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Industry Circles => Salk Signature Sound => Topic started by: jsalk on 7 Jan 2019, 08:18 pm
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Everett liked some of the speakers we recently produced in electric blue over quilted maple. But he wondered if we could do the same thing but in green. Naturally, the answer was "yes."
These were very difficult to photograph, but here are some pictures of the results...
(http://salksound.com/gallery/Song3-A/s3-accuton-greenquiltedmaple.jpg)
And a close-up...
(http://salksound.com/gallery/Song3-A/s3-accuton-greenquiltedmaple-cu.jpg)
Everett's home was damaged in hurricane Harvey and is currently being repaired. Once he is able to move back into his home, we will ship them. But I thought you might enjoy seeing them none-the-less.
Happy (future) listening Everett!
- Jim
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Wicked cool !!!!
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Wicked cool !!!!
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Damn you Jim, Damn you.
Go Green!
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That finish is awesome! :thumb:
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Nice work Jim :thumb:.
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Really like how those look. :thumb:
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Those are beautiful ... go Eagles!
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So beautiful. Such incredible craftsmanship.
If you haven't packed them up yet can you take a video with proper lighting on them to show the depth?
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Daresay these are unique. Dramatic and masterful! My compliments.
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Yummy, green tea!
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So beautiful. Such incredible craftsmanship.
If you haven't packed them up yet can you take a video with proper lighting on them to show the depth?
I would try, but they are already packed and ready to ship.
- Jim
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Geez. I'm not normally moved by green speakers, but this pair is amazing. Are you certain you didn't use a glow in the dark paint?
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They are definitely beautiful. But, my god, speakers are supposed to look like wood not car paint!!! :nono:
Gene
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They are definitely beautiful. But, my god, speakers are supposed to look like wood not car paint!!! :nono:
Gene
Says who? Just cause my father had wood speakers doesn't mean I need to :green:
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Hey, Jenner! Get off my lawn!!! :thumb:
Gene
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Great finish, I have a Paul Reed Smith guitar with a 10 top (highest level of finish) that looks almost the same.
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Great finish, I have a Paul Reed Smith guitar with a 10 top (highest level of finish) that looks almost the same.
Funny you should mention this. Our "double-dye" finish over quilted maple was the result of looking at PRS guitars and trying to figure out how they accomplish their incredible finishes. This was many years ago, but was the main inspiration for this type of finish.
- Jim
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Funny you should mention this. Our "double-dye" finish over quilted maple was the result of looking at PRS guitars and trying to figure out how they accomplish their incredible finishes. This was many years ago, but was the main inspiration for this type of finish.
- Jim
Very cool, I just visited their site: https://www.prsguitars.com/index.php/blog/post/creating_private_stock_stain_colors
While my tastes are pretty traditional and my Encores might be on the boring side to some, I am still awed by the creativity and craftsmanship that these guys (and the team at Salk) put into some of these creations... they are true works of art
JD
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=188836)
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They do look stunning! I wonder what the decor of the room they're going to end up looks like, haha.
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Everett here chiming in. I know this is normally where you hear the new owner saying how much more beautiful they are than the pictures show, and how great they sound, but as Jim noted, I’m not going to see or hear these for a while.
I did want, however, to just reiterate things many others have said about how enjoyable the process has been, while telling a little story about how I ended up picking these speakers. I’ll start by mentioning how I first heard about Salk Sound. Several years ago, when I was looking for my first new speakers in ages, I was looking through a lot of the “usual suspect” websites for reviews of affordable speakers, and one of the reviews, when talking about a pair of inexpensive speakers, said something like “while they aren’t on par with Salk or (maybe) Thiel, these are quite attractive speakers”. Of course, I had to look at what they considered attractive, and that is when I first heard of Salk. The Salk website then was a very different thing, but the speakers were undeniably gorgeous, but more interesting was the links to reviews, especially of the SongTower. At that point they were well above my target price, but they made an impression. A lot has happened since then, including two floods, but the Salks always stuck in my mind.
It’s late and I’m tired, but I’ll come back later to talk about how I decided on these particular speakers and the buying process as a whole.