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rjohn79395 Posted 5 years 1 week ago
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Hey Vectra

Great review of your experience!

Nobody can make your budget decisions for you, and both speakers are amazing. Just remember that you will be listening to and enjoying whatever you choose for probably a long time. What are the extra goosebumps and thrill from the T Ref's worth to you?

Good luck in your quest, and happy listening whichever you choose!

Rick
5.4.4 HT speakers: T Ref fronts/LFE 1, SuperCenter Ref, T1 surrounds/LFE 2 + SuperSub XXL, HTR 7000 top fronts, HTR 8000 top rears
Zone 2 speakers; 2 Invisa 525's
AVR: Marantz SR 8015
Amp: AT525NC 5 channel
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anthem Posted 5 years 1 week ago
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Vectra:
Buy the T Refs...the kids can always go to Community College. Iol
D-Sonic m3a-600m Mono > McIntosh MC152 > Primaluna ProLogue Premium Preamp > Oppo UDP205 > Decware ZLC > Triton Reference > Isoacoustics Gaia 2 > Canare 4S11 Speaker Cables > Audience Forte 3, Anticable L3 & Shunyata Venom PC's

Every great performance deserves an Audience!
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rjohn79395 Posted 5 years 1 week ago
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No pressure Vectra, but here's the path I went through. Yes, The T Ref's cost more than I had originally envisioned wanting to pay for speakers (I had T1's at the time, and the sound quality was in pretty good territory). But when I installed the T Ref's, the smiles, the toe tapping, the goosebumps, even the tears of joy sometimes those beauties can deliver just put me in a whole new zone. I rediscovered what music can and should sound like. I would never go back. I told my wife the other day if it ever came down to shedding material things, the Goldenear's, especially the T ref's are off limits, they'll leave only over my "cold dead body" :)

I don't want to minimize your budget issues, but it sure sounds like you love and appreciate what the T Ref's can do.

Rick
5.4.4 HT speakers: T Ref fronts/LFE 1, SuperCenter Ref, T1 surrounds/LFE 2 + SuperSub XXL, HTR 7000 top fronts, HTR 8000 top rears
Zone 2 speakers; 2 Invisa 525's
AVR: Marantz SR 8015
Amp: AT525NC 5 channel
Cable/TiVo, OPPO BDP 105D, Bluesound Node 2i, Apple tv 4K streamer
48" SONY 4K OLED TV
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boleary3 Posted 4 years 10 months ago
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Thanks to all of you folks who chimed in on this thread. I set the T Refs up in my room today and cannot stop grinning. Completely different league from the Triton One. My amps (Pass XA 100 monos) sound like they were made for the T Refs and the T Refs sound like they were made for my room. :) :) :) :) :)

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GDHAL Posted 4 years 10 months ago
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boleary3 wrote: ..... I set the T Refs up in my room today and cannot stop grinning. Completely different league from the Triton One.....


Without a doubt. Best of luck with them :)
Golden Ear Triton Reference (pair), Musical Fidelity M6si, Schiit Yggdrasil-OG-B, Oppo UDP-205, Emotiva ERC-3, LG OLED65C9PUA, Salamander Synergy Triple Unit SL20, Audeze LCD-X, GIK acoustic paneling
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