2024 Golden Ear: GoldenEar T66 Loudspeaker

$6900

The new speakers from Golden Ear deserve serious accolades. The T66s are an update of and an homage to the popular Triton speaker series of the pre-AudioQuest era, but they aren’t backwards looking. The T66s maintain the thin wind-swept form factor and feature the active DSP-controlled powered subwoofer units that are the hallmarks of the GoldenEar brand. They also include the AMT High-Velocity Folded Ribbon tweeter, two 4.5″ mid/bass drivers, two 5″ x 9″ quadratic subwoofers, and 8″ x 12″ quadratic planar back-wave-driven radiators. But the real updates are primarily on the inside, including a new crossover design, high-quality internal wiring, new binding posts, and a new adjustable base. Overall, the T66s feature a tight satisfying low end, without the need for hunting down a separate sub unit, while the midrange and the treble are locked in and lush. AudioQuest took everything that worked in the previous Triton series and refined it to the next logical level, so that the whole package is a clear sonic upgrade. Beautiful speakers and a real contender dollar-for-dollar with any speaker in this price range. (347)