Triangle Comète 40th Anniversary measurements

[gfdias]

Hello, I have a pair of Triangle Comète 40th Anniversary that I bought used as a part of my first attempt at having a stereo setup in my living room.

Now, I've since then discovered ASR and the rabbit hole of objective speaker reviews, and unfortunately, although subjective reviews for this speaker everywhere are positive (and I really like them), the only measurements I found about them are from this website. I'd like your help to interpret them and provide your opinion on them, as well as some tips to compensate for any measured issues either by EQ or possible positioning adjustments.

Thanks in advance!

 

[MacCali]

Hello, I have a pair of Triangle Comète 40th Anniversary that I bought used as a part of my first attempt at having a stereo setup in my living room.

Now, I've since then discovered ASR and the rabbit hole of objective speaker reviews, and unfortunately, although subjective reviews for this speaker everywhere are positive (and I really like them), the only measurements I found about them are from this website. I'd like your help to interpret them and provide your opinion on them, as well as some tips to compensate for any measured issues either by EQ or possible positioning adjustments.

Thanks in advance!

I think your best bet is to buy a mic and measure the performance of your room too. Some speakers which are well behaved are more predictable.

However your room will play a roll in the final experience. Then I am certain someone will be able to give you some legitimate feedback on possible adjustments or implementations to correct the sonics

 

[er|κzvio1in]

On this forum you can find measurements of the bigger Aantal speaker that is related to this one. Same ~700 hz bump is there. Based on the measurements in your post, it looks like these speakers can be placed relatively close to a wall to get some room gain in the bass frequencies without excessive bass. I have the smaller version of the Comete with the same tweeter and similar anechoic measured graphs, but in my room and with my placement I don't have the ~700 hz bump that's supposed to be there when I measure them. You'd need your own in room measurements to know what is happening in your room and how to optimise placement.

 

[Bozon]

I purchased a pair of those about 3 years ago. They worked great on my room and I really loved their sound. However, one of the speakers arrived with a cosmetic defect so I asked for a replacement pair. The second pair came without visible issues but Its sound quality was really bad. I measured them and they requiered a big amount of EQ to be fixed. I ended selling them a pair of weeks later as they where very dissapointing. On the purchase I also bougth their stands. The stands also came with manufacturing defects. The store didn't had a replacement available. My veredict: Triangle is a brand that has poor chinese manufacturing and no proper QC. Can't recommend it.

 

[Elbow]

I like the look and sound of my Triangle speakers (Twin AIO und AIO 3) but yes, they seem to have quality issues. My first pair of Twins was dead on arrival. Well not literally dead, but obviously defect because they sound absolutly horrible. The replacement pair sounds great though.

The AIO 3 worked well for about 8 months and then, from one day to another, the sound was dull and crackling. Sent them back to the dealer, who sent them to Triagle for repair. At least they could fix it by replacing the whole amp section. I know class D amps don't last forever, but 8 month is a very short time.

Now I can enjoy both speakers again, but there remains a bad feeling.

 

[40th Anniversary]

I have a pair. I really like them. I also got the glass stands which were a bit of an effort to get them setup - speakers are bolted to the stands which makes them as sturdy as floor standers; and I think it improves the bass response.
Everything has been perfect quality wise (I'm lucky I guess). If I were to critique them I would affirm that with "some" material I find the bass is a little dry, lacking reverberations. When set up in my basement listening room, there is shimmer in the air when listening to them: pure magic that eludes just about every speaker I've ever listened to. They would be perfect if they had the Dynaudio's SP40 Bass...but kept that wonderful Triangle Horn Tweeter and maintained the overall sound signature.
I'll get a sub in time depending where they end up permanently. PS: they did replace my SP 40s.

 

[leighhull72]

I’m a Triangle fan boy. I have two pairs of BR02’s and a pair of BR02BT plus a pair of Titus EZ.

 

[PstrfZ]

My first speakers ever (which I don't use, but still own) were actually a couple of Triangle Comete 202, given to me by my brother-in-law.

 

[leighhull72]

I have a pair. I really like them. I also got the glass stands which were a bit of an effort to get them setup - speakers are bolted to the stands which makes them as sturdy as floor standers; and I think it improves the bass response.
Everything has been perfect quality wise (I'm lucky I guess). If I were to critique them I would affirm that with "some" material I find the bass is a little dry, lacking reverberations. When set up in my basement listening room, there is shimmer in the air when listening to them: pure magic that eludes just about every speaker I've ever listened to. They would be perfect if they had the Dynaudio's SP40 Bass...but kept that wonderful Triangle Horn Tweeter and maintained the overall sound signature.
I'll get a sub in time depending where they end up permanently. PS: they did replace my SP 40s.

Yeah about the quality…my BR02’s are on the third pair of remotes…Triangle keep sending out new ones cus they only seem to last a year

 

[kongkong]

@Nuyes measured it. This page is written in Korean.

https://audiore.kr/triangle-40th-anniversary-comete-리뷰/

 

[er|κzvio1in]

@Nuyes measured it. This page is written in Korean.

https://audiore.kr/triangle-40th-anniversary-comete-리뷰/

Summary: poor vertical directivity in the 3-5 khz range. Very impressive woofer performance with low bass distortion and mild port tuning resulting in a gentle bass roll-off. Overall a favourable review.

 

[40th Anniversary]

Summary: poor vertical directivity in the 3-5 khz range. Very impressive woofer performance with low bass distortion and mild port tuning resulting in a gentle bass roll-off. Overall a favourable review.

I can understand the bass distortion being low: I find them very nice, lively, not harsh and somewhat full sounding. I just wish they went lower and I guess the bass at that point and time would start to distort. A nice little sealed sub would do the Triangles justice and transform them to a wall of sound I think.

 

[robbiekhan]

I find the bass to be perfectly usable for almost everything in my desktop mid-field setup. Been using them for a while now powered by an Aiyima A80 and SS3602 OpAmps and the X9 DAC from PC (XLR from DAC to TRS in on the A80) The soundstage is pretty incredible and the imaging for acoustic music especially with low hanging bass instruments is quite unique in how it's presented. 47Hz on paper so obviously a sub will help dig deeper but as mentioned I've never thought that I was missing something by not having a sub for music and gaming.

Quick binaural clip from earlier:

For me these are end game speakers in a stereo setup. Maybe down the line I will get a power amp that puts out more than the 100+WPC of the A80 but for now I see no reason to think about changing this as it sounds just great with no distortion or noise and it's rare to find a rather capable power amp that has balanced inputs as well and has swappable OpAmps.