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Title: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 1 Aug 2013, 06:44 am
And now for something completely different

You might just be a Salk owner if....

1) you used to think RAAL was an eastern mantra
2) you plan a vacation stop in a suburb of Detroit
3) one of the biggest life decisions you will ever make is "which veneer?"
4) you watch the classifieds and try to justify a new set for a room with no system
5) all your upgrades share the same name
6) those creative maternal  months tick slowly but are so worth it
7) your neighbor 3 doors down has never been in your house but you invite complete strangers from upstate for a lively night of wine and listening
8) you've spent more time enjoying photos of all  the glorius cabinet art than a French curator in the Louvre
9) behind every good man is a great women, you've had the pleasure of meeting Mary
10) you rely on sneek peaks from Big Red and Nuance to see how things are coming along
11) for Nigel Tufnel...     
Your sigificant other has long ago turned out the light as you've been drawn in by the audio circle noose

Yours?
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 1 Aug 2013, 06:49 am
12) you explain that it's Jim not Jonas you were referring to for their great contributions to mankind
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 1 Aug 2013, 07:01 am
13). That stagnant music collection now keeps you very busy
14)  everything else in the chain whispers or screams upgrade
15)  you thought Van Alstine was a texas herd not a favorable front end  flavor
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 1 Aug 2013, 07:20 am
Sweet 16).  Your system is a true blessing
1 Timothy 6: 17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: Big Red Machine on 1 Aug 2013, 12:02 pm
I'll play:

17)  You are very comfortable making your purchase because you know the company stands behind their product.
18)  Burger King stole the "have it your way" slogan from Salk.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: chargedmr2 on 1 Aug 2013, 01:28 pm
19). Your speakers were born, not made.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: coke on 1 Aug 2013, 01:46 pm
20)  People look around your room for the surround speakers they think they hear when just listening to your 2.0 channel system  :thumb:
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: chargedmr2 on 1 Aug 2013, 02:21 pm
21) You turn off your stereo, but angelic music continues to eminate from the speakers.
22) You've recently developed a stubborn case of Chronic Staring Syndrome.
23) Your wife frequently finds you in a nonresponsive trance-like state, sitting in your favorite chair.

Ok, I better go work...
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: HAITIMAN on 1 Aug 2013, 03:42 pm
24) You keep returning to the "Unhappy Customer" thread just to get the last word.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: decal on 1 Aug 2013, 04:03 pm
24) You keep returning to the "Unhappy Customer" thread just to get the last word.


 :rotflmao:
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: mark funk on 1 Aug 2013, 04:09 pm
Red, that's a good one  :thumb:

18)



                                                                                                                              :smoke:
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 1 Aug 2013, 05:21 pm
24) You keep returning to the "Unhappy Customer" thread just to get the last word.

that's where the inspiration for the Monty Python diversion originated from.....

+1,000
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 1 Aug 2013, 05:28 pm
25)  you have nicer cloths, and polish (and use them) for your speakers than that neglected 4 wheel beauty in your garage
26)  when you think of nuance  it's not a "subtle detail" but "another audio circle insight"
27) your sd card on your camera is full of photos of FEDEX delivery guys
28) you thought Van Alstine was a herd of cattle not the amp driving the demo to the stampede
29) your wife even joins in and in no time starts whispering in your ear "room" "treatments"
30) you are sleep deprived from the fervor that has caught on regarding your once boring musical collection
31) you're grilling dilemma isn't gas or charcoal, it's on / off and how much stuffing
32) you spend less time reading the liner notes and more time starring at the audio eye candy
33) you have the Oakland headquarters on speed dial
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 1 Aug 2013, 05:49 pm
34) let's see, buddy offers you $200 concert front row seats, nah I'll stay home, better sound in the den
35) I'm good up close, but I'm baffled in the mid range
36) the "that's not quit what I'm looking for" spawns latest custom design
37) lobster and caviar sound and I still have the kids college funds
38) stereo know it all say "never heard of it?  and I've got every Stereophile issue going back to the 90s"
39) where else can you chime in in a "name that speaker" face off



keep them coming

I smell 100)
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: fsimms on 2 Aug 2013, 12:31 am
40) you cry when you listen to music
41) your friends ask who you are on the phone because your voice changed after listening to music
42) you love your speakers because of their flaws and not in spite of them

Bob
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: Nuance on 2 Aug 2013, 02:05 am
Lol - this thread rocks audiotom!  Thanks for starting it.  With all this petty stuff going on in the forums lately, number (sweet) 16 is great to help bring me back down to earth and enjoy what I've been given.  Well stated.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: Austin08 on 2 Aug 2013, 02:26 am
43)You often woke up in the middle of the night on your couch and realized your system was still playing.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: prvngrnd on 2 Aug 2013, 03:03 am
44) You buy your first pair of hi-fi speakers on reputation alone (quality and service) without hearing them and realize any future upgrade will be coming from the same place
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: billmcc on 2 Aug 2013, 03:54 am
44) You buy your first pair of hi-fi speakers on reputation alone (quality and service) without hearing them and realize any future upgrade will be coming from the same place

I agree 100%. I have the same thoughts as my STs and Song Center (dome tweeter) will be replaced by a set of Supercharged STs/Center in the not to distant future :).

Bill
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 2 Aug 2013, 06:15 am
Lol - this thread rocks audiotom!  Thanks for starting it.  With all this petty stuff going on in the forums lately, number (sweet) 16 is great to help bring me back down to earth and enjoy what I've been given.  Well stated.

Nuance - I am glad you enjoy the thread and caught it's intent

even more so that these Bible verses spoke to you.
It is an uplifting perspective

Oh and don't miss 10) and 26)
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 2 Aug 2013, 06:26 am
44) You buy your first pair of hi-fi speakers on reputation alone (quality and service) without hearing them and realize any future upgrade will be coming from the same place

+1,000 Bill.              Ht 3s were just starting their ascent in 2007 when I pulled the trigger sight unseen

45). Your wallet is nearly as happy as your ears are
46)  your local audio dealer shakes his head every time you walk in the store, he knows if you upgrade anything, it's not going to be to his mega buck speakers
47) you decide to go to RMAF to hear just how much the "highly touted competition" missed the musical point
48) your friends and audiophile club members no longer say "who?", "what line is that?" Now it's "can i borrow them for a few days"
49) the movie, super bowl party or latest music marathon always ends up being at your house
50) your response is "no, sorry, there is no sub, haven't missed it"


1/2 way
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 2 Aug 2013, 06:48 am
51). No longer off in the other room,  Your wife is next to you transfixed.
52). Your kids are starting to tell their friends that an ipod and beat's doesn't cut it
53). The only merry go round you have to deal with is on the playground
54) as nice as they look, you swear someone stoled your speakers as they disappear in the room so well
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 2 Aug 2013, 07:41 am
54) the box score:  advertizing -zero,   word of mouth enthusiasm. - infinity
55) every speaker built as if it were his very own pair
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: Nuance on 2 Aug 2013, 02:28 pm
Nuance - I am glad you enjoy the thread and caught it's intent

even more so that these Bible verses spoke to you.
It is an uplifting perspective

Oh and don't miss 10) and 26)

Haha, I love it.  You're cracking me up. :)
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: David Ellis on 2 Aug 2013, 02:42 pm
This is terrific Gents, and well deserved.  Jim is a terrifically sharp guy who's work hours are profound and prolific !  :thumb:
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: billmcc on 2 Aug 2013, 03:14 pm
56. Listening to Miles Davis' My Funny Valentine (In Concert) SACD and actually having goose bumps because I feel like I'm in the audience :)!!!
These speakers never fail to amaze me in my modest listening room. Buy speakers from another company............. I don't think so ;).

Bill
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 2 Aug 2013, 04:04 pm
57) oh, there are 4 voices not two on that beautiful layered harmony.
58) my God, the sax player just turned his horn to the left of the microphone
59) did I just get a huge home renovation? I swear the sound goes three feet beyond the front wall and a good 5 on the sides
60) I can practically look out the windows of Rudy Van Gelder's Blue Note Studio
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: fsimms on 3 Aug 2013, 01:35 am
61) If you are still amazed when you play a record or CD.
62) If when you buy a better piece of audio electronics the sound makes a big improvement.
63) If people keep bugging you to leave your speakers to them in your will.
64) If the neighbors to your condo hate you.

Bob
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 3 Aug 2013, 03:17 am
64)  :D

65). Like comparing fine wines, you swap cables and it's obvious. Bitter, smooth or aged to perfection
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 4 Aug 2013, 06:24 pm
66) a post you've made sends inquisitive yellow site masses to find out about those speakers
67) a storm is coming and you cover your speakers first
68) you dream in bubinga, makore, burled walnut and crotch mahogany
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 6 Aug 2013, 04:15 pm
69) when you list your system gear, you always start with the speakers first
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 7 Aug 2013, 03:32 am
70). Your wife's closet is full of shoes, the best furniture in the house is something you can listen to, and she now green lights your audio hobby. Win win
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: PETE6737 on 8 Aug 2013, 04:16 am
71) Your wife interrupts your music session in a teddy and a "come hither" look, and you find yourself with a dilemma... :duh:
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 8 Aug 2013, 09:28 pm
72) WOW this Silk has Veracity

73) even the packaging is a work of art, but do I really need to save it?
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: Jdgate on 9 Aug 2013, 06:20 pm
74) in a quest to have the most exotic Salk speaker finish, you wonder if Jim can veneer with petrified wood.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 13 Aug 2013, 03:27 am
75). You have your speakers shipped, literally shipped, to Australia or Alaska


We can make 100
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: fsimms on 13 Aug 2013, 12:48 pm
76) It takes at least two people to move your speakers.
77) The nicest furniture that you have is your speakers.
78) You post pictures of your shipment delivery man.
79) Touching your speaker's finish is a sensual experience.

Bob
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 13 Aug 2013, 04:53 pm
cool Bob

80)  the Steinway is jealous
82)  your cables get to join in for some fun
83)  harmonics and ambience, they do exist  - I had only heard about that in books and heard it live
84)  I thought everything was assembly line in the Motor City, who found the carpenters and audio artisans?
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: David C on 13 Aug 2013, 04:57 pm
81) your favorite crotch is mahogany
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 13 Aug 2013, 05:02 pm

85)  you have some beautiful sounding rorschach tests in your den
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 14 Aug 2013, 01:32 am
86). Your dining out expenses just went down dramatically, but your wine purchases went up up up
87). You have a great reason to go vinyl
88) the maid is no longer allowed in the audio room, you or your wife vaccums with a foot clearance
89) classical, jazz combo, rock quartet, folk or bluegrass -  the sound is consistently stellar
90)  your friends come over and swear you highjacked the 2" studio master reels
91). You feel proud to be a part of a like minded family
92). You have two or five new friends that will be with you for a long rewarding time
93). The Capital Building may be heavily divided but nearby they are working on some great crossovers
94). You traded landscapes for soundscapes

95) you stand in awe of a humble man who lets his artistic passion flow through the lifeblood of reproducing music




Five more, who gets the honors
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: fsimms on 14 Aug 2013, 02:28 pm
96) You know who Dennis Murphy is.
97) You fly across the country just to meet your speaker manufacturer.
98) Your friends come over just to listen to recorded music.
99) Your bass isn't tubby and your treble seems to go on forever.
100) You think up dumb ways to praise your speaker.

Bob
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 14 Aug 2013, 06:13 pm
ding ding ding

we have a winner!

Mr 100  fsimms

large straight - well played

congrats Bob!
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 23 Aug 2013, 09:06 pm
101) If you think that not only 1 2 3 and 7 but also 8, 10 and 12 are primary numbers
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 25 Aug 2013, 07:13 pm
102). Those are the standard veneer?
103)   The Fedex guy thinks you won the lottery
104)   your fellow listeners  bow before warming up your system
105).  You wonder why the city of Detroit doesn't emulate a successful business in the western suburbs
106).  You and your amp enjoy driving a Pontiac
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: PETE6737 on 28 Aug 2013, 08:34 pm
(107) you want to take your soundscapes with you on your family's Disney trip...
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 29 Aug 2013, 01:15 am
108) you spent your family's disney trip on soundscapes and your wife is fine with that
The kids....
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: PETE6737 on 29 Aug 2013, 02:42 pm
108) you spent your family's disney trip on soundscapes and your wife is fine with that
The kids....

If I did that I'd be homeless and you'd be my new roommate
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 29 Aug 2013, 06:11 pm

top bunk my friend
unless you end up falling asleep listening to music in the den
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 4 Sep 2013, 12:56 pm
109) you have conversations about having to amp up your sensitivity and you aren't even in group therapy
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 7 Sep 2013, 03:37 pm
110)  You were almost out the door selling your old big name speakers when you made the mistake of playing your new gems to the buyer
111)  You let everyone else bounce around superlatives, you sit back and enjoy the music
112)  The football season cranks up and you go tape delay so you can spend much more time with music
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 9 Sep 2013, 02:17 pm
113)  the delivery guy in your area knows that any tall boxes with that label involve a celebrity flash bulb greeting, big smile and a fat tip




I just hit my 350th audio circle post
probably half of them in this thread ;-)
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 10 Sep 2013, 01:14 pm
114) when you have ditched the cat, declawed or cover the speakers and the significant other finally buys into it
115) the world is a powder keg but you are inside enjoying your music
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: fsimms on 19 Sep 2013, 11:04 pm
116) Your tweeter is a RAAL.
117) People don’t respect your song recommendations because so many songs only sound fantastic on your own system.
118) Most of your old LPs shock you with the vibrancy of their sound.
119) For the first time you like digitally recorded music.
120) You have an emotional attachment to your speakers.

Bob
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 8 Nov 2013, 06:17 pm
121). You fly home early from business trips to catch up with your speakers
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: robcentola on 9 Nov 2013, 08:28 pm
122. When you're planning your next upgrade to SS8's before your ST's are built.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: SiCOH Chemyst on 18 Nov 2013, 10:35 pm
123. You imagine your new pair of speakers ushered into existence by the dimming of lights, a loud crack of thunder, and the shrill cry "It's Alive!" by Jim piercing the darkness.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: robcentola on 22 Nov 2013, 12:00 pm
HA!
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: fsimms on 22 Nov 2013, 01:15 pm
123. You imagine your new pair of speakers ushered into existence by the dimming of lights, a loud crack of thunder, and the shrill cry "It's Alive!" by Jim piercing the darkness.

You have hit upon Jim's next name for a speaker. ----- "The Monster"   :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Bob
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 31 Dec 2013, 05:09 am
124)   You like pottery but your favorite piece of ceramic is a plain white pair 4 1/2" wide hidden behind a grill
125).  You dont mind when it rains or is too cold to go out on a weekend, cause you can snuggle up to your Salks
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: SCompRacer on 31 Dec 2013, 06:00 pm
126) When your quarterback gets Salked, it's a good thing.
127) Salking
        verb
        Being silent, excited, listening with extreme pleasure and emotion while you forgive all the speakers that previously disappointed you.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 31 Dec 2013, 09:48 pm
Salking
        verb
        Being silent, excited, listening with extreme pleasure and emotion while you forgive all the speakers that previously disappointed you.

THIS
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: robcentola on 1 Jan 2014, 12:12 pm
44) You buy your first pair of hi-fi speakers on reputation alone (quality and service) without hearing them and realize any future upgrade will be coming from the same place

Yep!
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: dangerbird on 1 Jan 2014, 01:09 pm
congrats Rich!!
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 24 Apr 2014, 05:02 am
128) you can't just sell those masterpieces, so you look at your friends as recepients of your Salk hand me downs
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: audiotom on 4 May 2014, 02:45 pm
129). You question your contentment when something comes out more Exotica
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: Q3Di on 12 May 2014, 10:28 pm
130) SALK is defined as Killer Luxurious Audiophile Speakers (KLAS)
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: jsalk on 20 Dec 2014, 01:19 pm
You have hit upon Jim's next name for a speaker. ----- "The Monster"   :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Bob

We're working on that one now for a client.  Probably too large and expensive to put into our line-up, but will be fun to play with.

- Jim
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: jtwrace on 20 Dec 2014, 02:28 pm
We're working on that one now for a client.  Probably too large and expensive to put into our line-up, but will be fun to play with.

- Jim
I wouldn't rule it out.  There is a speaker manufacturer (who will go nameless) that built a custom speaker for ~$275k thinking only one pair would be sold....a year later he sells about one a month now.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: ErichGS on 8 Feb 2018, 03:05 am
131)  You curse Jim for making quality affordable enough to finally gain an understanding of what a waste of time it was to rip your CD collection to MP3.
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: Alex2507 on 15 Aug 2018, 07:05 am
132) SWMBO says, "You're not getting rid of these speakers".
Title: Re: You might just be a Salk Owner
Post by: RonN5 on 18 Feb 2019, 06:26 pm
45.  Your speakers look better than any furniture in stores you've been in recently!