The GoldenEar Know-how Triton Seven is, as we audiophiles prefer to say, “clear” — it appears like an open window to the sound of music. That is all the time the aim for high-end audio system, however solely the perfect ones take you all the best way there.
The Triton Seven’s slender cupboard leaves little doubt: this can be a totally trendy design. The swept-back, nonparallel-sided cupboards, and high-gloss black accents are distinctive; I am certain the Triton Seven won’t ever be mistaken for simply one other big-box tower.
The Triton Seven’s entrance, sides, and rear are coated with a wrap-around black fabric grille; the cupboard’s prime cap and base are high-gloss piano black. The audio system have heavy-duty, all-metal speaker wire connectors. It is 39.75 inches tall and weighs 32 kilos, so it is no problem to maneuver round and arrange. You may’t simply take away the grille, however belief me, there are two 5.25-inch mid/bass drivers vertically flanking the Triton Seven’s outstanding Excessive Velocity Folded Ribbon tweeter. Just like the tweeters in my favourite Emotiva and Adam Audio audio system, this tweeter’s readability surpasses what you get from dome tweeters in more-conventional speaker designs. The mid/bass drivers are designed in-house by the GoldenEar engineering workforce led by Bob Johnston. The Triton Seven’s tweeter is utilized in all GoldenEar audio system, together with the flagship Triton Two tower audio system. Oh, and every Triton Seven additionally has a pair of GoldenEar 8-inch passive radiators on the edges of the cupboard, close to the bottom.
Don Cherry’s “Codona” jazz CD is loaded with unique devices, and the Sevens had been totally able to transporting me again to the periods. With the lights off in my listening room, the believability of the sound was astonishing. No comparably priced towers can contact the Triton Seven’s readability, and with that readability comes a outstanding sound stage; the audio system disappear as sound sources.
Nirvana’s “Unplugged in New York” was beautiful; speak about digital actuality! Los Lobos’ “Kiko Reside,” one other nice live performance recording, truly improves on the studio album in each method, and it actually shined over the Triton Sevens. Blu-rays of “Black Hawk Down” and “King Kong” demonstrated that the Triton Sevens’ stereo dwelling theater chops had been totally so as. Large dynamic vary assaults had been taken in stride, and the Triton Seven’s dialogue was as pure as might be. The 2 audio system projected such a large and deep sound stage, the encompass channels had been by no means missed.
No speaker is ideal, and I felt the Zu Omen DWs ($999/pair) had been extra dynamically alive and rocked tougher than the Triton Sevens, however the Omen DWs’ bass would not go as deep, the treble is not as clear, and the sound stage is nowhere as open. I really like the Omen DWs, however the Triton Sevens are sound extra refined.
The PSB T6 towers ($1,298/pair) make extra bass than the Triton Sevens, however once more, the treble detailing and total refinement is not in the identical league. The T6s are greater and bulkier than the Sevens, which I utilized in my stereo dwelling theater with no subwoofer, and felt, actually, that the Triton Sevens did an ideal job. When you’re searching for a extra conventional multichannel dwelling theater, add two SuperSat 3 encompass audio system ($249 every), the SuperSat 50 middle channel speaker ($499), and a ForceField 4 ($699) subwoofer. The Triton Seven sells for $699 (every).
Sandy Gross, the corporate’s founder, has an extended historical past of creating reasonably priced audiophile audio system, first with Polk Audio and later Definitive Know-how. The Triton Seven reaps the advantages of Gross’ expertise. GoldenEar Know-how merchandise are offered by means of the corporate’s U.S. and worldwide seller community.
