Salk Speakers - Opinions & Advice?

I was also in the Salk room probably a half dozen times, but never got to hear the Songtowers. I thought the HT2 TL's sounded very, very good and was not put off by any brightness from them. They are also more expensive than the other speakers you mentioned.

I remember now the big Tylers did have amps on the woofers as Ty was turning them up and down to show what the speakers could do. I think he finally left the amps set a bit too high - too much bass.

I, too, was taken by the little white Dyn x12s. Very musical and enjoyable; I stayed a while to just listen. I went next door to the big Confidences but actually enjoyed the x12s more. Found them more musically "happy", if you know what I mean.

I guess it is difficult to judge speakers at shows due to room size and other factors,however, both Salk and Tylers
have had excellent reviews by customers who own them.So you really need to hear them in a setting that is closest to yours,although that is always the difficult part because
you would have to incur cost shipping speakers back if you don't like them.

I was a bit disppointed by D1's sound. However, I attribute it more to the (mediocre?) Jolida amp and cd player. To my ear, my system sounds better (Tyler Linbrook SS, BAT vk-200, vk30, Arcam CD23). My room (about 25x30) is about 4 times as big as the hotel room.

For Salk, it sound pretty good on Jazz and Rock, which were played everytime I dropped in the room.
However, it did not sound as good as I expected on classical music. Again, I would say my system wins hands down. It may also have to do with the AVA gears, which I don't think are as good as mine.
Maybe I am so stuck with the sound of my systems.

One speaker I thought to be very good for the price point was Tom Evans model one ($9K). And there was one other speaker powered by BAT vk55, vk32se, and vkd5. I can't remember the name but it is one of those curve shaped speakers ($15K?). I am not sure whether the BAT gears made them sound so good, but I couldn't stay long enough in that room.

One utter disappointment was the McIntosh room. All combined at $45K, I did not care to stay for more than a couple of mins.
Well, just my opinion.

Interesting about the Tom Evans speakers as they did nothing for me. Missing all the upper end. I found the full range Jordan driver an odd combination with what looked like a Hi-Vi bass driver. Way over priced in my opinion. My comment about the build quality of the tylers stems a lot from the sloppy fit of the drivers in the recess. Everytime I have seen them the fit was gapped and then painted to try to hide it. Not something I would expect on a speaker of that caliber.