The AMT they use is already an extremely honest and revealing transducer and all they've really done to it in the Reference is stuff meatier magnets in it. I'm not sure that really buys huge improvements to a basic design that's already got tremendous technical advantages over practically any dome there is. It's just a question of whether you like what they do. It kinda drives me nuts when companies only build their flagship product to the hugest proportions, like the reference. It's one of the reasons I gravitated to the Focal 900 series. The whole line basically sounds identical with varying degrees of compromise in the bass, which is rational for varying room sizes. If you want more quality, you move up a line.
Anyone compared GoldenEar Triton 7 with Triton Reference?
Hi folks -- newbie here.
Has anyone compared GoldenEar Triton 7s with GoldenEar Triton References?
Asking because I have Triton 7s + subwoofer, and am looking to upgrade. So I auditioned [7’s + subwoofer] and References side by side at 2 different dealers, playing my own music, and switching back and forth repeatedly between the two sets. To my ears, the References provided maybe 40% bigger soundstage, and maybe 5-10% better detail and clarity. This was surprising to me, given the large difference in price points: $8.5K for Reference vs. maybe $3K for Triton 7 + sub. (Maybe my ears aren’t experienced enough to appreciate the differences...?)
Has anyone directly compared the 7s and Refs in similar listening environments? How did you think they compared? (How much better did you think the Refs were...?)
Thanks!
Has anyone compared GoldenEar Triton 7s with GoldenEar Triton References?
Asking because I have Triton 7s + subwoofer, and am looking to upgrade. So I auditioned [7’s + subwoofer] and References side by side at 2 different dealers, playing my own music, and switching back and forth repeatedly between the two sets. To my ears, the References provided maybe 40% bigger soundstage, and maybe 5-10% better detail and clarity. This was surprising to me, given the large difference in price points: $8.5K for Reference vs. maybe $3K for Triton 7 + sub. (Maybe my ears aren’t experienced enough to appreciate the differences...?)
Has anyone directly compared the 7s and Refs in similar listening environments? How did you think they compared? (How much better did you think the Refs were...?)
Thanks!