KEF R11 vs B&W 702 vs Golden Ear Triton 1.R vs?

Op we sell both the Kef and the Golden Ear and have heard the B&W.

Personally we feel that the Golden Ear Tritron 1R are an absolute steal and when setup properly will outperform any $5k set of loudspeakers on the market.

The KEF R series are very well balanced and have a wonderful big and focused soundstage, an excellent midrange and very tight deep bass for the money.

The Tritron 1R throw an equally big soundstage with a bit less focus, howerver their deep bass is mismerizing and can bring alive music that has a great underpinning with bass.

Also the fact that the Golden Ear has adjustable bass can help the speaker really perform optimally in the space. 

The Tritron 1R are just amazing sounding, we heard them at Axpona and they were the most compelling speaker demo under $10k after walking almost the entire show, we concluded that the Triton 1R are just too good to compete against and begged Golden Ear for a dealerhip, they are that good!

The Trition 1R are a huge improvement over the older models which did not have the seemless integration of the midrange and the tweeter.

The new Reference class drivers are just in another league than the olde Tritions.

If you run the Trition 1R with good gear you will be rewarded with a transparent, dimensional sound iwth fantastic deep bass and a smooth midrange. Just draw dropping for the money and we sell many of the best loudspeakers in that price range from Quad, Paradigm, Kef, ATC, Legacy, PSB,and a few others, the Trition 1R are just unbeatable for the price.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Golden Ear and Kef dealers

I second audiotroy. If you want an even better experience, get the Triton References like I have. Miles better than the Triton One R and the Triton One.  The Spendor D7 has quite lightweight bass.

Stereo5, I respectfully disagree and find D7 to have ample bass, but I drive them with Audio Research DSI200 which is known for having a ton of low end slam

spendor d7 are more than $5k though so if op’s max budget is there, d7 won’t work new but would used. 

I didnt hear the 1.r but found the goldenears I listened to (models up to 2+) lacking in refinement both at hi and low ends. I will have to try and listen to the 1.r sometime. 

I’m probably being too harsh on GEs and it’s not helpful especially when OP considering 1.r which supposedly better 

and regardless just bc one person (me) didn’t find them to my liking that shouldn’t deter others from listening to them. After all they for most part get fantastic reviews. 

Its so subjective gotta listen for oneself 

Spendor D7 sounds better than any of the above.  
R11 is metallic sounding
Triton 1R is the best of your bunch but does not have top level transparency or driver coherence. 
B&W 702 lack refinement and can sound edgy. 
The D7s will sound phenomenal after break-in.