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Industry Circles => Salk Signature Sound => Topic started by: Marbles on 3 Aug 2005, 05:58 pm
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I have been asked a few times to post pics of my Salk Sound speakers as they sit in my system.
I did a down and dirty picture taking..no photoshop, lights up, flash on and posted directly to my gallery.
http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/modules.php?set_albumName=albut24&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php
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Awesome :!:
These speakers are beautiful. I can't wait to get mine in a few days.
I also noticed in the photos that you do not have enough gear. I think you need to buy a few more amps :P :wink: :lol:
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What wood combo did you get?
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Macassar Ebony with huge color variation and black lacquer baffles bases and port tubes.
I mocked (not a real HT3) it up in photoshop. Dont laugh too hard since it was a quick job. You will notice that my woofers are black. This is correct.
I was going to use Claro walnut but the ebony is so wild that the walnut did not look right. I like the piano black with the black in the ebony and black woofers. Might be too crazy for some but for me it is perfect :D
(http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/galleryimage.php/Main-room/HT3_front4_copy.jpg)
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Macassar Ebony with huge color variation and black lacquer baffles bases and port tubes.
I mocked (not a real HT3) it up in photoshop. Dont laugh too hard since it was a quick job. You will notice that my woofers are black. This is correct.
I was going to use Claro walnut but the ebony is so wild that the walnut did not look right. I like the piano black with the black in the ebony and black woofers. Might be too crazy for some but for me it is perfect :D
(http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/galleryimage.php/Main-room/HT3_front4_copy.jpg)
That is pretty wild...
I saw some HT1's that were made with Macassar Ebony, but I don't remember your HT3's.
I also saw some unfinished Burl Walnut HT3's that someone is going to absolutely LOVE
I saw some plainer looking walnut HT3's as well.
Please post pics when you get the chance.
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Please post pics when you get the chance.
As soon as the speakers are unpacked and in rough position I will take a few shots.
A few others have received their HT3s but have not posted photos :scratch: Are they listening to music or something? Whats up? :lol:
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Hi Marbles,
Um, these? :mrgreen:
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=228)
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Yeah, I think those could be the ones :wink:
How do you like them?
Maybe you haven't got them yet, as the picture looks remarkably like it could be Jims basement....
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Jim will have them finished in a week with any luck! I believe they are next in line after Bingenito's. This was the first time I've seen a picture of the Burl since it was a raw sheet and I've yet to get a look at the Walnut baffle, which is a lightly figured Walnut. As you can imagine, I'm a tad pumped :lol: and thanks to your mod thread I finally decided to really stretch my budget and opt for the Sonicaps.
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I think you are going to be really happy with the burl when you see it in person....and I think you made a very good decision on the Sonicaps.
Let us know what you think when you get them.
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This was the first time I've seen a picture of the Burl since it was a raw sheet
Gordy, As soon as I received the shots from Jim I was so excited I had to see what a complete speaker might look like. Rather then wait like a normal person I cloned the veneer from Jim's photo of my actual blank cabinet onto a photo of a complete HT3 that was taken at a similar angle.
I know....I need to get a life :rotflmao:
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I have been asked a few times to post pics of my Salk Sound speakers as they sit in my system.
Thank you Rob...looks great, and I'm sure they sound great as well...enjoy !![/list:u]Maybe the next time we bet, I'll get lucky again, and win the new system...matches nice with the wood in my room. :jester: [/list:u]
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I know....I need to get a life :rotflmao:
I'm jealous! If I could master anything besides the 'read Email button' I'd be there too :lol:
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Those look great!
I'm surprised there hasn't been a push for a Salk forum, or owner circle, here on Audiocircle. The speakers certainly look great, and by all accounts sound great (I'm still waiting to hear them myself). And they have displaced speakers from other AC vendors in many members' systems.
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Those look great!
I'm surprised there hasn't been a push for a Salk forum, or owner circle, here on Audiocircle. The speakers certainly look great, and by all accounts sound great (I'm still waiting to hear them myself). And they have displaced speakers from other AC vendors in many members' systems.
Eric,
I will try to get one started next week when I get a little free time.
George
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George,
Would it be possible to move Marbles' mod thread over? A picture gallery like Levi built for the NY Rave and Hugh's AKSA builds would, of course, be mandatory as well 8) .
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A picture gallery like Levi built for the NY Rave and Hugh's AKSA builds would, of course, be mandatory as well .
I was thinking the same thing. It is great to see photos on a manufacture website but it is always nice to see the product installed in customers homes. This helps people understand the scale of the speaker and how the woods match with decor.
I will volunteer to edit and post any photos to a gallery if we create a circle. It would be nice to have a sticky with customer systems, location and links to the associated system photos.
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Yes, we can get threads moved over, have sticky notes, pics, etc...
Hopefully we won't have any issues getting the Circle approved.
George
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I think at first we should try for an owners circle, that would most certainly pass. If at some point in the future Jim posts more frequently here, then we can see if we can have it changed to a Manufacturers circle.
What do you guys think?
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I think at first we should try for an owners circle, that would most certainly pass. If at some point in the future Jim posts more frequently here, then we can see if we can have it changed to a Manufacturers circle.
What do you guys think?
I was going the Owner's Circle route.
George
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I'm no graphics designer type guy, but here's my best attempt at a mockup from your burled walnut sample, Gordy... I didn't do the baffles because I couldn't find a decent finished walnut sample. I have a feeling this mockup came out a bit darker than the speakers will actually look, but we shall see! :)
(http://www.abend.com/pics/gordy.jpg)
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:thumb: Thank you Papajin! The baffles will be of partially figured or lightly figured stock. What was that I mentioned to you about not dwelling on the future? Forgetaboutit :rotflmao:
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Papajin
Nice cloning stamp job! I found some walnut burl on eBay but even after editing the colors it would not match up. Real woods can vary in color quite a bit.
These will be some very nice speakers.
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Baffles will be really hard to overlay decently anyway, since the rounded edges tend to look different when the light reflects off them. I bet you could spend hours upon hours just trying to make it look decent.
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Sure you could spend hours...Or you can use the magic wand to select the baffles and then change the color settings on the selected area.
Takes 1 minute tops :D
(http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/galleryimage.php/Main-room/gordy.jpg)
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:idea: Repeated with black ribbon and woofer
(http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/galleryimage.php/Main-room/gordy_001.jpg)
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What finish did you get, standerd gloss or hand buffed piano laquer?
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Sure you could spend hours...Or you can use the magic wand to select the baffles and then change the color settings on the selected area.
I do use the wand, but I usually have trouble getting it to grab exactly what I want. I'm a relative n00b when it comes to graphics editting though, so I'm sure I did that mockup completely differently than a pro would likely tackle it. The hard part isn't highlighting the area you wanna work with though. The hard part is getting the new texture to actually look like a baffle when you're done. Overlaying it with something new is simple... Having it maintain the curved edge, and not lose the light reflections... now therein lies the challenge!
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I am new to photo editing myself. That is why I look for easy ways around some of the things you mentioned.
Adjusting the settings on the wand helps and you can start out with a weight of 10 and work your way up to say 40 once you have an outline defined. If you mess up use history to back track.
When cloning make sure the source and destination image are about the same size and choose the correct brush.
Curves, color balance and brightness, contrast help to transform items like the baffles above so that you do not loose the rounded edges.
Again I am not expert...I just wing it and have a good time :D
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What finish did you get, standerd gloss or hand buffed piano laquer?
I went with the standard gloss as they were ordered before your mod thread, but even so, my book cases, cd cabinets etc. are all more of a satin finish so I would still have been more prone to the standard finish, being leary of a piano finish as too glossy for my tastes/room! Me being the conservative that I am :roll:
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Gordy,
Will your ribbons and or woofers be black?
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When I first spoke to Jim I intended to order the most stripped down version I could possible order due to cost concerns. That quickly went out the window when he suggested using some Walnut veneer he had. That, too, went out the window once he showed me the Burled Walnut (my most favorit-est wood ever!) that he had scored. So much for my economizing...:lol:
For the last 4 months or so I've been swapping caps around in two amp's power supplies and their associated input caps. Lately, thanks to Team JOL and their Felicia experiments, I've been doing the same with my Felicia's. All that I learned/heard there led me to the conclusion that I'd never be able to stop second guessing myself unless I had Jim upgrade the HT-3 caps as well.
That's it for my upgrades and options. I really wasn't even aware that the drivers had a color option...
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I really wasn't even aware that the drivers had a color option...
The ribbon tweeter is always an option since it comes in silver or black. Standard is black as far as I know.
The woofers are standard in silver but mine will be black. I prefer the black on the Ebony cabinets. The woofer color is not an option it just worked out that way for me.
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being leary of a piano finish as too glossy for my tastes/room
I'm going standard finish for the exact same reason. That high gloss lacquer finish screams fine furniture, and I'm not really intending to place the speakers in THAT fancy of a surrounding. :)
I thought about the different color drivers once I knew there WERE options, but I liked the standard colors in my case, so didn't change anything there. Gordy and I are basically getting the same HT3's, just different veneers.
I'm going with HT3's, HT1's (sealed), and an HTC. All speakers with curly bubinga veneer and bubinga pomelle baffles. HT3's will have plinths also of course and the sonicaps upgrade. Feel free to talk me into other upgrades if you can. :)