Focal Sopra No 3 vs Goldenear Triton One.R

I thought you were looking at the Triton Refs?

Can't find any preowned.  Looking for the best deal on preowned speakers.  

Those two speakers aren’t even in the same league. Sopra 3 are like four times the cost of the One.R.

In a similar vein, I listened to the References back to back against the Kanta 2s in the same room on the same system. Kanta walked all over the GEs. Wasn’t even close in my mind and those two are pretty much direct competitors price wise.

Based on that alone I’d guess the Sopra 3 would be vastly superior to the One.R. In honesty, I’ve never heard the Sopra 3 just the 2. However, having listened to the Sopra 2 a number of times it wasn’t a big enough step up from the Kantas to justify the price. Still ones got to listen for themselves as preferences vary. Good luck.

1038 owner, love them, but make sure you have an amp that can drive them, they need juice.

I have owned the GE Triton Reference and thought it was an excellent speaker for the price.  I have also owned the Sopra 2 and can say it is, IMHO, way more speaker than the Triton.  It's also twice the price.  Kind of a "you get what you pay for" thing?  If it's bass you're looking for I would suggest buying the best speaker you can find and add a quality sub to make up any bass you feel is missing.  

Must have been a typo of the Sopra's sold in a few hours.  The search continues.  Triton one.r with tube amp for 5k or ?  The Focal 1038be are about $5200 in addition to whatever amp I would need.

I’ve heard the Triton ones and they were a lot of fun to demo.  I can’t speak about the Focal 3 series.

All the best.

What price range?  Can you describe the system you are using.

FWIW I have been driving my GE Trition R 1.r's with a VAC Renaissance 70/70 amp and they sing with it. They are everything my old Genesis Model V's were and more.

I have been very impressed by the Triton series and own three different models. I think they are some of the best values in audio. Give them 5 hours or so to break in if you purchase them brand new. They sound a bit cold out of the box.