Dear ,
I was thrilled to see yet another
Absolute Sound
writer, this time Julie Mullins, chose our
Triton One.R
demo as,
"Best Sound for the Money"
at
Axpona
. In this case we were in a tie while Andrew Quint raved, "No Contest". Note there were almost 200 active demo rooms, so to be singled out twice for this tremendous honor is quite an accomplishment. A special congratulations to Bob and the
GoldenEar
team of engineers for creating this fantastic loudspeaker. Plus, there is more good news to come. Please share this with your team and on social media with your customers. Here's the report:
Best Sound (for the money)
"A tie: The aforementioned
GoldenEar / PrimaLuna / McIntosh
system, and new Magnepan LRS petite planar-magnetic panels ($695/pr.).
Looking to the more affordable end of the high-end audio spectrum,
PrimaLuna
premiered the latest, top-of-the-line separates from its
Evo
series of tube electronics—the
PrimaLuna Evo 400
linestage tube preamplifier (pictured below) and the
Evo 400
tube power amplifier ($4699)—in an excellent-sounding demo driving the new
GoldenEar
Triton One.R
speakers ($5998/pr.). Weighing in at 52.8 pounds, the hefty
Evo 400
preamp ($4499) is a dual-mono design and offers balanced connectivity with dual-potted transformers and point-to-point Swiss-made wiring. There’s a home-theater bypass, and a MM phonostage option is available. The
Evo 400
amp delivers 70Wpc stereo, 140 watts mono, can be run either in triode or ultralinear mode (conveniently switchable via remote control), and features a proprietary, adaptive auto-bias system and an indicator for bad tubes—it uses 6 x 12AU7s and 8 x EL34s. Both
Evos
are available with either black or silver faceplates and are now shipping. A
McIntosh MCT500CD/SACD
transport rounded out this demo with cabling from
AudioQuest
. Red Book CD playback of tracks from the likes of Dean Martin (“If You Were the Only Girl in the World”) and The Beach Boys (“In My Room”) were expansive and smooth with plenty of dynamic energy that stayed in decidedly non-aggressive territory in a “non-speakery” way—a good thing. Tonal realism stood out on vocals, and the wide distance between the speakers yielded wide-open staging. In short, this system offered both big sound
and
big-time bang for the buck."
Please circulate this to your team and share it via social media. While all this excitement about the One.R is coming about (there's more on the way!) please take advantage of the situation and promote them in your store. Your customers will thank you.
Click the link below for the whole review: