{"id":821,"date":"2017-08-07T17:54:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T22:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/?p=821"},"modified":"2018-06-02T09:24:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T14:24:30","slug":"triton-reference-is-a-tas-goldenear-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/triton-reference-is-a-tas-goldenear-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Triton Reference is a TAS GoldenEar Award winner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s on the cover of TAS’s September issue,<\/p>\n

Inside is a review by Anthony Cordesman, TAS’s most\u00a0prestigious\u00a0reviewer. He is so high-end it’s ridiculous — Pass Labs\u00a0Class\u00a0A monoblock amps, etc. so he is used to\u00a0owning\u00a0and\u00a0auditioning the best of the best, cost no object.<\/p>\n

Here are\u00a0selected\u00a0quotes from his four page review:<\/p>\n

“…remarkable amount of transparency, life, and soundstage detail along\u00a0with\u00a0some of the best-integrated powered subwoofer performance I’ve heard at\u00a0anything\u00a0like the\u00a0price.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“…a truly excellent speaker for the money.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“…one of the few speakers that can actually reproduce very-low-frequency organ, bass guitars, and synthesizer bass down to subwoofer levels. …brings out the deepest notes a recording\u00a0allows with\u00a0tight\u00a0detail and without exaggeration.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“…a pleasure\u00a0to listen\u00a0to over\u00a0extended periods of time.” (as opposed to some speakers that impress with a gee-whiz sound that turns out to have added\u00a0coloration that leads eventually to listening fatigue.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Mr. Cordesman is a\u00a0big\u00a0fan of the Triton One, so he made some\u00a0comparisons\u00a0between\u00a0the One and the Reference:<\/p>\n

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“…a major improvement over the\u00a0Triton\u00a0One…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“..\u00a0smooth\u00a0overall\u00a0timbre through\u00a0the\u00a0frequency\u00a0range, with deeper bass, smoother midrange with more detail in the upper midband , and a cleaner treble with a great deal of air.\u00a0…has a remarkably\u00a0coherent set\u00a0of\u00a0dispersion\u00a0characteristics\u00a0and a wider, more\u00a0stable and\u00a0exceptionally\u00a0detailed soundstage.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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His “Summary Judgment”<\/h3>\n

“highly\u00a0recommended. Well worth auditioning and fully\u00a0competitive\u00a0with some substantially more expensive speakers.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My Summary and Impressions<\/h3>\n

Actually the first impression was the weight. I helped unload each 150 pound box and un-boxed a pair in my basement garage for the initial break-in. For me, wimp that I am, it was a chore unpacking them. When it was time to move up one floor I resorted to hired help<\/p>\n

The look like the other Tritons, but bigger and with a gloss black finish. All\u00a0GoldenEar\u00a0speakers\u00a0share\u00a0the same design\u00a0concepts\u00a0and voicing, each one sounding closer, as they move up the line, to the GoldenEar’s ideal. I have listened to all of them and enjoyed each one\u00a0tremendously, enjoying what was improved at each step up, but the Reference was a revelation. The warmth and smoothness were the most striking at first, then I began to notice greater dynamics, and a combination of 3D solidity and coherence.<\/p>\n

Of course the gloss black finish is\u00a0super, though in my dark living room its not shown to advantage.<\/p>\n

I am still\u00a0experimenting with\u00a0placement: so far they\u00a0sound\u00a0great everywhere. But naturally I hope to find that magic spot that will bring perfection.<\/p>\n

About the Price\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

When you\u00a0read\u00a0reviews about any Triton speaker you’ll see many\u00a0mentions\u00a0along the lines of ”\u00a0compares well\u00a0to\u00a0speakers\u00a0or beats XX times the price.” Well, yeah, but $8500 a pair is the most expensive speaker\u00a0I’ve ever\u00a0had or sold. However in this world of ever-increasing high-end audio prices it is (oh, how can I even say this) a great value. Of course this is all relative each person’s mental version of “value”, but relative to other high end speakers of similar sound quality the Reference can be called that. As Mr. Cordesman says “…fully\u00a0competitive\u00a0with some substantially more expensive speakers.”<\/p>\n

I love to demonstrate, so feel free to call and set up an audition, just for fun. I am famous for not being a\u00a0salesman, so don’t\u00a0expect\u00a0me to try any\u00a0persuasion\u00a0or pressure or closing tactics. That’s not my thing. I love audio and I like to share an audition, especially when people bring their own music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s on the cover of TAS’s September issue, Inside is a review by Anthony Cordesman, TAS’s most\u00a0prestigious\u00a0reviewer. He is so high-end it’s ridiculous — Pass Labs\u00a0Class\u00a0A monoblock amps, etc. so he is used to\u00a0owning\u00a0and\u00a0auditioning the best of the best, cost … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[160,4,36,74],"tags":[23,13,268,76,141,77,265],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goldenear-technology","category-speakers","category-subwoofers","category-tower-speakers","tag-goldenear","tag-goldenear-technology","tag-goldenear-triton-reference","tag-sandy-gross","tag-st-louis","tag-the-speaker-and-stereo-store","tag-triton-reference"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6f3d7-df","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":850,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakerandstereostore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}