Thanks Moderator Dude,
I am fine with the word OLD, as long as no one is using it in referring to me (well, we can't control Bro Anthem, what to do???).
ha ha
Thanks for the heads up on those other speaker makers, never knew they were of the Canadian persuasion. I won't hold that against them.
God Bless,
Wayne

Hey All,

The key word in my description of the Canadian speaker was "prestigious" and or another form of that word... I didn't want to flat out disparage or call out anyone. The other key word was "diamonds". Don't get me wrong, both of these companies are great but they just don't offer the same level of value and I believe they will have an increasingly difficult time competing against products like the Triton 1.

Cheers,

T Cobe

Yes, no disparaging here.

I suppose I probably shouldn't agree with you - but everyone knows I am not exactly a neutral party here ... but yes, good stuff, some of the best, just not "current" and not competitive (performance/value wise).

Well T Cobe and Moderator Dude you guys seem to know what or whose speakers you are talking about, but I am lost here.
I agree about not disparaging...... well done.
BUT I goggled (I am old but I do know about goggle thank you very much) diamonds with the mentioned Canadian companies.
The only diamond speakers I know of are B & W and they are British, not Canadian unless I am way off.
Wharfedale made some diamond speakers too if I am not mistaken, but I don't think they met your other criteria.
Missing something over here in Thailand,
God Bless,
Wayne

Sorry, Wayne. I guess trying to be clever and talking around brand names is not the easiest to follow. The model I compared the T7 to is the Paradigm Prestige. To be precise, it was the 75F, which is their lowest cost tower in this new line. They were $3,500 a pair and in my opinion, not as good as the T7 in terms of value. I suspect some double blind tests may yield some in favor of th Prestige but once the price tag is revealed...

The "diamonds" I'm referring to are indeed B&W. Not Canadian and confusing in my original post, sorry. I compared the T1 performance to some of the Diamond series and the Prestige 85F and again, it was hands down for GET in terms of value and sound. IMHO, the Prestige is a step back from the outstanding Studio Series and the price has gone up significantly. Wrong direction in order to stay relevant.

Back to the original point in support of Sandean's original point, it's back to the drawing board for some very well respected and excellent brands. Again, I don't mean to disparage these competing brands, they are both great. Both provide affordable solutions but GET simply raises the bar! Thank you Mr. Gross, to you and your team, for brining such great sounding products down to an extremely affordable level. Now nearly everyone can enjoy great sound, provided they don't shop for sound bars at big box stores.

Cheers,

T Cobe

Very interesting comments....Paradigm's Studio Reference Series is the best of their line and I've owned the series 5 20's. You are bang on when it comes to the game changing price/performance GET is producing. I've pushed the reset button in my head after a month and a half with the Triton 7's.....it was only after hearing the T7's that I read all the reviews, in fact, had I not been exposed to them via my son in law I may have ignored them altogether and settled for some ok sounding high priced furniture grade transducers..surely the Triton Series has the competition squirming...