GoldenEar Technology Triton One.R
The GoldenEar Triton One.R is the successor to the original Triton One,1 improving on that model in both appearance and function, with features that first appeared in the Triton Reference.2
Externally, the Triton One.R is a 54" tall by 8" wide by 16.65" deep tower that appears even slimmer than those dimensions suggest. In lieu of the socklike fabric covering used on GoldenEar’s less expensive speakers, the One.R, like the Reference, is finished in a high-gloss black, with large rectangular grille-cloth panels on the lower portions of each side and a curved, full-height front grille whose edges blend smoothly into the side panels. The front grille is not removable, and the cloth covers a very rigid form; that prevents the user from being able to see the drivers within, even when shining a bright light at them—but on the other hand, those drivers seem well-protected from damage via poking fingers.
Without being able to see the inner workings, I have to rely on GoldenEar’s documentation as to what’s going on under the skin. At the top of the front, there’s a small folded-ribbon tweeter descended from Oskar Heil’s original design of same. The tweeter crosses over at about 3500Hz to a pair of 5.25" polypropylene-cone mid/bass drivers placed above and below it in a D’Appolito configuration. The benefit of this arrangement is to minimize any lobing or “Venetian blind” variations in dispersion—but since we tend to listen with our head at a fixed height, one need only take care to aim the tweeter at the ear level of the listener. Since the One.R’s tweeter is about 40" off the floor, lifting the back end of the base about an inch did the trick.
