Salk Future TBD

Actually Jim just posted that he will continue to service Salk speakers new and preowned but will no longer be making them. 

It is unfortunate that there aren't family members or employees who are able to continue the company.  Equally unfortunate is that beautiful cabinets are now being made in China more and more companies seem to be availing themselves of these cabinets in order to keep costs down which ends up putting a lot of pressure on the custom cabinet guys like Salk or Daedalus or Devore....to name a few.

Audio is a very competitive business!

@grislybutter 

I think this thread will provide some context...

https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=185160.0

Increasing the price 20+% at a time when the whole country was bracing for a recessionary meltdown had to have severely hurt short term sales which might have scared the buyers...and then add to that the  concern that they  might have had as their business doesn't seem to revolve around the "pricier product".

https://www.css-audio.com/online-store

sorry reno...but I don't agree.  most people would look into the return policy and return cost....unless it says free...before making a purchase.

just as an example, go onto the tekon website and see what it says about the cost of returning their ever increasing line of giant above 100lb speakers.

jim is a super hones business guy who virtually everyone has had a great experience with...including those that own his speakers but did not buy them direct from him.

I think that Jim, Like Rick Craig, was unique to the industry...guys that would build what you wanted. If you had a design idea...specific drivers you were thinking of....specific woods you wanted used...Jim would get his expert pals to put on their thinking caps...guys like Dennis Murphy and Paul Kittinger and together they would figure out whether it could be built and whether it would sound great. 

And for those of us that owned Salks over the years...we can attest to the fact that Jim's speakers sounded great.  I'm sure that is part of the reason that he has so many speaker offerings...because over the years, a lot of different designs were imagined and built and they never lost their relevance because of their looks and sound.

We all wish you and Mary the very best and really hope that whatever you choose to do next...that you have a lot of fun doing it.