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Industry Circles => Salk Signature Sound => Topic started by: ekovalsky on 31 Oct 2005, 06:12 am
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New speaker, single tall cabinet, derived from a stacked pair of HT3 with the top speaker inverted, making a WMTMW configuration about 78-80" tall. Think along the likes of the Rockport Hyperion, Kharma Grand Exquisite Reference, or VMPS RM40 :wink:
The goals a design like this would have would be to heighten the image, increase overall sensitivity, and require less padding of the ribbon tweeter. I would think one ribbon tweeter would suffice.
Here's my photoshop hack job. Sorry for the poor quality :oops: Any thoughts ?
(http://members.cox.net/ekovalsky/HT3-bubinga%20copy.jpg)
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Not bad work in PhotoShop :lol:
I would taper the top corners and make the cabinet 3 stackable components (2 woofer modules and 1 MTM) for easy shipping. Also we do not want Jim hurting his back building the speakers!
The solid wood baffle would need some re-work because it looks out of place in the middle...maybe if it had the same tapered corners it would look better.
I would buy a pair :wink:
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The wood baffle would work nicely if made with a herring bone grained wood, giving it that classic Victorian look :wink: Perhaps the Blue Circle Purse 'n Shoes amps would work with the look as well? Just joshin' :lol:
I really like the idea of raised sensitivity and the resulting lessened padding of the ribbons! Way beyond my wherewithal though :(
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Not bad work in PhotoShop :lol:
I would taper the top corners and make the cabinet 3 stackable components (2 woofer modules and 1 MTM) for easy shipping. Also we do not want Jim hurting his back building the speakers!
I would buy a pair :wink:
Exactly what I was thinking, but didn't have the time to do it in Photoshop. Wire connections become a little more of an issue in a multidriver cabinet, but I've seen Jim build at least one pair where the wires from the speaker emerged through a slit and were then secured directly to the binding post -- this would be an elegant solution to a multi-piece stack -- the top and middle modules would have "tails" of appropriate length that would attach to multiple sets of binding posts mounted on the bottom module.
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C'mon Eric, sell those Alons and commision Jim to build you a pair. :o
George
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Hell, Eric's loaded..he can keep the Alon's and then A/B them to the Salks :mrgreen:
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Hell, Eric's loaded..he can keep the Alon's and then A/B them to the Salks :mrgreen:
Can you say DIVORCE :nono:
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Can you say DIVORCE :nono:
Now that would make it one hell of an expensive pair of speakers!!
George
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Look on the bright side...If you get divorced you will be the only guy in the world with 1 Alon and 1 Super Salk HT(X) since your wife will own the other 2 :lol:
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Look on the bright side...If you get divorced you will be the only guy in the world with 1 Alon and 1 Super Salk HT(X) since your wife will own the other 2 :lol:
No, I'd keep all the speakers. She would take everything else!
If only I were single and had mo money -- recently saw a pair of M-L Statement E2 at a very attractive price. Also there is a Genesis 350SE on Audiogon now at firesale pricing.