I am biased to GE as I own both the Triton References and the Triton Ones. It has gotten me off the speaker merry go round. I ave had 6 other pairs of speakers over the past 5 years. These are the “keepers”.
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Thank you for the information. Do you believe the Triton Reference are worth the extra $3500 over the Triton Ones, or is it diminishing returns at that point?
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The References are definitely worth the extra money. Bass is much more articulate, the speakers can play much louder without strain, midbass is better due to the 2 6' midbass drivers and overall sound is much more relaxed. Dynamic range is much improved as well. The Triton Ones are a bit less in those areas. |
Go ProAc you'll never look back !! |
ProAc...always the bridesmaid never the bride.💍 |
have you owned a pair? Or just talkin ! |
@mets1p...……………………………
The post specifically asks about Elac and Golden Ear. I don’t see Proac mentioned anywhere. I owned Proac about 20 years ago. The words slow, thick and British Sound comes to mind. No thank you! BTW, Red Sox rule. Best record in both leagues.
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@stereo5 who cares what the post was specifically about !!! Just a little sensitive aren't we ?? Red Sox yeah sure best in the league BIlly Buckner !!! Owned 20 years ago says it all !!! |
yeah hifidude, seriously have you owned a pair or just talkin ?? |
@hifiman5 …………………………………
Yes seriously. I bought it from Ocean State Audio which sold Krell, Aragon, Vandersteen, Proac, Well Tempered, etc. It was a 2 way floorstanding speaker with a 7 or 8 inch woofer and a dome tweeter. Never could get it to sound the way I liked. They just didn't do Rock well. I suffered for 2 years with them before I moved to Vandersteen 3A speakers. As the dealer didn’t take trade ins, I had to sell them locally by putting a Classified in the Providence Journal. I just remembered now (actually my wife corrected me) I had these speakers from 1990-1992 so it is more than 20 years.
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@mets1p...…………………..
Buckner was an embarrassment that day and should not have been playing. Clemens over pitched too many fastballs and Calvin Shiraldi was too inexperienced to be the closer in such an BIG game. I didn't sleep for a week after that and didn't follow the Sox for 10 years as punishment. All is forgiven now. You are right, I should lighten up.
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OK see that was better. Believe me, I was sweating watching that game and it could have ended completely differently if it weren't for that one crucial mistake. |
Listen I wasn’t trying to disparage either speaker mentioned by the original poster. The comment was really tongue in cheek for the most part. Both brands are fine from the models I’ve listened to but not enough for me to purchase either. I owned Vandy 2ci’s a few years ago. Great speakers, I didn’t want to part with them but found something else that better suited my ears. I recently acquired ProAc DT-8’s and enjoy them more than most of the speakers I’ve owned over the years and I listen to pretty much every genre of music except rap. They play Pink Floyd and Liszt with equal enthusiasm but I get it ProAc’s aren’t everyone’s cup of tea and that’s OK !! Well, fella ’s I hope we are all still friends. |
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I have a pair of Triton 1s that I could be talked into selling. Just saying... |
When did you purchase the 1s? What are you hoping to move up to?
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Interesting what has happened with the apparent perception of Golden Ear. Up till about 6 months ago, Golden Ear speakers were almost universally admired as great sounding, high value transducers. As time has passed their luster has seemed to tarnish a bit. Sort of surprising as we might have expected their "stock to rise" with the release of the Reference speakers. Hmmmmm?
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chris_focal...I will send you a message. |
Ok, look forward to your message secretguy |
