Has anyone here heard the Triolon or this Spharon?
This is purely vile speculation but I bet I would like this Spharon over the Trio G3 with basshorns.
I listened to the Triolon quite extensively, but it was a while ago (i.e. pre COVID). The presentation is ethereal and remarkably fast -- i.e. the attack & the swings are, subjectively speaking, immediate and this covers most of the FR, i.e. including cellos IIRC. The lower bass is effortless (I mean: the sound is free of the enclosure, it's not as if the speaker is working hard to produce the lower frequencies) but slightly lumpy compared to the rest -- and I admit I am nitpicking. My anecdotal takeaway was that there is sound in the room and there are two constructions as well -- but the two are not necessarily related. The sound seems to exist in the room regardless of the speakers
The room was big (± 40m2) and we listened to, among other things, Mahler of course. The sense of scale was good enough. Amplification used, a pair of KR 211, slightly modified Symphonic Line Kraft 250 stereo, Airforce 1, Leben phono; and the wiring was Nordost.
Having heard the Trio
baseborn in an very early iteration, years ago, I think the scale is much larger with the Av/de. But I don't remember this amazing "airiness" for won't of a better word with the A, i.e. I knew I was listening to a speaker -- an outstanding speaker, no doubt, but a speaker nonetheless. AFAI remember the Triolon X was unmatched in that respect. Regards