92db efficiency and benign crossover load. About two years ago I had the loan of a pair of Spendor S3/5R2 speakers (since replaced with the Classic 4/5) on the same stands connected to the same electronics. Triangle’s new Borea BR08 floorstanders arrive into a tough and crowded market. Use fabric for tuning if you go that route as fiberglass insulation can release small fibers into the air that can damage your lungs. Online dictionaries, both English and French suggested. Those twin bass drivers dig deep but, pleasingly, remain agile and articulate too. Almost. An EL84-based amp – featuring vintage Dynaco transformers – powers Wharfedale Diamond 210 loudspeakers. The excel with low power and come alive when driven by SET. , is a good test for dynamics, with not a lot of apparent compression. This will sound silly, but it was almost as if the EL84 amp was expecting less from the speakers than the ARC amp, yet was a better dance partner because of it. Taj’s gravelly voice can grate on lesser speakers. While this means you’ll be able to get decent volume levels from low-powered amplifiers, it’s worth noting that their nominal 8ohm impedance dips to a 3ohm minimum, so you’ll still need to check for compatibility. They’re happy playing all genres of music and do it with a charm that’s addictive. As would be expected at this price, these enclosures are carefully braced internally to aid rigidity. As well they should at about three to four times the price of the BR02s. The BR02s overall performance is very good for a stand mount speaker in this price range. Critics of these speakers mostly focus on the treble response, which can be bright with the wrong equipment. A cameo appearance by Pat Metheny on the title track is kind of cool too. Élégantes et faciles à alimenter, ces enceintes offrent une belle spatialisation de la scène sonore. Coincidentally, or perhaps not, these loudspeakers are easy to recommend to both audiophiles and normal music lovers. Not rolled-off in the highs exactly, but restrained and overall better balanced than many small speakers. There’s something fun, and a bit perverse if truth be told, substituting speakers or sources into a system that normally runs with much more accomplished components. They were about six feet from the wall behind them and three and a half feet from the side walls. It’s an analogue recording remastered for CD, and very listenable. They sketched a reasonably broad and deep sound stage, certainly similar to, or perhaps better than, any size and price-comparable loudspeaker. Almost. Lucas, thanks for your interest in WOS.ca. They have great forward momentum. I don’t have a contemporary solid-state amplifier with which to pair the BR02s. Thanks for your comment and question PL. Let’s have a quick cut to the chase, shall we? I’ll report on this later in the listening test. The Triangle BR02s are more of an emotional loudspeaker. Bobine de câble enceinte audio au mètre, section 4mm, 100 mètres. Sorry I can’t be more specific, I hope this helps. Il s'agit d'une enceinte compacte ou de bibliothèque d'un gabarit déjà … Elle est proposée à 249 € et donc avec une réduction de 37 % par rapport à son prix de vente habituel. Triangle, or Triangle Manufacture Electroacoustique to give them their full title, is a French manufacturer based in Soissons in the North of the country and now owned by Hugo Decelle. I’m fond of this album and have been since the first time the laser hit the CD. I found this course refreshing and appealing. The title track, Harbour Lights, is a good test for dynamics, with not a lot of apparent compression. The have some OK-looking steel stands in various heights that aren’t terribly expensive, though the steel could be a bit “ring-y”. Do you hate having to wade through reviews to get to the price and other stats? Triangle offers stands suitable for use with the BR02. . Not the cone in the BR02. The stands were spiked through the carpet into the wood subfloor below. I also gave the BR02s a whirl with more price-appropriate amplification. The Spendors had a level of grace and resolution of musical events superior to the BR02s. , goes straight into a blues groove. The BR02s did an admirable job expressing the pace, flow and impact of this recording. Thanks! Note that these speakers need plenty of room to breathe. Moving the BR02s closer to room boundaries will increase bass output but too close will make them sound muddy. Also. Hats off to the Xavians and especially the tiny Perla speaker, an LS3/5 for our troubled times. There was a problem. Not rolled-off in the highs exactly, but restrained and overall better balanced than many small speakers. These little speakers have a better than expected “boogie factor”. Has the Triangle Borea BR02 changed my mind? Now, like all of my audition music, it’s stored on a NAD 50.2 music player. Great songs and performance, execrable production. One thing that may help with ported speakers like the BR02 is that if your favorite position yields a bit to much bass response a little selective light damping in the port can help “tune” them a bit to your room. Conseils d’achat Comparatifs Avis & Tests produits (Details here, https://wallofsound.ca/audioreviews/digital/raspberry-pi-part-3-sound-quality-evaluation. Cool review. I spent most of my working career as a process engineer and tool designer. But in the event that large covers must be removed and significant portions of the circuitry are exposed then the metal clip on this tool is arc welding waiting to happen. I find the piano moderately well recorded and the BR02s did as good a job as any other speakers I’ve heard at conveying it. Walnut speaker on a maple stand, sounds yummy eh? The other side is they have outstanding transient response, and are a near perfect partner for tube amps. The EL84 project amp that I detailed in the build series from earlier this year, the one shipped to our patron, had clearer, more articulate highs than the prototype. On a YouTube unboxing of the BR02, the video “reviewer” took the drivers and crossover out of the cabinet! La Borea BR08 fonctionne en 3 voies avec 4 haut-parleurs, ce qui est ambitieux et même plutôt hasardeux pour une … The current amp will go into storage in favour of the, mean? But before you write this technology off as being over the hill, there are some very high-performance speakers that sell in the five and six figure range that have returned to paper cones for their woofers. but the BR02s have a relaxed accessibility combined with a more forgiving nature of the components preceding them. I don’t have a clear picture of your listening setup from the information you provided. The dark Walnut finish I received is super classy, plus the silver accents around the woofer and tweeter make them look more expensive than they are. these unassuming little speakers sound, well, not what I was expecting. Voie centrale 2 voies (pièce), 176x485x274 mm, 90dB/W/m, 57Hz-22KHz, chêne clair. Their presentation has huge scale and authority. There are just so many variables. It’s clear that a large chunk of the engineering budget has gone here. Component break-in, as I keep harping on about, is essential to divining the true performance of any audio product. TRIANGLE BOREA BRC01 Light Oak. Break in/burn in - this is something I've not personally bought into in the past as all of the gear I've owned over the years sounded the way it sounded out of the box even months or years later. May I ask who makes your speaker stands? The one thing I noticed from the adjacent workshop was that at times the BR02s sounded like larger speakers. Compressed and bright, this album is a difficult listen at times. Not anywhere near annoyingly loud for the most part, at least not to me, but louder than the level of polite conversation. Triangle plays a different game here. There’s an element of horn loading of the dome, too, due to the dished tweeter surround. I’m not a big Bruce Hornsby fan, but listen once in a while. They use the same trick that’s been employed from as far back as the original BBC LS3/5a speakers of having a deliberate mid-bass bump to give the impression of decent low frequency extension. Triangle’s new Borea BR08 floorstanders arrive into a tough and crowded market. Future US, Inc. 11 West 42nd Street, 15th Floor, Your email address will not be published. While stereo imaging is pretty precise for speakers at this level, it’s not as spacious and layered as some we’ve heard. **Maple walnut ice cream, it’s a Canadian thing. It’s there but the overall balance is one of musical wholeness, as opposed to dissection of music into its component parts. No, they don’t resolve like the Spendors S3/5R. The BR02s delivered unexpected vocal clarity on Ms. Wright’s voice, as well Taj’s and Keb’s vocals too. I placed the baffle centre at the approximate height of my ears when seated. That said, most price-compatible amps, such as the Cambridge Audio CXA81 or Rega Elex-R, will cope fine. At this price and performance level, bi-wiring is simply a marketing affectation, in my opinion. My hopes of driving the BR02s with my buddy’s NAD, both on their own and comparing them to the 225s, is on hold. If I hadn’t known it was paper, I might have assumed the woofer/midrange cone was a molded plastic of some sort, such was the consistency of colour and the smooth texture. Many old and indeed some new speakers with paper cones look like a kindergarten experiment in paper making. The BR02 does much better at my customary volume level than I had expected. It’s all down to trade-offs. This one has nothing to do with the item under review. Such is the bass output of these speakers that we end up with them around 90cm into our test room, positioned well away from the sides and slightly angled towards the listener. (Many, if not all, of the Klipsch classics still use paper-coned woofers.) They don’t grab the audiophile ear right away, which is probably a good thing. All "Borea" models are equipped with a silk dome tweeter, which is mounted slightly recessed in a horn-shaped cavity and equipped with an acoustic lens for wider dispersion. Good tools are a joy, bad tools make me seethe. A pair of Triangle Borea BR02 speakers will nudge out the tiny Wharfedales. I could never quite appreciate the virtues of stand mounted speakers, and almost always preferred the sheer scale and force of music reproduced via floor standers. Also played was Fields of Gray. The BR02s are anything but. Winter weather and COVID-19 restrictions will mean many hours in my shop for the next few months. The speakers were placed on the stands using the supplied stick-on rubber feet. Both have fabric dome tweeters. TRIANGLE OPERA Cable OS100C 4mm. CHF 279.00. Many days actually, and many more to come I expect. Triangle is to be allowed their marketing flights of fancy, I suppose. We play Nirvana’s Nevermind and they sound right at home: they punch hard, combining high levels of detail with an enviable ability to tie it altogether to produce a cohesive and musical whole. Please refresh the page and try again. Not that this is bad, it’s just what most Spendors seem to do, to varying degrees. Conseils d’achat Comparatifs Avis & Tests produits La colonne BOREA BR07 est une colonne astucieuse, utilisant une configuration type 2,5 voies pour offrir un rendu ample dans les graves pour une taille compacte et un prix maitrisé. Some speakers can impress at first listen with airiness that might give the impression of detail and space. The best thing to do, if there are no “domestic considerations”, is to move them around a few inches at a time until the best compromise can be reached. The Spendors had a level of grace and resolution of musical events superior to the BR02s. Stuart Smith tries them out for Hifi Pig. I ran the speakers for about 150 hours connected to an ancient Rotel receiver streaming various styles of music. I’m just the opposite. Il ne renverra … Test Triangle Borea BR08 : un vraie bonne grande enceinte Hifi colonne à prix comprimé. The one point of concern is that the 25mm tweeter is crisp and detailed but easily provoked, so to avoid any such issue don’t use partnering electronics that veer towards brightness, aggression or hardness. It wouldn’t do to drive these speakers with a classic-sounding tube amp. , the ancient Greek personification of the north wind. Once their plinths are bolted on, the BR08 feel nice and stable, though floor spikes that are more piercing would be useful. Whilst occupied with a fairly extensive woodworking project, steaming music or playing files has been the order of the day. . The little Wharfedale is a fine speaker for its size and price, but in the same system, playing the same material, it sounds like it’s trying too hard to impress. Bass disappears below 75hz, and the designer did not include a BBC bump to increase apparent bass response. Livraison Offerte* - Retrait 1h en Magasin* - Retrait Drive* - Garantie 2 ans* - SAV 7j/7 599 €00. These little speakers have a better than expected “boogie factor”. But if I was forced to downsize and stand mounted speakers were the only option, the Borea BR02 would be a serious contender. “bookshelf” speakers, they need to be out into the room to work their magic. These towers charge at full throttle, communicating the energy and momentum of the music brilliantly. Read our guide to the best floorstanding speakers, Best high-end record players 2021: ultimate premium turntables, Best outdoor speakers 2021: portable, wireless, waterproof, Best multi-room speakers 2021: one wireless system, music everywhere. The same can be said about the overall tonal balance, which is even enough rather than ruler flat. I’ve used that methodology with my BR02s. The Spendors were a cerebral speaker that almost commands listeners to focus on the musical performance. Costing £1199 the Triangle Borea BR09 loudspeakers are a three-way floorstanding design. Sounding in no way like the Spendor D9s that customarily inhabit this room, but larger than the BR02s diminutive size would suggest. The BR02s don’t wimp-out when some drive and bounce is needed. The BR02s will make this confinement more enjoyable. TRIANGLE OPERA Cable OS100C 2.5mm. It only takes a moment and will be greatly appreciated. The combination of these drive units – and the partnering crossover network as well, of course – gives these speakers a relatively high sensitivity of 92dB/W/m. I’m not saying Spendors are ruthlessly revealing, anything but. Instead, you are seduced into their view of music reproduction. The company likes the material's combination of relatively low mass, rigidity and self-damping. We experienced it last year in the Borea BR03 standmounters, and here it features the same unusual two-pronged phase plug, claimed to aid tonal evenness and dispersion. The Spendors were a cerebral speaker that almost commands listeners to focus on the musical performance. Taj’s gravelly voice can grate on lesser speakers. Fortunately, the BR02’s well-judged balance of mids to highs makes this as enjoyable as possible. , meaning of, or relating to, the north or north wind. The automotive world truly has the goofiest marketing concoctions. TRIANGLE‌ is known for sleek, sexy, speakers, and the BOREA BR03 bookshelf is that. The 210 has a four-inch diameter mid-woofer, compared to the BR02’s five incher. The only minor concern in the specs is the minimum impedance dip to 3.6 ohms. About two years ago I had the loan of a pair of Spendor S3/5R. I’m not a big Bruce Hornsby fan, but listen once in a while. La BR08 est une des plus grandes et plus grosses enceintes de la nouvelle série Borea, qui constitue désormais l'entrée/milieu de gamme de la marque d'enceintes acoustiques française Triangle. The bass is punchy and reasonably deep for a small stand mount speaker, even when positioned well away from a room’s rear and side walls. I find the piano moderately well recorded and the BR02s did as good a job as any other speakers I’ve heard at conveying it. They don’t grab the audiophile ear right away, which is probably a good thing. I’m fond of this album and have been since the first time the laser hit the CD. I also gave the BR02s a whirl with more price-appropriate amplification. The BR02s keep right up with the bass line, and their polite treble response doesn’t induce listener fatigue in what is a slightly over-bright mix. (Details here https://wallofsound.ca/audioreviews/digital/raspberry-pi-part-3-sound-quality-evaluation scroll down to: System Context.) Their 102cm-tall cabinets look a little basic from the outside, due to flat parallel sides and a lack of adornment, but take a closer look and you’ll find them to be solid, well made and neatly finished. We can’t think of a better alternative when it comes to rhythmic drive either. But follow that advice and you can enjoy one of the most entertaining floorstanders we’ve heard at this level. 27, K595. I could never quite appreciate the virtues of stand mounted speakers, and almost always preferred the sheer scale and force of music reproduced via floor standers. Motet Distribution in Canada http://motetdistribution.com/, Antal Audio Group in the U.S.A. http://antalaudio.com/, Triangle France: https://www.trianglehifi.com/en/. Usually, we want to place small speakers fairly close to walls and/or corners to maximize bass response but this is usually to the detriment of overall clarity and sound staging. Entry-level Triangles of yore had a tendency, both in my experience and by reports from others, to be. Not especially instructive, but it was possible to see two braces connecting the side walls, the front one contacting the magnet structure of the woofer though a rubber pad. The BR03 is a really big … I’m glad you picked the Triangles to review as they, like DALI speakers, have been finding wide favour abroad. Great songs and performance, execrable production. Triangle’s Borea series and Focal’s new Chora are claiming the lead over American and British manufacturers, not so much because the latter are tired or repetitive but, rather, because these new French speakers look fresher in ideas and , most importantly, more efficient in their mission. Monoprice also offer (at about twice the price of their steel stands) ones that have cherry-wood uprights than are perhaps more acoustically “dead”. As well they should at about three to four times the price of the BR02s. these unassuming little speakers sound, well, not what I was expecting. The recording perspective is a bit distant but has great hall sound. Upon unboxing (I find the whole unboxing thing on YouTube very silly), the speakers weigh about what you would expect them to, neither light-weight or overly heavy. In overall terms, these Triangles are exceptional, and certainly good enough to challenge the very best at this price. The BR02 has about twice the cabinet volume of the 210. par. They’re still enjoyable at low settings, mind you, but lack a little pep relatively speaking. Triangle offers stands suitable for use with the BR02. Bro Two as some have tagged it. If you've enjoyed this content, consider supporting Wall Of Sound with a donation. In all instances, the BR02s provided an enjoyable listening experience. The title track, Harbour Lights, is a good test for dynamics, with not a lot of apparent compression. I still prefer floor standers in my main listening room and will hang on to them as long as possible. There is seldom the case where there is an ideal place in a room for speaker placement. The bass is punchy and reasonably deep for a small stand mount speaker, even when positioned well away from a room’s rear and side walls. The current amp will go into storage in favour of the “Heath” amp from my DIY EL84 project earlier this year. These are speakers that prefer to be played loudly. Likely, but I think I can suss out a speaker’s essence even if I my setup is less than optimal. Are the speakers on stands, part of a desktop system or actually located on the proverbial bookshelf? I believe all Home Depot locations have panel saws and if you buy a sheet they will cut it up for you, though there are minimum widths and lengths they will cut, I think the minimum width is around 5 inches. In the mean time, the BR02s will be a great addition to my workshop system. And the shortest cut is…. As with any pair of new speakers, it pays to get to know the Triangle Borea BR03s and their preference for placement. And we have to agree. Highly, seriously, enthusiastically recommended. Triangle's website suggests they work best in rooms between 20-40m squared in size, and the manual recommends placing them at least 40cm from a rear wall and more than 50cm from the sides. The unfortunate thing with speaker placement is, even if I was in the room with you, it would come down to experimentation. Visit our corporate site. Triangle Borea BR03 There are some other worthwhile numbers attached to the BR03 beyond the 38 × 21 × 31cm cabinet dimensions. It also suggests placing them at least 40cm away from a back wall and 50cm from a side wall. Spendor and Harbeth, to name just two, make very accomplished speakers using this sort of tweeter. The BR02s don’t wimp-out when some drive and bounce is needed. If I hadn’t known it was paper, I might have assumed the woofer/midrange cone was a molded plastic of some sort, such was the consistency of colour and the smooth texture. But Spendor-ness comes at a price. This tool is fine if removal of protective covers isn’t required to make adjustments. Given a suitable system and plenty of space, these exceptional Triangle floorstanders really shine. I also performed a quick comparison with a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 210s. Has the Triangle Borea BR02 changed my mind? I still prefer floor standers in my main listening room and will hang on to them as long as possible. They are at the same time gutsy, yet polite too. Thank you for signing up to What Hi-Fi?. They have great forward momentum. There is, to varying degrees in all Spendors I’ve heard, a compelling musicality and even-handedness that is both subtle and at the same time difficult to ignore. An EL84-based amp – featuring vintage Dynaco transformers – powers Wharfedale Diamond 210 loudspeakers. The Triangle BR02 will play louder, without strain, and even when not playing loudly is a more musical sounding device. We switch to Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring and these floorstanders continue to impress. À juste titre : il faut tout le savoir faire et l’intelligence ingénieuse de cette marque pour arriver à lancer des produits alliant des matériaux et des performances de haut niveau à … They come in four finishes – black ash, white, walnut and the recently introduced (and rather nice) light oak. Compressed and bright, this album is a difficult listen at times. Thank you for your advice! The track Om Sweet Om also features Lizz Wright on vocals. Ditto the fabric dome tweeter used here. What does Borea mean? Steve. Test Triangle Borea BR08 : à venir TV QLED Ultra HD 8K Samsung QE65Q800T. Consider this more of a safety tip. Fortunately, the BR02’s well-judged balance of mids to highs makes this as enjoyable as possible. Clifford Curzon was a child prodigy who throughout his career maintained a rigorous regime of practice, playing for several hours every day. Test Triangle Borea BR03 : une grosse enceinte compacte, à la fois costaude, puissante et à prix d'ami. Triangle products used to have rather spotty distribution in North America. We play Nirvana’s Nevermind and they sound right at home: they punch hard, combining high levels of detail with an enviable ability to tie it altogether to produce a cohesive and musical whole. That last one makes me smile every time I see it. You can probably guess where this is going.

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