Author: Neal Taylor

We’re very pleased to announce that Saltwood products are now available through AudioEmotion – a successful audio retailer based in Fife, Scotland. We originally came across each other by chance through a mutual connection, Java Hifi. It’s an honour to be connected with AudioEmotion and we will be showcasing together at the upcoming Hifi Audio…

The Saltwood Finisterres will be showcased at the upcoming Hifi show in Edinburgh on the 9th and 10th of November 2024. We’ll be partnering with our friends from Audioemotion in Fife, Scotland to bring you another exhilarating experience. More details including room details will be provided soon. Craig, Al and Neal look forward to seeing…

A few weeks ago I brought the Finisterre speakers over to Janine Elliot’s place so that she could check out the speakers and test their performance. It’s the first time I’ve met Janine who writes for HiFi Pig. I was curious about her background. She told me about her career in sound engineering, and I…

Hifi Pig have written a short article for anyone who wishes to see the Java Hifi Carbon Fibre Amp – we will be showcasing it in our room (245) at the Northwest Audio Show. See the full article here:

We’re looking forward to the 2024 North West Audio Show in Cheshire and hope to see likeminded audiophiles, enthusiasts, and lovers of fine audio. https://audioshow.co.uk The show takes place on the 22-23 June 2024 in the DeVere Carnage Estate. It’s the first time we’re going and we will be in Room 245. So, come over…

Finally feels like spring time, and we hit the road and drove to a few different outlets and distributors to showcase the Finisterre speakers. Everyone was immediately intrigued by the wooden cases we built for the speakers. It evokes something for the great merchant trading period. I suppose everyone is keen to see what’s inside…

We did a photoshoot at the Ozeano Studio in Pamplona together with our friend and professional photographer, Nick D’Arville. The studio was like a thief’s den – full with objet trouvé that the designers had been collecting over countless years, and which were now beautifully curated in their studio. We chose an early morning, when…

Craig and Al have been in the workshop putting the padding into the Finisterre speakers. It seems as if we’re close to completing these new speakers! These materials help absorb sound waves inside the speaker cabinet, particularly standing waves and internal reflections. This absorption reduces sound coloration and distortion, which can occur when sound waves…

A few quotes from an online rant that sums up nicely what a lot of people think about today’s world when contrasted to the clips of how people lived in the past. From “Joey vs the World” “There was almost like this collective pride in being a human-being walking amongst their creations. Look at the…

Most people would probably say that loudspeakers are a craft. Certainly speakers that are made of solid natural wood and especially those that are made by hand. But what is a craft? What’s the difference between arts and crafts?  Crafts are typically understood to be something functional – something uselful. Art, on the other hand,…