I owned these speakers for two years. I have had ultra high end speakers at 6-7 times the price since. But I have never had as much fun and soulful experiences as I did with these! I think I will have to repurchase them. I can't stop missing the Triton References. Amazing Value!

Best speakers I owned ever, I regret selling them after 2 years😢 Probably I will go back and buy the Triton Reference again.

Pretty thorough analysis. It's pretty crazy how some speakers reveal the sound engineer, in addition to the equipment you have. It really takes a great pair of ears and constant listening to attempt to figure it all out. Then, when you throw in your set up concerning the speakers, that makes it even more maddening. We should be so lucky, to have receivers that can at least help us make that adjustment. Unfortunately, I don't know a tube amplifier that can possibly do that.

Great video. I first jumped into GE with 2+’s and loved them so much, went full home theater GE with Triton 1.R’s/reference center, and OMG what an experience.

Just bought the Triton Reference and they are fabulous, I love them. Also I have the T1, for the last 4 years amps are still fine, using them everyday also. With the DefTech amps were very unreliable, not the case with GoldenEar 💪🏼

Great review ! Very detail without going too technical for average listener.

👋 THANKS GUIDO ,WE ARE READY TO DIVE IN and ✅ them out 💚💚💚

Bought these my preamp is a marantz av10 I use the lfe+main function and run a sub cable to lfe input. Love them a lot

Ok dear Guido just finished watching the whole video and ..ok nothing is perfect but since you still do love them and make you happy that what is matters : My love Dear Guido -- Nick from Greece .. Keep doing what you do cause you do it very well and i DO LOVE your videos and as you always say music is BORN ANALOG 🙂

💯 agree on the high level of a system's ability to resolve the tambor of the drums. Take it up to 11 on a system's ability to resolve a Bass guitar too along with the other instruments. Love it with my Sopras No 3's❤️

Finally, finally SPEAKERS much appreciated Guido!!!

I love my T Refs. Just started the video, bit I will say ny biggest con is the lack of vertical dispersion of the HVFRT. I wish the aoundstage qas larger vertically for films

That's a lot of drivers in one enclosure yet it seems that the folks at Golden Ear have been successful with this complex design.

Hope they support them better than Def Tech has supported my Def Tech towers BP7004 and Def Tech subs I have.

I got mine for only $ 5000 §;-) - The bass measured to 22 hz in a laboratory not 12 hz - I upgraded from Hegel H90 to H160 and was happy. Then a norwegian who had a room at a HighFi show told me: - HEGEL and NAD plays more correctly, but PrimaLuna is much more musical and engaging. - So I bought the first edition of the EVO 400 i.e.: the 75 watt PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premium HP - Now I can finally say I have a real HighEnd sound. - It has a very Big sound stage with silky smooth sound with much more air and details and . Combined with my GoldenEar Triton Reference it is a combination made in heaven - used also by Sandy Gross in many shows. Feed by QOBUZ and a DAC from: Audio Alchemy DDP 1 and PS 5 Power Supply + Audio Alchemy DMP-1 Streamer (Roon Ready & DSD Streamer) A $30.000 set up bought second hand for $15.000: You you can get into HighEnd heaven for the price of used car §;-) Svar

Hi Guido, congratulations! Nice to hear from you pros and cons of products you own. Usually Hi-Fi lovers are convinced to have the best gear out there… ! 😊 Being you fanatic about analog I was a bit surprised about your speakers selection. This is especially after your experience with “the” famous analog brand ATC !

I’ve heard these and love the sound, but the 1R’s sounded very nearly as good to my ears for much less. I wish there were more options without the built in sub (other than the Triton 5), since where these best image is not likely to be best for bass response ( which, btw, doesn’t extend to 12 hz, though it is very good). Additionally, there’s always the risk of amp failure, which was apparently quite common on the Def Tech’s built in subs. I didn’t think the midrange was lacking, but I didn’t have anywhere near the time with them. Since the midrange is where vocals live, a lack here would be a deal breaker for me. There’s no perfect speaker, but this checks a lot of boxes for many people. Excellent long term perspective!

I owned the Triton one.5 for several years and really liked them. But I wanted to try a horn speaker and after reading virtually all superlative reviews, bought the Klipsch Cornwall IV. After about 100 hours I could understand what everybody was talking about. Many had criticized previous Klipsch versions as too aggressive. Not this Cornwall; it’s a completely different animal that fills the room with sound. The soundstage is amazing though not necessarily pinpoint accuracy. The bass, which I thought I’d miss after the Tritons is wonderful! Though it goes down to 34 Hz, it truly is very satisfying and I found I didn’t miss the extra bass one bit. In fact, though the Cornwall, does not go that deep, I find it much more satisfying than the Triton. All in all, it’s a superb speaker which, I’d have to say gives me more enjoyment than the Triton. I also love the retro look and the wood veneers are beautiful.

I appreciate your videos. If you've heard speakers with midranges you like more, those might be the ones you would enjoy more. The midrange is what it's all about. For me, the bass is only the icing on the cake. I do need it to be tight and tuneful. I do not need it to be that deep. Speakers with very deep bass; well let's just say that it often adversely affects the mid and upper bass, The absence of real low bass has the audible effect of making the mid and upper bass sound more articulate, without all that booming and banging going on down below. I'm sure I'm missing a few things without the very lowest bass; hall ambient cues probably being the most missed thing. But I like my mid and upper bass to sound crisp, taut and fleet. I find the mid and upper bass to be the far more interesting frequency range than the frequencies below that. My priority is where it belongs.I do need bass that is at least of a useable amplitude down to 35 hz. I've never heard the speaker, so I won't comment on it. Some say there are a lot of overly complex over designed products on the market, and they are usually expensive. Sometimes simpler is better. I can't believe how good built in DACs in cd players can be sometimes. I don't doubt they could be bettered; just amazed how good they can be at such a low cost; and they must have cost very little. For those who care about little else than themidrange, and as long as their bass isn't a muddle and their treble is good enough to fall smoothly on the ears, I think there are plenty of people who have simple but highly satisfying systems for not that much money. You don't hear much about the vintage time delay systems which became popular in the 1980s. They delay the signal to the back channel speakers for a fraction of a second to simulate the longer arrival times of sound reflections in a much bigger space. If used correctly they can persuasively sound like you are listening in a much bigger space. Anything from a Jazz club to a cathedral. They don't mess with the front channels. Although the focus of the front channels seem to sometimes suffer a bit. What the delayed signal does for bass reproduction which is wonderful, might be worth that sacrifice.

Great review. I only wish you would have commented on room size requirements. It would be interesting to know how much space is needed to get good performance out of these large speakers.

Jesus man...lol...these have gone to the top of the list. How do they compare to Perlistens? But this thing goes down to 12 hz...who else even comes close. Thanks for this review.

Great review! Love the speakers. You should check out the Kerr Acoustic line. Especially the new K200 coming out.

great speakers - i auditioned the Ref Ones over 3 years ago and i found your perspective to be very similar to mine. if the mids was slightly warmer i think this speaker would have been hard to pass.

When are we going to hear more on this tube amp? I’m shopping for new amplification for my Reference’s and would love to hear your thoughts.

I''ve "graduated" to a 7 wpc 300B amp (from 250 wpc ss) with my T-Refs, and I couldn't ask for better sound.

Nice feedback ! Could you review the all new Qualio Audio IQ Loudspeakers designed by Cube Audio ? Thank You

Ok great review. I went from the 2+ to the reference just now they are awesome from the MLP. Question: have you heard the new t66? Are you able to offer an opinion on differences of experience?

Hi , really enjoyed this video. As a fellow Golden Ears owner, ( Triton one.R), I would appreciate your opinion on connecting within a fairly large home theatre. I have 2 large powered subs. Should I set my AVR fronts as , “small “ leaving the Tritons only to see 80 hz and above? Or should I set to full range ( large) via the speaker level inputs? But potentially causing cancellation of bass with the subs? Or, run a split cable from LFE channel to Tritons, and speaker wire to them in the small setting? My goal is to have the Tritons use the capabilities they have with the bass potential and their amp together with my big subs for max impact. I think right now, using as small front, I’m not even using the built in amp or bass woofers under 80 hz. Seems wasteful?? My AVR essentially driving just the midrange and tweeter? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. 😊

Did you change the power cables to the speakers, if so did you hear a big difference? Cheers

Not surprised that the Triton bass does not integrate well. No surprise that the mid-range is less convincing especially considering your previous speakers. Obviously the Triton is incredibly impressive though… that’s a whole lot of speaker and technology!!! However as with most highly (overly) engineered designs with a mix of technologies - DSP bass, passive radiators, a multitude of low cost drivers, a ribbon tweeter etc - you aren’t going to get reference quality fidelity that integrates drivers perfectly or remains consistent at very high SPL as well as very low SPL. However this is absolutely incredible value and probably one of the most impressive sounding speakers at that price point. I would also worry about long term reliability - I would be scared to crank these as 12 Hz is ridiculously silly or will be pointlessly distorted without some Italian made 21” woofers with 6 inch voice coils in big boxes - that is just the reality of acoustics and physics!

Hi Guido. How is the sound stage/perspective when it comes to height? Does the singer sound like standing up or being down on the knees? Do you get an impression of the height of the ceiling on recordings from jazz clubs or concert halls etc? Or do they suffer from the same problem as any other speaker with the tweeter placed between the other units? You mention not having the optimal sound stage/perspective otherwise (though still good), but not a word about the height perspective. Can you drop a few lines about it to satisfy this curious bastard? The very best wishes from Denmark. Stay awesome Mate.

Nice review! What size Gaia isolators did you use on your GoldenEar Triton Reference? Mine sit on a concrete floor.

The tweeter is an air motion transformer

I don't see the link for your impressions on using the Gia Acoustics pedestals. That is one upgrade I've considered but haven't pulled the trigger on. I think it may look goofy with the base the Tritons have, but I would love to know what sonic differences there are.

Love the channel but disagree about sensitivity and tube amps, really doesn’t mean anything. It’s all about the impedance curve and phase angles. These Tritons, based on their measurements, would not be a good match for tubes. I’m not surprised you didn’t like the mid band as it would have been exaggerated from 2k-4k. Bet you didn’t keep it paired with the tube amp, just not a good match. Anyways, check out some articles on the topic. Your channel is the best on KZfaq.

Wow you were a drummer didn't know that ..........ok keep watching the video dear Guido 🙂

Why don't you have a photo taken of you sitting in your listening chair so your listeners can get an idea of what your system really looks like with regard to the speakers and amplification? Since you like the reproduction of Bass I'd like to recommend a recording that I sent to Paul McGowan years ago and he immediately did a post on this particular record. Brian Bromberg… "Wood"

Would these speakers also work well in a home cinema setup?

Wich caracter of sound would say they are? Question is for everyone who own Tritons.

$5,000 what a deal! Do you have a list of your speaker test tracks? Enjoy your channel.

Lector audio , digital drive TL 3 CD Transport, I just placed your order need your kind opinion

Cool, sure looks the business.. or is that beastness.

How did you get these in Italy? Do you have a dealer that sells them at the US msrp instead of a 50% uplift?

The base is made of plastic?! I just looked at their literature a moment ago and could have sworn they said it was made of steel?! If it is plastic . . .my God! They should be ashamed! These now sell for $12,500 a pair in the US! One has a right to not have plastic anywhere on their speakers for that kind of price tag.

That turntable next to you . Which is it ?

Just a clarification, class D is not digital.

56 bits!? What does that even mean? I would result in ~340db SINAD, which would probably create a black hole, do they pack some alien tech inside!?

Where is made in from?

Sandy Gross designs are quality sound at affordable (relative to high end) prices. I've owned Definitive Technology ST and ST-L, and have auditioned GoldenEar Triton One and the Reference. My favorite are the Def Tech ST-L due to their great highs and much more expansive soundstage than the Triton Reference. The biggest downside is that the inbuilt amps that drive the built in subwoofer will go bad for sure. If you listen at 95 dbs or above on daily basis, the amps will only last 3-5 years. That's the case for Deftech and Goldenear. This will be the downfall of all active speakers.

I own these. Here’s a secret. They don’t hit 12hz haha. Not at all. They hit 24hz. And then it drops like a rock. 24hz guys. Love GE, but their marketing it’s a total falsity. Just like the 1800w sub haha. It’s a good speaker. The highs are narrow, I agree.

A typical error that you should know better: Class D has nothing to do with digital. It refers to converting the linear signal to pulses for a simplified method of (analog) amplification. There is no digital encoding. It's called Class D simply because A, B, and C classes were already defined. The pulses are strictly analog in format. Look it up. Shame on you!

Every company Sandy Gross has been associated with lies about the specs. You notice there is no plus or minus qualifier with the frequency response. 12Hz my butt. I can't stand reviewers who just repeat specs without qualifiers even. All Golden Ear speakers don't resolve bass really well. I don't know what this reviewer is talking about when he mentions transients as these speakers also are only average with regard to transients.

They should REALLY stop calling it subwoofers. Powered bass is something different. Consider the low output down below. 12hz? At -20db? LOL

LOL You are making a negative of the speaker "compressed" sources. The spk is only true to the source.

Not even a single shot of how the actual ones look like.

😂 Why you only talk about the speakers? I’m sure you could present some music examples? Show us how they play. Only some few seconds of Speakers on the beginning. Covers are hard to remove 🤦🏻‍♂️ Some photos from website - love your channel but this video is crap