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Salk Audio Sound

Looking ( still ) for new speakers to replace old Spendors ( with a Leben tube amplifier).  Had narrowed my search to Devore Super 9, Proac D30R, Sonist Concerto 4 when the itch to save some money cropped up ( two tuitions due this week).  Have been hearing about Salk.  Some have denigrated as "hifi"- ish; whatever that means.  Seems like a great value and certainly has his following. Unfortunately, can't find them to hear for myself. So are the Salk speakers on par with the other possibilities above?


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prighello
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Agree with above posters on the Song3 BeATs being forgiving of bad recordings but still very resolving. They are great sounding speakers and the build quality is amazing.
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twoleftears
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And all this with a beryllium tweeter! (From SB Acoustics.)
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bubba12
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I am an owner of the original Song3. I love my speakers. They sound beautiful and look better than most every other brand. My other speakers are Goldenear Triton References and I believe the Salks have better resolution. I would highly recommend Salk Sound. The Salks are nice people also.
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steve59
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There was at least 1 room with Salk speakers playing at axpona this year and they are beautiful. The little hotel rooms keep me from putting much stock in what I hear there, but I would agree they’re on the musical side of neutral other than clinical 
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bdp24
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Salk builds into some of his loudspeakers a Rythmik servo-feedback subwoofer, which automatically raises tremendously the speaker's capabilities. Very few even "full-range" speakers are truly capable of reproducing at lifesize SPL the 20-40Hz octave. Incorporating a Rythmik sub into his speaker not only makes that possible, but taking the bass out of the Salk woofer also improves that driver's performance.

Jim Salk also builds incredible subwoofer enclosures into which he installs a Rythmik 12" or 15" sub. His sub enclosure is the best designed and constructed I've ever seen! He uses "honeycomb"-style bracing, which you can see on the Salk website. He also increases the enclosure's internal volume from Rythmik's own 3cu.ft. to 4cu.ft., for increased efficiency and output capability.

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