As you can see, I wrote that review about two months ago and I've been thinking about adding a few updates that may prove helpful to some.
The usual question that is often posed is RAAL vs Be...and all I can say is having heard both, they are both great when implemented well...meaning good crossover and good midrange pairing. The biggest surprise for me with the RAAL is that the dispersion is much larger than you often read about for ribbons...music really does sound good throughout the whole room and the sweetspot is pretty wide.
Often when you buy a new piece of equipment, you spend a couple of weeks and maybe even months listening to the equipment...and if the equipment is up to your expectations, that type of listening fades away and all you really hear moving forward is the music (and when that doesn't happen, I think it is because the brain senses that something is missing). I'm at the point with the Salks that all I'm hearing is the music and I'm no longer listening for what might be missing...because there isn't anything missing.
As for the transmission line bass, another positive that I've come to appreciate is how perfectly it blends with my 15" sealed sub...together, the sub and the Veracitys speak with one voice.
One thing I've observed is the trend toward larger and larger speakers and I'm sure there are many benefits that can be documented and that people have experienced. I think its worth noting that the Veracity STs...at 42" tall and 62#s have no problem filling my very large room with great sound and 90db peaks when needed. This may not matter to most people but they are "relatively" easy for one person to move...and shipping them is not going to cost $500+.
Based on all the comments from Axpona...there are a lot of great loudspeakers available....I'm pretty sure that I'm going to have these Salks for quite a while....but, hmmm....maybe some Maggie LRSs for a smaller room???
The usual question that is often posed is RAAL vs Be...and all I can say is having heard both, they are both great when implemented well...meaning good crossover and good midrange pairing. The biggest surprise for me with the RAAL is that the dispersion is much larger than you often read about for ribbons...music really does sound good throughout the whole room and the sweetspot is pretty wide.
Often when you buy a new piece of equipment, you spend a couple of weeks and maybe even months listening to the equipment...and if the equipment is up to your expectations, that type of listening fades away and all you really hear moving forward is the music (and when that doesn't happen, I think it is because the brain senses that something is missing). I'm at the point with the Salks that all I'm hearing is the music and I'm no longer listening for what might be missing...because there isn't anything missing.
As for the transmission line bass, another positive that I've come to appreciate is how perfectly it blends with my 15" sealed sub...together, the sub and the Veracitys speak with one voice.
One thing I've observed is the trend toward larger and larger speakers and I'm sure there are many benefits that can be documented and that people have experienced. I think its worth noting that the Veracity STs...at 42" tall and 62#s have no problem filling my very large room with great sound and 90db peaks when needed. This may not matter to most people but they are "relatively" easy for one person to move...and shipping them is not going to cost $500+.
Based on all the comments from Axpona...there are a lot of great loudspeakers available....I'm pretty sure that I'm going to have these Salks for quite a while....but, hmmm....maybe some Maggie LRSs for a smaller room???