Anyone heard the Gryphon Trident?


Hi, I am researching on these speakers, which are self-powered below 250hz. Can't seem to find a review.
Would appreciate feedbacks from folks who have heard or owned them.
Thanks.
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Have listened to the all Gryphon gear at Munich highend this year.
me and my audiobuddy were maybe impressed by SPL's and iron fist like grip, but the system lacked any musicality.
the moment strings and instruments emerged, we were gone.
but shows can be a great turnoff. even the best gear can either sound great or real bad at different shows.
roomacoustics is still such an overlooked item all the more if we talk about 200K + gear...

would like to try out a Gryphon poweramp anytime on my Lohengrin though. i do know the Gryphon classA poweramps can bring out superb level of performance if partnered rightly.
it's all in the match..
the Gryphon boot at the Munich show was indeed all out Gryphon and so far as i can remember showed the 3 or 4 way speakers with the Antileon poweramp. but i'm not 100% sure.
don't interpret my words as an absolute, it was a mere impression as usual at show demoes.
the Lohengrin is a love affair, it's a relationship in which i discover new things everytime.
they touch move and inspire me totally.
they are endless.

i think you can be 'impressed' in many ways.. but if it doesn't reach to the heart it will likely be sold again, and so we see a huge market in highend audio.
that may likely be a trap which you could fall into, thinking that as long the bass is powered with a 1KW class D amplifier, you can power the rest with an 18 watt SET anytime.
have experienced many speakers which were self powered on the bass and such systems needed superb power for the 'top' too in the end.
i never experienced bi-amping with big transistors on bass and tubes on top as beeing correct to wholeness in time domain.
the "adequately driven" is something you can interpret..