Why isn’t everyone talking about These? Goldenear BRX bookshelf speaker Review
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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Whoa! Is Pelonis a subsidiary of Sith Audio? That’s a lot of money for a pair of fans. 😜
Pelonis Fan : 1600usd a pair great deal ,😂😂👏😂👍
Peronist fans $1600/pair.. Audiophile fans 😉
Randy I don’t have telegram installed on my phone
@@RickMahoney2013 it’s a scam. Not me. Trying to deal with it and get them out of here
These loudspeakers are absolutely phenomenal!!!! The design and engineering team did an incredible job getting such a HUGE detailed soundstage with size-defying bass!!!!!! I'm a bass player and these are at the top of my upgrade list!!!!
Or get good speakers, amp AND sub for the same price, possibly a tv too lol
I heard the BRX at the Munich High End. There was a Subwoofer standing next to the Speakers. When i heard them, i thought, ah of course there is a SW involved. But when i looked at the backside of the SW i noticed, that the power cord wasn´t connected to it. Oh boooyyy...... that bass playback was absolutely astonishing. I couldn´t believe my ears and i was so surprised, that these small speakers were able to produce such a unbelievable amount of bass in a very good quality. WoW. .... By the way...your reviews are very entertaining and instructive. Appreciate it. Just subscribed ;).
You should do this more often with the active listening.I think it"s great , it brings an "image" to your story.
Totally agree !
Thanks so much for taking the time to listen and for sharing your thoughts with your viewers. We're looking forward to your upcoming comparisons!
I had the same amazement when I heard these at the Ascot HiFi News high end show in the UK. The BRX were in the Goldenear Audioquest room. One of the best complete sound in the show brilliant. The were only topped by the Strattern speakers which were £178 K.
I wish more reviewers and reviews played a little music. On the computers that most of us use, the sound won't be that great, but it's nice to hear music. It would also be nice to list what bands and tracks you play. I'm always on the search for new music and listen to similar stuff as you do. Enjoyed it.
i watch these vids through my tv and sound system. i highly recommend.
My first speakers that had crystal clear clarity, when paired with a tube amp it was extremely musical and a joy with every song. Imaging, clarity, transparency, they were all top notch, and its ability to play soft passage softly was so enjoyable I didn't even know music was supposed to be like that. My only gripe with these speakers are that the vocals are not as effortless as I wished it to be.
Any speaker with a Passive Radiator, will tend to have a greatly boosted bass level... as that is one of the main functions of it. The amount of bass effect on them... is dependent on the volume level you play them at. Lower volumes... and the passives are not very apparent. But at high power levels... they will "Excited" greatly, and thus boost the bass response, at a much more dramatic level.
One of the speakers I used to own, was part of a Phillips WOOX boom box. Woox speakers use a special passive radiator, that have 3 expansion rings, to allow for some massive excursion ranges, and also, to allow the passives to be much smaller in diameter than what is typically required.
The boom box has special EQs modes (toggle whichever you prefer) ,that boost the bass levels at lower volume levels.. so that the Passive radiators will get excited at these lower playing volumes. Turning it off, will help at higher volume levels... if the speakers end up being a bit too bassy for your tastes. I believe there was also a user-programmable 5 band EQ, as well.
I will say, they sounded quite sweet. Very clear highs, mids, and a deeply powerful bass... that didnt Distort like typical Ported speakers. Problem is... the Woox passives in mine, were made with foam, and they rotted away. Some of the woox mechanism Ive seen, are made out of translucent plastic... which would make them indestructible.
Really dig the "Let's listen together" format. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
These GE BRX's are intriguing. I've enjoyed a pair of Triton3+ as mains in HT system or several years now. I wouldn't change those for anything (except bigger Tritons). They mate very well with Martin Logan Motion-series as center and surrounds and in-ceiling atmos speakers since they all have the AMT tweeters. However, for more critical 2-ch listening (where raw impact isn't priority), I stick to open-baffle mains and subs. I wouldn't call GE cheap, but definitely high-value. What makes the Tritons (with amp models) such a great value is they play full-range, and don't demand much power from the HT receiver. Sandy Gross really delivered an excellent line of products with these.
Great review, looking forward to comparison with SVS and Elac speakers.
I have a pair of Golden Ear AON 3 speakers, which are these BRX's predecessor. Appears to be similar size drivers, with similar design with the two smaller round passive radiators. The woofers on these have a wave guide though… $1100 a pair…(they are in "socks" a little weird…but I removed them!). Uniquely industrial looking. Lots of bass for their size!! May be betterer for your smaller room. Drive mine with a 19wpc Tube Amp…they sound fantastic in smaller rooms!
It doesn't take a whole lot of know-how to build your own speakers. Everything you need is readily available. And the satisfaction is truly rewarding.
Tell that to someone that can’t or doesn’t want to solder
@@cheapaudioman ... or research... or buy various components... or use tools... or use glue... or sand/finish.
@@mattrismatt the finishing of a speaker was my least favorite and the most challenging. For the most part mine looked like garbage
@@cheapaudioman Yeah, if I built speakers, I'd honestly want them to look extra rough, rather than them be _close_ but not perfect. That way, I could just say their hand-made look was _intentional._ But I would focus on their sound!
Have a great Father’s Day Randy, loving your reviews!
Yes!!! GoldenEar. I have this as my theatre room set up. Hope these sound as good.
Randy - lots of fun to see the process and jam along with you! I vote for more of this format.
Happy Father’s Day! Angela and I just watched the video and loved it. We really like the new style of reviewing the speakers with commentary. We liked hearing the difference and your reactions to the music and sound. We hope you continue with that style and format.
Happy Fathers’ Day to you too! It was fun to watch you react to the music as you experienced.
MAN you have NEVER LIED, I am streaming through a NAD C-368 BluOS with Peachtree Audio's DS4.5 desktop speakers for my home office setup with two REL T/0's in stereo
Happy Father’s Day! Love the addition of listening together. Thanks.
I have the Triton One.R Tower Speakers and they are freaking incredible!!! GoldenEar is underrated
Indeed. Folks over at ASR forum trash the brand. IME hearing the triton 2's pretty much blew all of the Polk, Revel, B&W stuff the audio salon was pushing as if the GE's lacked pedigree. FWIW been listening to high end audio for 50 years and have owned several 5to 10k speakers b4 I learned to do it myself. I can't wait to hear these in the flesh soon.
Great video Randy ! I really liked your newest format. I hope you will do it more in the future. Happy Dads day to you also.🤓
Audioholics and Darko both gave these rave reviews when they were released a couple of years ago. They make a great subwoofer too.
There's a point in every audiophiles journey when they realise that most cheap stuff made in the last few years sounds totally fine 😅👍
Ive listened to a $1K pair of buds from Japan, and another pair that were around $12 (cant recall the brand unfortunately) ...guess which had equivalent if not superior sound to my ears? $12.
Theres always a few hidden diamonds out there, one just has to dig through the grifty trash to find 'em.
Yo Randy, love the reviews. I would love if you included more sound demos, especially with binaural microphone, would be killer. I know it's debated whether how useful sounds demo are, but I feel they are useful and you can get somewhat of idea of the sound. The sound demo included with your commentary on the speaker, would be most excellent.
Cheers
Ha. That would be awesome. I can’t say with out a doubt that a binaural microphone is not in this channel’s future. I may use a lav mic next time though
@@cheapaudioman I'm picturing you in a lab coat surrounded by unnecessary laboratory equipment for an upcoming speaker bench test and or sound clip segment
Happy Dad's Day, Randyman. So glad that you reviewed these. They really don't get enough attention, though the Audiophile community is well aware of these amazing speakers, as well as the rest of the Golden Ear line.
Designed by Sandy Gross, these speakers really nail the top two priorities for me: Soundstage and Imaging. I am always looking for speakers with an almost holographic presentation of musicians and instruments.
These are true giant killers. Highly, highly recommended, especially for those who want sound as though the musicians were in the room. Be warned: they will give you exactly what is recorded, so if you have a lousy recording, you'll know it instantly with the Golden Ear BRX.
Which makes this a great reviewer's speaker, allowing you to discern even subtle differences in various components and cables. Can't wait to hear your comparisons between these and other speakers, R-Man. Can't wait!
I enjoyed this one and getting to see your facial expressions while listening was epic.
I also wanted to thank you for the video explaining how you got started on this crazy ride.
Oh and Happy Father's Day to you as well and yes the struggle is real, they grow so damned fast...
Really liked the listening session! Put the mic in front of you or over your head so we get a more accurate presentation of what you’re listening to - that would be really cool. Another awesome original video dude! Keep on Rocking it!
Yeah. I needed to figure out the mic stuff. I shoot with a shotgun mic. Should have used my lav for this one
These were my favorite speakers at Axpona. Of course they were running them with two of their $1599 (each) subs. Sounded great.
love the review! I hope you review some of the Genelec line speakers. That would be really interesting considering their price. Keep it up!
The lows of these speakers are being reproduced through my subwoofer on my end, at the upper range of my crossover point, but still there. So yeah, pretty bassy.
I really liked this one, with the songs playing and the commentary. If you can put your hands on a pair of Ascend Acoustics Sierra 2 Ex (which cost almost the same as these), that will be awesome. Great job, Sir. 👌
Randy, thanks for reviewing these speakers; they are a fine value and perform above their pricing, as you noted. One small point is that Gauss is not pronounced as 'gause'... it's really meant to sound closer to Gowse. Cheers.
These are now on sale eveywhere for $950! Hard to beat for that price.
I have the Golden Ear AON 3's which has a larger bass/mid and two passive radiators. These will fit your price requirements. Try to listen to a pair of AON 3's.
I have them and they are amazing. A long-term investment that will find a place in any system as I upgrade components.
I would like to know how they stack up against
-Css Criton 2tdx (upgraded x over)
-Polk R700
-Buchardt s400
I also wish parts express Solstice DIY speakers had more reviews. They use expensive Morel drivers and are at $1k
I believe my life would be complete if someone was able to legitimately compare all of these.
Looking forward to the mentioned comparisons!!
Enjoyed the video, liked the listening portion as well! The BRXs will be the next pair of bookshelves I buy. Thanks.
For those who may not know about passive radiators - acoustically, they act just like a ported design. Except, they won't have "chuffing" when things get louder.
@@dragon2knight That comes down to the tuning of the passive radiator / port. Functionally, a passive radiator and a port act in the same way; is all I I am saying.
Nor some resonance, usually around 600 which can greatly detract from presentation. Ports are cheap; PR's are the proper way to implement 4th order alignment.
I definitely enjoy being able to hear the music for my own ears. I could tell, these speakers sound fantastic. Tremendous bass, although I tend to lean toward speakers like B&W that place a slightly greater emphasis on midrange clarity. I don't like having to dial down the bass just to get the midrange clarity. Btw, the sound came through just fine and I could tell the difference between Tone On and Tone Off. And please review the Sabaj A10a, it's the only amp that truly challenges the Aiyima A07 dollar for dollar. Yea, the Sabaj A10a is more expensive than the Aiyima A07, but it also sounds better too.
As an owner of these speakers, I’m mostly in agreement with your impressions. I haven’t had the vocal clarity issues you experienced, however. I consider clear vocals one of the great strengths of these speakers. I’m wondering if it may have been a positioning or room issue which caused the results you heard. These are some of the best performing speakers in their class (and even above), and imho, it’s tough to do better.
What are you using to drive them?
@@lucidmonkey3591
Blu sound Powernode (it’s a living room system)
I like the sound clips so I can hear the sound signature.
Nice little Father’s Day gift video. Watched it after a day of soccer tournaments. Thanks!
I really liked this review format!
Great video and loved the new format 👍
Thanks for this review. I often wondered myself, as to why this speaker isn't reviewed or talked about very much. Thanks
Great review and I really enjoyed listening to the songs recorded on the real binaural Randy head. Happy Father's Day to all.
I Like you listening to music; I can see You are filling yourself with happiness.
You are right about the Axpona music. Even better when squeezed in between a couple of oversized old dudes
You need to review Dennis Murphy's BMR speakers. He is not a large manufacturer, so he won't be able to send you a pair to review. However, if you ask around, I'm sure someone in DFW has a pair you can listen to. I bought the Pelonis fan for our kitchen and my wife loves it - very quiet.
I was pretty impressed with Golden Ear stuff when heard at shows. Seem to punch above their weight by a lot
lol is this the first time we've gotten some b roll of a product instead of precariously handling it until the camera refocused?
Edit: really enjoyed watching/hearing you listen to these speakers and giving us opinions.
Hey, Randy I like your older version of speaker shoot out. You're more raw and organic.
Love to see a comparison with the BRX vs the CSS Criton 1TD-X or 2TD-X with upgraded xover since they would both fall in the same price range. Thanks for the great videos.
I personally don’t like the look of these speakers, however I love the listening with the viewers segment now. Great addition.
The BRX line has been sneaky impressive for quite some time.Nice find and review
Hi Randy, I listenened
to the BRX speakers at a local home theater store and immediately fell in love with the sound. The Demo room was quite large but they easily filled the 30 X 45 foot room wonderfully. I asked the salesman at least twice to see if he had any subs turned on, because I could not believe the anount of bass I heard. If you want a great accoustc jazz Chocolate Chip Trip to test these, try Dave Grusin's Fascinating Rhythm featuring Dave Weckl on drums. It's on the Gershwin Connection album. The besr 5 minutes ever for sound stage and imaging. ENJOY! Joe C.
Cool, did you compare it to other speakers at that store or not? just making sure it wasn't just the accustics that were amazing
Hey Randy, great review on this speaker that I was considering. I opted for the Kef R3’s paired up to a Primaluna 200 integrated amp with a Cambridge Audio CXN2. This combo sounds fantastic. I thought maybe you could compare the BRX to the Kef R3’s?
@@bearthetruth Not sure about brighter but I run a Prologue 2 with Kef LS50 ( original ) and a BK subwoofer. I am currently using Tung-Sol EL34s but swap back and forward with Gold Lion KT88s. The KT88s give the sound more oomph and slam while the EL34s are warmer and more mellow.
The LS50s match the PrimaLuna well but a sub is, I think, essential.
Your live assessment is such brilliant idea
I'd love to see a comparison between these and the ELAC Carina. The Carina has a 5 1/4 woofer but also has the AMT tweeter. Similar build quality without the passive radiators. The BRX is subjectively more attractive.
Thanks for the review, I ordered these a few weeks ago (haven't received them yet) and been worried ever since that maybe I made a mistake. My biggest worry is that they might be overpriced, and that they are ugly. However, weirdly enough, here in New Zealand the BRX are actually WAY cheaper (2499 NZD) than the SVS Ultra Bookshelves (2899 NZD), so the SVS (which are the BRX's main competitor I think) are kind of out of the question anyway.
Did you received them? Do you like the ?
@@AexoeroV Not yet, next week I think. But I'm less worried these days because I decided that I will keep the grill on. I usually always have grill off and so I was concerned why the speaker elements looks so cheap and ugly, but with the grill on it should look fine.
@@Niberspace I think we should care more about the sound quality not the looks.
@@AexoeroV My personal opinion is that after you cross a certain price threshold, your room acoustics is going to to be tenfolds more important for sound quality than speaker differences. Hence I'm not super focused on sound quality, as I know for the next couple of years (until I have time to renovate) my acoustics are going to be the clear bottleneck if I find that I'm not loving the sound.
Yeah there's tons of great equipment out there but these days with the high cost of just living day to day I'll just have to enjoy my cheap old Klipsch as I am sure many people have to do or should do.
It sounds like a concert speaker. If you ever heard a concert speaker, it's almost like if you had a virtual style of speaker that mimics a concert speaker, heavy on the bass and sweet long range twitter that you can hear it a mile away.
What material are those cabinets made from? Are they wood?
i like this type of review, could def feel em thru youtube
I'd be curious to have a comparison with the KEF LS50 Meta. Although the Meta is more expensive I'm sure these GoldenEar speakers will hold their own.
me too
I looked at these and wanted to hear them before I bought them in this case. For the price I hope they are special sounding. At 12 pounds a speaker that's pretty light. My Polk r 200s are almost 20 pounds
I love ribbon tweeters. Still using Infinity Kappa 7 & 8. 12 inch woofs the polydome 5 inch mids. I love these speakers have backup mids.
Nice review Randy. So the question is, do they sound three times as good as a pair of Emotiva B1+ bookshelves with an S8 subwoofer?
You should hear what the original ESS AMT 1, or later versions like my AMT 1B, loudspeakers sound like.
They would be an obvious choice for a benchline as they are the ones that first used the technology. Let's see what 40 years has gotten us.
ESS used a large six inch dipole AMT with more efficiency and could play lower into the mid-range frequencies. ESS also used passive radiators in many of their designs. My AMT 1B is 98 decibels efficient.
Loved my old ESS AMT 1 speakers. They were just WOW!
This was great mate and something a little different and fresh. It might be something to add into some of your videos. Thanks for all you do.
ON
MY
SHORTLIST!!!!
Nuff!!! Said!!!
Now, I just need to put THESE PUPPIES on shortlist, and combine THESE with a nice Marantz or Yamaha Integrated Amplifier (and with these, I’ll be leaning towards the Yamaha A-S801) and put this combo into my new apartment, and as bass heavy as these little things are NO SUBWOOFER(S) are needed.
If anything at all, I may need to turn down the bass control just a bit on my Yamaha (hypothetically speaking) in order to hear that midrange magic and top-end brilliance you just spoke about (and can confirm listening to these little things on my Apple iPhone 12 PRO/iFi xCAN/Audio Technica MSR7b rig).
And the money I can potentially save by eliminating the subwoofers out of the equation, then that would be money that I can spend on speaker cables (sound that is well balanced, but yet price proportioned with the rest of the system), and sone nice speaker stands.
As icing on the cake, I can spend the rest of the funds on nice phono cartridge to go with my Technics SL-1210 M5G), and add a BlueSound NODE 2 or NODE 2i (which can be plugged straight in, or into the Yamaha A-S801’s DAC’s) and I am going to have me something special that I can enjoy for a VERY LONG TIME.
Between you and Andrew Robinson, it is now QUITE POSSIBLE to piece together a high end system that I am going to enjoy from here to eternity, WITHOUT GOING BROKE, and cleaning out my bank account.
YOU BOTH ROCK INDEED!
Great Review “Cheapaudioman”.
-Charles-
As for fans... I'm a fan of the Xiaomi Smart Mi Fan 2s or somehting fans. There are lots of different versions, but the better ones with like 100 different fan speeds are AWESOME. At the lowest setting they are silent.
Happy Father's Day Randy! I can't remember you ever having this much fun during a review!!! 👍
Thank you for "Wolves With Fangs of Steel". Groove masterpiece 👌🏼
Nice, I’ve heard of this brand but know nothing about them. Thanks for doing a review on them. That sub count keeps going up!
Looking forward to your take on them. Reportedly they're pretty good. Better than 50k speakers? That's a joke, right? Cause any 50k speaker they do beat is just a bit... overpriced. Plus, a fair comparison demands using the same evaluation gear.
Just picked up the Elac BS243.4 Bookshelves discounted to $999. w/free custom stands. Now the Elac vs the BRXs would be an interesting comparison.
Love the speakers' matchup (tonality) with my SS Class A. Not as efficient as my other 89-90 speakers tho. These luv power!
Thanks for the listen was thinking about these for rear speakers
I found the same thing with that type of tweeter. I prefer dome tweeters.
Enjoyed the format. But I like all the formats so that may not mean much. Keep it up.
You should compare these to the Emotive T3+ speakers which is basically the same price with a much larger footprint and similar Air Motion Tweeter. While size may dictate some potential buyers to one or the other of these two I'd love to know how they compare in nothing but sound.
How do these compare to the CSS Audio Criton 1TDX?
Ahhh Yeah….Randy with the head-bobbing. Priceless
And now for a complete change of pace...Very good, but I don't think I had as much fun as you did, and that is fine. You need a little review variety after several hundred videos.
That fan should be from Sith audio! Awesome review! I'm thinking I like these speakers!!
No. Because the fan actually works. Audiophile socks? Not so much.
@@Grassy_Gnoll Ha,!
Happy Father’s Day hope you got something cool
if both darko and randy like a speaker, i think i might too. thanks for the review.
Great review. The active listening is awesome.
You said something about two thousand a pair speakers, maybe it's time to get some Polk R700's and see how they do against the Goldenears. They are a quite nice looking set of speakers. Oh, I almost forgot. "Damn those fingerprints to hell"!😎
Damn, those things rock!
Makes me wonder what you are using for a microphone.
Happy Fathers Day Randy, thanks again for being there for us!
Triumph motorcycle t shirt. Yeah!
Golden Ear BRX would be a good speaker to allow you to hear the differences between the Elac Monoblocks and other amplifiers to help you tease out those subtle nuances, Randy..... Just sayin'
Love this type of review but would appreciate a mix of different types of music with emphasis on both female and male vocals on a variety of music including jazz rock and country.
Great idea
Sound waves are actually variations in the air pressure around us.. Running fans causes additional sound pulses to be propagated around the room due to the reflections of the waves off the turning blades regardless of whether the fan makes any noise on it's own or not.
Given this fact any and all hifi evaluations with fans running in the listening room are moot, invalid, cancelled, kaput, adios, forget it.
However I still intend to buy these speakers because of how cool looking they are, and let's face it. 3/4 of the reason we continue to buy hifi products that replace what we already have is aesthetics and or boredom and or the short term gratification of getting something new which feeds our constant appetite for novelty. Squirrel !!!
How would these compare to the CSS Criton you reviewed awhile back?
I like my ribbons unfolded. Way more audiophile.
love the triumph shirt i have a 2002 daytona 955 centennial edition