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GoldenEar T66
Loudspeaker
Backbones Modern
AV Systems
GoldenEar's new T66 floorstanding
model delivers equal amounts of music
and AV fun regardless of whether it is
stereo or multichannel applications.
By Robert Archer
IT SEEMS like the folks at
GoldenEar have been kind
of quiet as of late, but that
certainly changed with the
availability of the company's
new T66 floorstanding
loudspeaker.
The latest model from the
company takes popular concepts
from 1990s designs,
modernizes those concepts,
and in doing so, GoldenEar
has created a floorstanding
speaker that perfectly
complements today's trends
in home audio.
Trying the speakers in
my home, I used the T66
floorstanders in my stereo
system powered by Bryston
electronics, as well as my
home theater that includes
an Integra AV receiver, and
I used the speakers with
the newest components
from Simaudio: The Moon
761 Amplifier and Moon 791
Network Player/Preamplifier.
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Features & Setup
Shipped to my house in two
boxes, the speakers stand
just over 4-feet tall, and
they have narrow but semideep
dimensions. Internally,
the speakers employ an
advanced design with a
multiple driver array and
crossover network.
Focusing on the driver
array, the T66 incorporates a
single High-Velocity Folded
Ribbon AMT Tweeter, along
with a pair of 4.5-inch
High-Definition Cast-Basket
Midrange drivers; two 5-inch
x 9-inch Quadratic Subwoofers,
and two 8-inch x 12-inch
Quadratic Planar Back-Wave
Driven Radiators.
GoldenEar specifies its
new floorstanding speakers
to be 91dB efficient at
4 ohms, and it is specified
to deliver a frequency response
of 29Hz to 25kHz.
The T66 has a nominal imThe
speakers are just over 4-feet tall and employ an advanced
design with a multiple driver array and crossover network.
pedance rating of 4 ohms,
and a recommended power
rating of 20 watts to 500
watts.
Additionally, GoldenEar
states the T66 incorporates
a 500-watt RMS, DSP-controlled
subwoofer amplifier
that can produce 1,000watt
peaks.
The speaker stands
just under 49 inches tall
without the spikes; the T66
is about 7.5-inches wide
and 14.75-inches deep and
weighs 60 pounds.
After I unboxed the
speakers, I removed my
loudspeakers and placed
the T66 pair in their place. I
connected a pair of AudioQuest
Rocket 44 speaker
cables that I ran from my
Bryston amplifier, and I
finished by using a pair of
AudioQuest NRG-Z3 power
cables to drive the speakers'
built-in subwoofers.
Fine tuning the setup of the
speakers within my 12-foot
x 23-foot room with 8-foot
ceilings, I positioned the
speakers about 8 feet from my
listening position in a stereo
configuration and I applied a
slight toe-in to maximize the
imaging capabilities.
The speakers came from
another reviewer who had
set the subwoofer level at
roughly 11 o'clock on the
dial. I chose to leave that
level.
Later in my review process
I connected the speakers
to the Simaudio Moon 761
Amplifier and the Moon 791
Network Player/Preamplifier.
Performance &
Conclusions
I think people tend to
generalize multipurpose AV
systems as small integrated
amplifiers with small speakers.
I think the GoldenEar
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