with?

Not replacing, per se; raising needed funds. My Soundfield Audio M1s will be used until circumstances change.

I'm not sure if anyone in this forum might be interested, but I'm "considering" selling my black satin Salk Songtowers with the LCY ribbon tweeter to move up to the HT2-TL's. This pair was born in January of 2010 and include the custom machined aluminum baffles shown in Nuance's photos of his speakers. (Definitely a cool look IMHO and I wish the RAAL version of the speakers continued to offer it.) Have the original shipping materials, but frankly I would prefer not to ship just to save on costs and possible damage to the speakers in transit. Live in Columbus, OH and would be willing to meet a buyer up to a 3 hour drive from my home. Would be asking $1,800 for the pair.

Where in Seattle did you go?

Finally found a decent camera and wanted to post a few pics of my SCSTs. This is curly cherry with black dye and darkened edges. It's also darkened around the drivers. The three pictures are bright natural light, medium natural light and fairly dim light. They go from a really shiny and detailed wood finish to essentially gloss black depending on the light. (Pardon the dust...)

Very nice.

yes, I think they are sharp too. Do you mind if I ask how much more $, this type of finish costs? Since it's the natural curly cherry, I assume the wood cost falls into the standard finishs, but not sure how much work is involved to do this type offinish? Also how did you get the idea for this colring?

It's actually just a standard finish. There is one similar on the SongTower Gallery page and it caught my eye so I wanted something similar. I like them so much I actually just ordered a matching Salk/Rythmik 15" sub.

Surprised to see a Salk on eBay.

This is true, don't know what I was thinking. I just never seen Salk speakers on eBay

Because Jim will help you sell to people already hunting new Salk's. I would suspect that the money you could get would be higher (and the cost of trying is nill).

Sill: if you can't sell that way; ebay is worth a shot.