Is there a review of this GTG?
Hello Bob,
Nuance(Brandon) and i did meet up Saturday. He brought his ST RT's down to my place giving me the opportunity to hear them in my home with my equipment. My system consists of a new parasound 2100 preamp running into a proceed amp3(150WPC) with a oppo 980 & Squeezebox 3 as a source. We also at times incorporated my Rythmik 15" sealed sub that was recently EQ'ed with my BFD & REW running flat. For material I had put together a demo CD consisting of several Jack Johnson tracks, Daryl Stuermer, Fleetwood mac, Dire Straits(Brothers in arms), and Eagles.
We played several tracks over and over again first with my ascend sierrras then his Salks and listened for differences. To me, both speakers offered excellent bass response and I was less interested in this area considering I run the Rythmik with my preamp anyway. For the mids, the Salks seemed more detailed with better instrument seperation. I think this may be in big part to having 2 drivers doing the work compared to one. The imaging was very impressive with the salks also, everything so natural and never muddy sounding. For the highs, this is where I was looking for the improvement. The Ribbon tweet definitely was more natural and accurate sounding compared to the sierras especially when hearing basic cymbals/triangles & etc. Overall, I felt the midrange clarity and extended highs of the Salks were a step above the sierras and should be considering the cost & size difference alone.
In the end I decided to place an order for the ST's with the dome tweeter only because Jim recommended the dome based on my listening habbits which include mostly rock only and never any Jazz or classical material. The ribbon does probably have better extension and instrument timbre accuracy, but for the material I listen to, the difference would be very hard to notice. I still love my sierras and plan to keep at least 3 of them for a theater room I have downstairs. They are an excellent bookshelf especially for the price but the Salks are more expensive and have that extra bit of midrange & top end clarity that I seek hence the price jump.
This is probably the 3rd or 4th time nuance and I have got together with different gear and we have come to the conclusion we have very very similar tastes. We truly enjoyed my new preamp which the more I listen to it, the more I realize just how accurate and neutral the thing is on all material! The detail and imaging the parasound brings out is amazing especially when I flipped the HT bypass button and ran it through my yamaha RX-V2600 receiver. He also got to experience my EQ'ed Rythmik sub running flat which blended very well with both speakers.
So, I am joing the Salk club and am very excited to do so!
Take care,
Brandon
