The Official GoldenEar Technology Speakers Thread

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by COACH10810

I had my first experience with these speakers earlier today. Recently I had done some looking for a new set of LCR speakers. Currently I have Axiom M80's and the VP-180 but really haven't been wow'd by them recently...

Anyways, I had gone into a Def Tech dealer in Johnson City Tennessee and had the opportunity to speak with the owner of the company. He told me he has stopped selling the Def Techs but wanted me to hear the Golden Ear speakers..

What I had practically decided on was the BP8080 and CS8080 but just needed a listen to confirm.

The Triton Two towers sounded incredible and I am sure they would do a great job as a front speaker......but the tiny center channel has me worried. I have always been a fan of a full range center and just think that the Supersat 50C might underwelm me.. My thought was to purchase a pair of these and see how they work with my current center channel before purchasing the 50c. I asked if this would be something he would recommend and I was told if I didn't like the way they sounded, he would take them back...

I guess I wanted to see how the 50c does as a center channel?

There is absolutely no reason to use a full-range center speaker. Too much bass from the center channel can mask the higher frequencies from the center channel and make the dialog less intelligible. Regardless of the size of the center speaker, you should set the center channel to SMALL with a crossover frequency of around 80Hz and redirect all the center channel bass frequencies to the subwoofer(s).