Got a set of Twos; liked the Threes, but...
I recently picked up a pair of Triton Twos for use in my photography studio. It's a big, weird combination of two large rectangular rooms and one small one connecting them (think short handled tuning fork), with very high ceilings. Wanted a speaker that I could use with the sound system in the smaller room pointing into the larger ones. Tried several different bookshelf (too small, sounded stressed) and floor standers. It looked like I'd end up significantly over the $2500 limit I wanted to stay to, in order to get something that sounded good.
I auditioned the Threes, and then the Twos. The dealer was good enough to move speakers in and out of the room, not just pile a bunch in against a wall. I liked the Threes a lot, but the Twos seemed to fill the space much better (it was a large-ish listening room.) I brought them to my studio to try, and they sounded fantastic. While the imaging was really good if I was sitting in the room in the sweet spot, there remained a sense of space in the music whether I was in the smaller room, or in one of the larger shooting areas. The only other time I noticed something like that was when I'd tried my home speakers in the studio, Gradient Revolutions (but another set of those was way out of my range.) The biggest thing though was unlike the Gradients, I didn't need 150wpc to drive them to the levels I liked. The Peachtree Audio iNova that I use as my dac/pre drove them to front row concert levels turning the volume up to slightly under half way. Got an amp for sale now...
I think the upper register is the biggest strength. Trumpets sound live, I can hear overtones on piano and violin, and on densely packed albums like Mumford and Sons latest, you can hear how many sets of rattlers are on the tambourine even when they've got everything playing. I think they're exceptional in the upper range compared to other speakers I listened to in their price range, and up to twice that. Mids are nice, clean, and sound really good, although I find a lot of speakers in that range do mids well. Not exceptional, but rock solid. Diana Krall's voice makes me want to become her stalker, Kurt Elling is angular and you can hear if he's in chest or throat tones.
The only slight disappointment I have is lowest bass. The powered woofers (Goldenear seems to not want to call them subs...) put out the volume, but I find them to not be as crisp as I'm used to. I used to be a musician, and for me bass drums have pitches, and you can't always tell that on the Tritons. Most of the time, but not always. I've started trying them in different locations to see if there's a location where the bass is cleaner.
I really enjoy the sound. I'd tried Def Tech, Paradigm, B&W, KEF, and in each case I had to get well outside my target price to get something I thought I'd enjoy listening to. The Triton Twos were only a bit out of the price range (after some extensive negotiation), but were solidly in the sound quality range for the type of presentation I like. Speaker preferences are so personal, and these work for me.