Golden Ear Triton One Speakers $$$

I own the Triton Ones and I absolutely LOVE them. My living room is only 16 by 18 with a 9 1/2 foot ceiling and the speakers sound incredible. I have had many other speakers in my living room like Vandersteen, DeVore, Paradigms, Odyssey and Von Schweikert. To my ears, the Triton Ones trounce all the other speakers I have lived with over the years.

The speakers were very easy to place and after about 60 hours of playing time, really opened up. The folded ribbon tweeter is so smooth and sweet sounding. The midrange is perfect and the bass will rattle your windows and walls. The imaging is unbelievable, the sound is almost holographic. I purchased these speakers in very early January and I am more enthused with them now than when I first bought them.

I am amazed every time I fire up the system, and I no longer fall asleep listening like I did with all my previous speakers. I listened for 3 hours straight this afternoon, listening to The Stone Temple Pilots "Core", "Broken China" by Richard Wright (Pink Floyd) and "Dire Straights" by Dire Straights. If I didn't have to cut the lawn,. I would have sat there all afternoon.

While I am not crazy in love with the sock look of the speakers, I would rather have true audiophile approved high end sound, than a walnut cabinet. I know there are a lot of haters because the speakers are also used for home theater, but if you pass them by because of that, it's your loss.

Stereo5, is that the only room you've tried them in? I hope more owners chime in - I'd like to know what is the smallest room someone has had success with these. I dont want to rattle walls, but maybe they could work in smaller living rooms...

Also, are all the models great at their price point or is the Triton 1 the standout in the lineup?

05-16-15: Bcgator
Also, are all the models great at their price point or is the Triton 1 the standout in the lineup?

I have heard the Triton 2 when it was just being released at $2500/pair, the Aon 3 a year later, the Triton 7 (twice as a prospective buyer), and a GoldenEar center channel speaker plus sub.

They are all excellent values at their price points. My personal favorites are the Aons. Read between the lines of some professional reviews and the Aons are outstanding values. The Aon 3 can easily fill a mid-sized room (say 14x16) without a sub.

All the GoldenEars have that sweet, smooth folded ribbon tweeter. They also have cast basket midranges with phase plugs for wide dispersion and unusually wide bandwidth.

You know Johnnyb53, I think I've been guilty of the exact thing I mentioned in my first response, except with the Aons. I looked those up after reading your post, and put 2+2 together and remembered I have seen those in a shop. And at $499 each I remember thinking, "how good could they possibly be at that low of a price?" So the very thing I wondered about wealthier audiophiles doing with the Triton 1, I may have done myself with the Aons, disregarding them too quickly.