Congratulations anthem. Welcome to the club! You must have a great dealer who is willing to deal. My dealer gave me a paltry 5.5% discount and that was only after I pointed out that a year before I bought both Triton 1 and Triton2 speakers from him at list price. The discount didn't even cover the sales tax! I sold my Triton 2 privately but took a 50% hit on them.

Enjoy the new speakers, they are truly amazing and more than worth their price. Let us know your impressions after you have some time on them. I have 30 hours now and the sound is still changing a bit (all for the better).

Way to go, Anthem!!! Congrats!

Can't wait to get some feedback on how they sound in your system! You can revisit all your music collection....

Have you gotten a delivery date yet?

Happy listening!!!!

Rick

Great to hear Bro Anthem, that you are still living right!! And being BLESSED!!!!!
WOW, that is BIG NEWS on a slow day.
I mean, Hall of Fame game has nothing on you man!!!!!
I know financially that selling your T 2s is a great move, but sad for you to see them go!!!!
They are some seriously great speakers, as I know you are aware.
But what can I guy do, you gotta keep moving up in life and you sure did!!!!!
Good for you, happy for you bro!!!!
God Bless,
Wayne

Guys, I'm also thinking of getting the References. I'm curious as to who has upgraded from T1s to Tref (like T Rex!). What are your impressions of the differences between the two? Imaging, resolution, highs, low power, naturalness, etc.

Charlie

Hi Charlie.

Succinctly, I'm of the opinion upgrading from T1 to TR is worthwhile. If you want to read my detailed response, this should provide the insight you're looking for. halr.x10.mx/TritonReference.htm

GDHAL,

Thanks for the link! Your thorough write up has answered a lot of my questions. (I think you should be getting sales commissions from GET!) Made me want to immediately plunk down my deposit.....but, I'll wait a bit longer. Reasons below.

Some things I twigged on reading your write up.

I saw elsewhere that John Atkinson of Stereophile was supposed to take delivery of some TRs for a review to be published in December. I hope it's true, because he'll have the impedance data you wanted to see. I am also curious about that. Since the T1s were "borderline Class A", I really expect the TRs to solidly land in that rating.

On moving them around. I agree that moving them with the non-spike feet works well, then putting on spikes. I did this with my T1s when I had carpet. Now I have laminate flooring. You could use the same technique, but I did something different: I attached thin, self-adhesive felt discs to the underside of the spike support discs that came with the T1. I found that I can actually (CAREFULLY) slide the T1s around on the floor by pushing (did I say CAREFULLY?) laterally on the plinth. Because of the felt, they actually slide quite easily and with excellent control. The T1s are 85 lb or so, the TRs closer to 100 (if I remember right), but I'll bet the same thing will work. The felt I attached was fairly thin, so it ends up being pretty compressed and probably adds very little spring to the mechanical support system. My T1s feel quite solid and sound terrific with this setup.

Like you, I'm a 2.0 guy.

I agree that speakers are very important to the sound of a system. And, of course, all of the components contribute to the sound, some in subtle ways, some not so subtle. After messing around with a lot of different cables, I sometimes think that (analog signal path) cables are the most important part, which seems like heresy to me. Which is most important? In reality, all of it. But I keep the number of analog lumps in my system to a minimum. I think every lump -- and its connections -- is an opportunity for signal loss. Right now, I have just 3 analog lumps (including speakers) with 2 cable runs.

I'm between a rock and a hard place right now. I was messing around and accidentally damaged my right T1, which is now at the speaker doctor in Sacramento. When I get it back, I'll probably have to break it in some, then I'll look at upgrading to the TRs. Meanwhile I'm listening with my formerly-retired B&W 683 S2s, which sound pretty darned good, but lack the T1's imaging precision and bottom end power.

Thanks again for the interesting review, and please keep us informed of any additional impressions.

Charlie