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GoldenEar Triton Reference for a large room...

Hi All:

i'm moving into an apartment with a large living room and am considering the GoldenEar Triton Reference speakers.

the issue with the large room (34 ft x 24 ft) is that there is a connected dining room nearby, and it is essentially open to each other, no doors, merely separated by one fireplace, so the bass will "leak" over to the dining room.  furthermore, the dining room has a wide hallway that leads to the kitchen, and there is also no doorway separating the dining room and the kitchen.

with all these connected spaces, my concern is that the bass would be lost or somehow discounted to a degree.  with that in mind, i am thinking of getting the References rather than the GoldenEar 1.R model, as the References have more robust bass drivers.

may i please ask the good folks here for thoughts, ideas, comments?

thank you in advance.

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mofojo
2,303 posts
 

I should have said in my PM to you that I found the GE to sound best by far with an Odyssey Stratos Plus. High current balsy amp. Specs be damned by I did not find them to sound all that great with a Cayin integrated I had. I don’t buy specs sometimes just gotta try it. They sounded kinda dry and boring with the tubes for some reason. Dunno. My cheap Jolida EL 34 sounds downright fantastic with my S-1ex. Prob should not work on paper. 

dualmonitors OP
15 posts
 

@mofojo et al:

may i ask how you feel the References will sound with an Anthem 1140 or 740 AVR please?

i'll also have to buy one of the GoldenEar Center channel speakers.

 

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gimmeroc
17 posts
 

I had the GE References about 4 years ago and traded them in about a year later.  They were fine for HT but the highs were very fatiguing with music. 

mofojo
2,303 posts
 

Honestly no idea how they would sound with the Anthem AVR. I know that’s one of the better ones but not in the same ballpark as good separates or integrated designed for 2 channel IMO. I’m sure it would be acceptable but not up to par of what they are capable of. If your worried about home theater there are some integrated amps and some preamps that have a home theater bypass. 

dualmonitors OP
15 posts
 

@gimmeroc:  thanks for your comment.

this is the very first opinion that i've ever read that the References have fatiguing highs!

may i ask if anyone else found either the 1.R or the References to be fatiguing as well please?  

i ask about those two models because they share the same tweeters with the higher gauss magnets.

other models as well: are the other models' tweeters fatiguing too?

haven't heard about fatiguing highs till now!

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