...Salksound had two very nice rooms, one with the HT1's and one with the HT3's....
Marbles, were the Salk Sound HT1's sitting on the HTS subs or stands? I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on the sound of the HT1's and HT3's ...in general, and compared to each other. Did they have natural body and fullness, or sound a bit lean?
The HT1's were on stands..the same parts express stands I used in my home demo.
In the hotel room, there was no leaness. Probably due to room modes which extended the bass significantly.
In my larger, and acoustically treated room, I first ran the HT1's full range and brought my subs under them at 50HZ. This still caused a lean midbass.
I then ran my subs under them at 70 hz and this was much better.
When I actively XO'd the HT1's at 70 hz to my subs, the midrange cleaned up very nicely. Not having to play the lowest notes helped the midrange a lot. That is not to say they sound bad at all by themselves...in fact they sound very very good in small to medium rooms...just that they can sound even better when not asked to play full range.
The HT3's sounded a bit boomy in the bass because of the same room modes. I should mention, the speakers were in different but identicle rooms. They were on different systems though.
Having heard the HT3's in Jim Salks basement and having been EXTREMELY impressed with the bass before, I am not worried about it at all.
Other than that, the HT3's sounded VERY good. I am very much looking forward to getting my pair.
