GoldenEar Triton Two+ Floorstanding Speakers

GoldenEar’s Triton Two Tower clearly set the audio world on its proverbial ear with extraordinary sound quality, elegant styling and previously unimaginable value. It has earned an incredible series of rave reviews and industry accolades from around the world — including more than a few Speaker of the Year and Audio Product of the Year honors and awards. "Listening with them paralleled previous encounters with no-holds-barred speakers - ones priced upwards of $50,000.", raved Al Griffin of Sound & Vision. The sleek, 48" tall Triton Two+ is newly updated to now incorporate many of the new technologies and refinements developed for the Triton One, including: a fully balanced crossover design, high-end film capacitors, redesigned midrange/upper-bass drivers, and a reprogrammed DSP. Its built-in subwoofer section is powered by a 1200 watt GoldenEar ForceField digital amplifier driving two 5" x 9" front-mounted quadratic subwoofer bass drivers coupled to dual opposing side-mounted, inertially-balanced, 7" x 10" quadratic planar infrasonic bass radiators. The two 4-1/2" spider-leg cast-basket midrange/upper bass drivers, which incorporate GoldenEar’s proprietary Multi-Vaned Phase Plug (MVPP™) design, are housed in dual discreet chambers arranged in a D’Appolito array surrounding GoldenEar’s extraordinary High-Velocity Folded Ribbon (HVFR™) tweeter design. The Triton Two's dynamic, effortless, you-are-there clarity will almost literally put the live performance or action right into your home, or conversely, put you into the concert hall or the live action on the screen.

The Hook-up
While a lot has changed about the Triton Two+, one thing remains the same: its form factor. That includes its connectivity, which remains a bit too cramped for my taste. Connecting the speakers to my Peachtree Audio nova220SE Integrated Amplifier via a pair of Kimber Kable 12TC speaker cables proved to be a little cumbersome due to the tight spacing of the speaker's vertically stacked binding posts. That aside, I found them even easier to position and dial in than the much larger Triton One. For one thing, the Triton Two+ weighs a good 20 pounds less than its larger sibling, and it stands six inches shorter, making it much easier to unbox and relocate. It's not just that, though; I also found them to be a little less particular in terms of placement, especially in terms of distance from boundaries.

Specifications:
Dimensions (height is with base installed, no spikes)=
5-1/4˝ (13.3 cm) W (front)
7-1/2˝ (19 cm) W (rear)
15˝ (38.1 cm) D
48˝ (122 cm) H
Base: 11-1/2˝ (29.2 cm) W x 18˝ (45.7 cm) D
Weight Product: 60 lbs (27.2 kg) / Shipping: 73 lbs (33.1 kg)
Frequency Response-16 Hz - 35 kHz
Efficiency-91 dB
Nominal Impedance-Compatible with 8 ohms
Driver Complement-Two - 5˝ x 9˝ Long-Throw Quadratic Subwoofer Bass Drivers, coupled to
Two - 7˝ x 10˝ Quadratic Planar Infrasonic Radiators
Two - 4-1/2˝ High-Definition
Cast-Basket MVPP™
Upper-Bass/Mid Drivers
One - HVFR™ High-Velocity
Folded Ribbon Tweeter
Recommended Amplification
20 - 500 watt/channel
Built-In Subwoofer Power Amplification
1200 watt ForceField Amplifier