I took a listen at the SS 50 Cinema, and the Triton II cinema today. I found the SS50cinema to sound great, though missing that "room filling immersion" that I enjoy so much. The Triton IIs were beyond belief, and I would have purchased them then and there if they weren't so hulking huge and *cough* un-attractive *cough*

Ok... it's out there. The T2's aren't visually stunning (though in any other regard, they are a visceral experience to behold!).

Are there any plans to create a middle-ground between the sat/sub system of the SS50's and the Triton II's? To my ear, the SS50s fill a small room well - but struggle to envelop anything larger. The Triton IIs are physically too large for a medium size application, but sound simply amazing.

To summarize: I'm looking for Triton 1.5 towers, but they don't exist yet!

Thanks for your feedback. Beauty is, as they say, in the eye of the beholder. One forum participant commented that his wife liked the look of their living room BETTER with the Tritons in the room. The design was intended, among other things, to make the speaker look smaller than it actually is when viewed in a room setting.

As far as a smaller Triton model, sorry, there are no plans at this time... but there is undoubtedly a reason why this model is a "Two", making room for a larger Triton One and a smaller Triton Three and Four. Only time will tell.

For now, my guess is a properly configured and setup SuperCinema 50 System would fit the bill for your current needs.

Ha! Don't mind me giving you a good-natured ribbing for quoting the wife who liked the Tritons in the room better... I've seen that mentioned before when someone criticized the aesthetics of the T2s! From a looks perspective - the Triton IIs are all piano gloss black, with a huge amount of grill covered sock. I've only seen two pair of Triton II's, but neither had well fitting socks... they were loose, rippled, or baggy in parts. In terms of great looking speakers - I'd say offering a choice of black or cherry finish would help matters. Have you had anyone use the Triton II's without the grill-sock?

I posted comments about the SS50 cinema system in another thread, so I'll continue that discussion over there.

I've read some Triton II reviews/ owners comments which indicate that the T2's internal subwoofer doesn't reach as low as, say... the ForceField4. Is this because of the choice of drivers for Triton II internal subwoofer are the 5x8, versus the high-output 10" driver in the FF4?

OK, you got me... I guess I've used that story once too often... but I LIKE it.

In time we may offer other finishes, but for now it is just like Henry Ford said, "you can have it in any color as long as its black". The saggy grille cloths is simply poor initial setup at the dealer, a problem we have recognized and addressed with future shipments of Tritons. Any woman will tell you that if you don't put the stockings on right you will get sags and wrinkles (I'm thinking the problem is most of the A/V store staff are men). We have modified the packing of the Triton so that it can be shipped fully assembled (other than the base) with no grille sock work required. Tell your wrinkly-sock dealer to call us and we'll help him fix things up over the phone. In answer to your question about using the Triton without the sock, yes one could but the cabinet beneath is not finished in any cosmetically pleasing way.

Regarding the Triton bass performance, the surface area of the two bass drivers is virtually identical to the surface area of the 10" ForceField 4 woofer. The Triton has more overall surface area because of the two passive radiators vs. the one on the ForceField 4 but the sub gets a bit back because of the design's slot loading with the floor. Bottom line, two ForceField 4's bass extension and output is almost identical to a pair of Triton Twos -but - in a drag race, the two ForceField 4's would win.

Thanks for the info!