I spent some time with Jim Salk at his home listening room. He is a gracious host with a very realistic listening room - meaning odd room size and no room treatments. Listening in this environment I can say for the money his speakers are a great value. I was able to listen to the Archos open baffle, HT3, and Song Towers, as well as a prototype of a new model Salk will be introducing (or by now may have introduced). I could easily live with any of them. I'm sure there would be something in the Salk lineup in your price range you would be pleased with.
Best Used Speaker Under $4,000 w/ Respectable Lows
I was once a member of the audiophile community (Some of the older Audiogon members may remember me) but had to step out for a bit do to life changes. I am thinking about stepping back into it in a limited fashion with the system configuration listed below. I would love opinions on what used, $4000 or less, speaker would best suit the following system. Note that I would prefer NOT to bi-wire and would love something with a respectable low end (A full range speaker would be nice). I tend to treasure transparency, neutrality, high end extension, speed, DYNAMICS, and tight driver control / integration in my speakers and leave bloom/coloring/musicality to the amp. I also prefer speakers that play very well at low volumes with medium power amps. Thanks for the help!
Transport: PC with Windows 7 / WAV Files / Foobar / Lynx AES16 PCI digital I/O card
Dac & Preamp: Berkeley Audio Design Alpha DAC
Interconnects & Speaker Cable: Nordost SPM
Amp: Sim Audio Moon W 5.3
Transport: PC with Windows 7 / WAV Files / Foobar / Lynx AES16 PCI digital I/O card
Dac & Preamp: Berkeley Audio Design Alpha DAC
Interconnects & Speaker Cable: Nordost SPM
Amp: Sim Audio Moon W 5.3