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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?


mpomerantz
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larry5729
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My dream is to be able to buy a pair of SALK Song3 Encores.  They are incredible.  They sounded better than a pair of $60,000 speakers I heard at RMAF.

Jim SALK is also incredibly nice and extremely knowledgeable.
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twoleftears
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The Encores use a larger diameter of the same Satori woofer, and a different midrange; they plumb the depths further, but I preferred the Audio Technology mid-range on the BeATs.  Interesting that in the SS 9.5 he uses the tweeter and midrange from the BeATs, the woofer from the Encore, plus some passive radiators.
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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