Google to sell $399 Triad speakers in Google Play store for Nexus Q

[BoredSysAdmin]

6.5" woofer in sealed box. 86db efficiency and 8ohm impedance - keep in mind if this designed to work with Nexus Q which have 25wpc amp - seems like odd choice.... I'd pick Ascend's CBM-170 SE over the Traids any day

What do you guys think (besides the fact, unless fully hacked to be usable media client - in it's current state $299 Nexus Q is a guaranteed flop, much worse than google tv)

 

[zieglj01]

For Triad to sell a pair of speakers for $399, that is cool. However, I
think that I would use them for something else. Do not under estimate
the Triad sound quality, they do good work. The older Triad Gold speakers
that I own, are better than a lot of speakers out here today. I do enjoy the
clean, smooth and transparant sound, with very good detail and definition.
I do enjoy them, because they do not annoy me.
As far as Nexus Q, I will pass - if I were to use it, something like the S30
Cambridge Audio would work for me, and they have good bass. Plus, they
are all around nice sounding, and some fun speakers.

 

[gene]

any exposure like this for Triad is good. They are a good company that engineers legitimately good products. I hope this venture is profitable for them. Paul Scarpelli is a good guy.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

any exposure like this for Triad is good. They are a good company that engineers legitimately good products. I hope this venture is profitable for them. Paul Scarpelli is a good guy.

I didn't mean to say anything negative about the speakers themselves - I'm sure they are good values in their category and probably indeed sound excellent. This would great promotion for the brand...

All I said in combo with Nexus Q they seem like odd choice ...

 

[gene]

6.5" woofer in sealed box. 86db efficiency and 8ohm impedance - keep in mind if this designed to work with Nexus Q which have 25wpc amp - seems like odd choice.... I'd pick Ascend's CBM-170 SE over the Traids any day

86dB 1/watt at 1 meter is pretty good for a bookshelf.

Consider the recent Infinity P363 tower I reviewed that was rated at 93dB sensitivity. They didn't tell you it's a 4 ohm speaker and if you scale it back to 1 watt / 8 0hms the real efficiency of that speaker is 87dB!

All Sensitivity specs aren't created equal and when I play catch up on some of the review gear I'm working on, I will write an article on this topic.