After having lived with these babies for a few days I thought that I would post a few comments.
The speakers were packed very well and arrived without a scratch. I know it's been said many times before but pictures really don't do justice to Jims speakers, they are Beautiful and exceeded my epectations. Setting up the speakers was simple and in no time I was listening to music.
In the instructions Jim suggests listening to the demo cd, so I did. The first thing that struck me was the soundstage, it was wide, solid, and deep. Instruments and voices all seemed to have their own place within it, a solid wall of sound from speaker to speaker and beyond. The treble and midrange were both spot on from the start, clear and smooth. The bass at first seemed a little lean at first but is now robust without being boomy at all, just clean well defined articulate bass.
One aspect that really blew me away was what theese speakers do for movies. Bladerunner is a movie I have seen many times but i could not believe how it sounded on theese. Somehow these speakers were pulling more information out of the soundtrack and that combined with the added ambiance from the rear of the midrange created a level of realism that was just pulling me into the movie(Really cool). Also there is plenty of bass for movies. During the latest Star Trek movie this was place was shaking, they can go low with authority.
On the box that the speakers come in there is a sticker that states "hand crafted with pride in the USA" with some companies i feel this would be nothing more than a pr slogan but with Salk and crew I believe this to be true, they take pride in their product and that in turn translates into pride of ownership.
I would like to thank the entire Salk team for these wonderful speakers.
Cheers
Chris
