[prepress]

The October TAS arrived yesterday and it has a review of the Golden Ear Triton One speakers. The review is by Anthony Cordesman.

It's a killer review, extremely positive and AC recommends the Triton Ones enthusiastically. The price is not bad either, at $2500 less than the Bryston Model Ts I'd rediscovered recently. If the Mirages went down today, I'm not sure what I'd get to replace them. I already decided I wouldn't attempt to fix them, but their replacement is still uncertain.

Two things about the Tritons give me pause. With powered speakers ground loops can be a problem; I'd wrestled with that for some time here. I have it under control through lifting the ground on several pieces of gear. And I don't like having to plug in my speakers, especially since outlets are at a premium here, and I'd rather my Macs drive any speaker anyway. I would be similarly wary of the Mythos ST-L for that reason.

Still, the Triton One review is compelling, and cannot be ignored. Since I'm not actively committed to a preemptive replacement of my M-3sis (yet), I have some safe ground to stand on. I have also just spent a bit over 2K on a new computer setup, so that mitigates the curiosity; for sure it dampens doing anything too extravagant for the immediate future. Of course, "dampens" isn't "destroys."