Salk Veracity ST Speakers

Significant Upgrade (my opinion)

I owned the Veracity STs for two years and prior to buying them I heard the Motion 40s many times at BB.

The Salks have the highly praised RAAL ribbon along with the Seas midwoofers in a transmission line set up.  The Motions have an AMT along with their midrange and ported mid woofers.

The Salks go much lower and with more authority...and the top end is much smoother...I always found the Motions to be a little on the bright side.

Both project a good soundstage...although the Salks soundstage is deeper and wider.

Both have a fairly narrow, call it a foot wide, sweet spot, but the Motion is more fussy about the height of the listening position.

There are two other speakers that have great reputations and also use the RAAL ribbon....the Ascend Acoustics Sierra towers and the Dennis Murphy BMR towers....all would be a step up from the motions...but even buying preowned, you will be looking in the $3k+ range.

And oh, that Salk finish...definitely speakers that get noticed and praised when it comes to looks.

I had veracity ht2-tl’s and lkked them but was not overly impressed either.  Seas excel drivers always sound smooth as do the raaltweeters.  Salk are really pretty too.

For the $ though, I personally would do something else.  Not to deter you because the new veracity’s look awesome and I personally love the dyed woods.

Thanks for the suggestions and feedback!

I have Salk SS6M speakers and chose them over the Martin Logan Motion 60s. They are absolutely gorgeous, have incredible bass and accurate but intimate presentation, up and down the range. They also beat out Focal 936, Dynaudio Evoke 30, Fritz Carrera and Carbon 7 over a long range of A/B trials for me. I have powered them successfully with tube amps and with solid state, including the lower watt Pass amp. They are luscious.

Several posters on the Audioholics site talk highly of Salk Speakers.  I auditioned one of the models many years ago (don’t remember the model) and was not overly impressed.  However, I think they were powered by an AVR and probably needed more power.  Check out the site and you will find many posts on these speakers.