The Triangle Esprit Titus EZ audio system
Triangle HiFi
I’ve coated loads of American and British audiophile audio system in my time, however French contenders, hardly ever. This one, the Esprit Titus EZ from Triangle HiFi will be the first I’ve heard from that firm, however there’ll seemingly be many extra. Triangle was based in 1980 in France, how I ignored Triangle this lengthy is past me.
The Esprit Titus EZ is a small, two-way bookshelf design fitted with a 1-inch (25mm) horn loaded titanium tweeter and a 5-inch (127mm) cellulose midrange/woofer. Each drivers are designed in-house. There is a small bass port on the rear baffle, and a number of the most superbly crafted all-metal speaker cable binding posts I’ve ever seen.
The speaker is sweet and compact, simply 12 x 6.2 x 10.5 inches (306x167x257mm). My gleaming white Titus EZ samples had engaging, magnetically-attached white fabric grilles, however I listened with the drivers uncovered. The Esprit EZ sells for $1,250 per pair in high-gloss black or white, $1,000 in vinyl walnut or black ash within the US; £620 and £740 respectively within the UK; AU$1,399 and AU$1,699 in Australia.
I do not advocate utilizing the Titus EZ with receivers, except they’re rated to deal with Four-ohm audio system. The Titus EZ is a small two-way audio system with 5 inch woofers and so you’ll be able to’t count on it to be a head banger’s or social gathering speaker.
Simple listening with the Titus EZ
The Titus EZ arrived on my doorstep proper after the Wharfedale Linton Heritage audio system departed. The Lintons are a lot bigger bookshelf audio system that retail for $1,198 a pair, in keeping with the Titus EZ pricewise. The Lintons make a ton of bass, play loud with ease, they usually’re extra dynamically alive. Nonetheless, the Titus EZ was pleasant and wholly satisfying, simply on a smaller scale, and it will be a greater match for small to midsize rooms.
The Titus EZ has a candy, stunning tone that makes harsh recordings a little bit simpler on the ears. It might be a horn speaker, nevertheless it’s not about to threaten the Klipsch RP 600M horn speaker for dynamic “slam” or energy, the Titus EZ is extra well mannered than that.
Certainly one of my musician audiophile buddies dropped by whereas I used to be engaged on the Titus EZ evaluate, and whereas he could be fairly fussy about sound he was fairly taken with the Esprit EZ. He was particularly impressed with the best way these audio system reproduced the sound of drums and cymbals. This speaker digs deep into the quieter element of recordings, so that you hear ambiance of the recording venue or studio. The Titus EZ tweeter is obvious and clear, nevertheless it’s not going to make on a regular basis, compressed recordings sound annoyingly harsh.
To check the Titus EZ’s low-bass talents I cued up Fabriclive. 54: David Rodigan, a tasty assortment of traditional reggae, dance corridor and dub music. Definition and fullness have been first rate, however in the event you hearken to a gradual weight loss plan of bass-heavy music, plan on including a subwoofer. Similar as you’d for any small speaker with a 5-inch woofer.
The KEF LS50 speaker is near the identical dimension because the ‘EZ, however the LS50 is rather less delicate, however considerably extra weighty-sounding speaker within the bass. Definition was higher, too. Nonetheless, the Titus EZ sounded richer on male vocals, which subjectively warmed up the general tonal stability. It is a mellower, extra “relaxed”-sounding speaker. Stereo imaging was large, however picture focus wasn’t as sharp because the LS50s’. I like each of those audio system, they usually’re each high-quality mini screens so there isn’t any straightforward name right here.
I actually loved my time with the Triangle Esprit Titus EZ audio system. They’re superb for consumers craving a really musical, extremely refined speaker to be used with audiophile electronics in smaller areas. I am simply beginning with Triangle audio system; I hope to report on their higher-end Signature or Magellan sequence audio system later this yr.
