Emotiva T1 Towers - Audiophile Quality or Just Home Theatre Towers?

I had a pair (part of their 5.1 deal) driven by their XMC-1 processor and BasX A500 five channel consumer amp. I was incredibly impressed. I would say they were 80% of my GoldenEar Triton Ones at a fraction of the price (with the Dirac room correction built into the XMC-1). I would certainly suggest getting a pair to try out.

Well the Triton Ones are $5k, whereas the Emotiva T1's were $699. Getting 80% of the way there is pretty.damn good IMHO. I doubt most people could tell the difference. If I only had $1k to spend I'd happily buy the T1's and never look back.

The T2s weren't out when I bought my T1's (the whole 5 channel system was on offer for around $1100 so I didn't think I could go wrong, and I wasn't dissapointed). Yes the GoldenEar Triton Ones are better, I have them in a HT setup in the family room, but are they five times better ?

IMHO, no, not 5x better. I was running both the GoldenEar Triton Ones and the Emotiva T1's from Emotiva XMC-1s (I've standardized on them as my surround sound processor of choice, they really are that good). Is the extra 20% of performance worth another $4k ?

Depends on your budget. But I will say my neighbor went out and bought an identical Emotiva T1 5 channel setup after hearing both my GoldenEar Triton Ones and the Emotiva T1's and he is still happy with his decision.