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Industry Circles => Salk Signature Sound => Topic started by: mpaulsen on 27 Sep 2008, 03:15 am

Title: My HT1s in Sapele Pomelle
Post by: mpaulsen on 27 Sep 2008, 03:15 am

My wait is finally over as I received my HT1's from Jim(definitely worth the wait. like Christmas when you're a kid).
Sound wise the HT1s have the best mid range I have ever heard. It took me a couple of days to get out of the listening chair and take pictures :lol:, but here they are.

The veneer is Sapele Pomelle with a Leapordwood trim. Jim's choice of the Leapordwood trim really adds a nice accent to the front.
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=16193)

Here is my best picture with the grills on. The grills are very hard to photograph as they like to do funny things when the flash goes off :P.
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=16194)

No one ever takes pictures of the back of their Salk's so I've included one to show you that the back is just a beautiful as the front.
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=16195)


Thank you for the beautiful work Jim.

-Mitchell

Title: Re: My HT1s in Sapele Pomelle
Post by: oneinthepipe on 27 Sep 2008, 03:21 am

Beautiful, and they look much nicer with the grills removed.  Nice collection of board games, too.

Title: Re: My HT1s in Sapele Pomelle
Post by: huey driver on 27 Sep 2008, 04:37 am

Oh dude, Im jealous they look fantastic!!!!  Great work Jim.

Title: Re: My HT1s in Sapele Pomelle
Post by: Toka on 27 Sep 2008, 05:16 am

Gorgeous.  :o Enjoy them!

Title: Re: My HT1s in Sapele Pomelle
Post by: fsimms on 27 Sep 2008, 01:35 pm

I've had my HT1's for 5 years and yet I am jealous.   To have the 5 years of discovery and bliss ahead of me again would be exciting!

Bob

Title: Re: My HT1s in Sapele Pomelle
Post by: Nuance on 27 Sep 2008, 03:08 pm

 :o  Stunning!  Congratulations and happy listening!

What a finish!   :thumb:

Title: Re: My HT1s in Sapele Pomelle
Post by: mca on 27 Sep 2008, 03:21 pm

What will you be pairing them up with?

Title: Re: My HT1s in Sapele Pomelle
Post by: mpaulsen on 27 Sep 2008, 05:01 pm

Thank you for the kind comments everyone. Jim has really done a great job with these!

Quote from: mca on 27 Sep 2008, 03:21 pm

What will you be pairing them up with?

They are paired up with a Bryston B100 Integrated Amp, and a Marantz SA-8001 SACD player. I also have a silent media PC that has an Onkyo SE-90 in it; however, right now I'm feeding its digital out to the B100's DAC.  The system is very neutral and everything sound so natural.

Title: Re: My HT1s in Sapele Pomelle
Post by: robinje on 27 Sep 2008, 06:30 pm

Those are remarkably beautiful!!!  Congrats on your new speakers...

Title: Re: My HT1s in Sapele Pomelle
Post by: mpaulsen on 1 Oct 2008, 02:58 am

fsimms - Bob,

I'm beginning to see what you mean about discovery. At this point I think I have every SACD I own out on my coffee table.

I recently adjusted the position of my speakers and found that they sound even better. I moved them about an inch or two inward and 6 inches toward the wall (they were originally 22" form the wall and are now 16").
I found it really improved the bass and the imaging was improved in the off-center listening seats.

-mitchell