After 36 years of owning a dizzying number of speakers of all shapes, sizes and manufacturers, I finally sobered up and purchased a pair of Salk Veracity HT2 TL speakers. During my many years in a speaker stupor, I was determined to find the best sounding speaker at the most reasonable price point.
Earlier this year I was noodling around AVS speaker forum and stumbled onto Salk Speaker Owners and Discussion thread. I was struck by the amount of favorable feedback and the thousands of posts. I had to check out this Salk Sound....so I jumped on the Salk website and was immediately impressed with the speaker designs and the fact that I could buy direct. I was also was encouraged by Salk's motto: "We Hand-Craft World-class speaker systems, customized to your heart's content.
I decided to call the number on the website and after a few rings was talking with Jim Salk. I asked him several questions about his speakers and inquired about an audition. He was gracious, knowledgeable and patient with the myriad of questions I'd asked. When I finished the conversation with Jim, I felt as if I was talking to one of my friends.
I auditioned several of Jim's speakers and decided on the Veracity HT2 TL. How good did they sound? There was an air of remarkable realism in the vocals and instruments I had never heard before. I was able to differentiate every instrument, sound and exact placement as the recording engineer intended. Again taking a quote from Jim's website, "for those who have heard them, no explanation is necessary...for those who have not, none is possible."
As luck would have it, I live just minutes from Jim's shop and he agreed to allow me to stop by on numerous occasions to check on the progress of the HT2 TL's. During that time I was fortunate to get to know Jim well. On each visit Jim would take precious time out of his busy day to discuss my speakers, new projects, and his Company.
Based on the thousands of positive posts on AVS and AC forums, Jim treated me the same way he treats all of his customers, as if they were an extended part of his family. Jim, his wife Mary, and talented employees, Amar, Theresa, John, and Juan, all share the common goal of building incredible sounding speakers that are stunning in appearance all at a reasonable price.
If you're in the market for custom crafted speakers built to your heart's content, don't be like me and spend 36 years of stumbling and fumbling trying to find the right speaker. Drink a couple cups of strong, black coffee and give Jim a call.
