GoldenEar Technology BRX Bookshelf Speakers Review

PRICE $1,599/pair

AT A GLANCE

Plus

Detailed, dynamic sound
Powerful bass for a bookshelf
Compact form factor

Minus

Requires careful setup and placement for best performance

THE VERDICT

GoldenEar Tech’s compact, passive BRX proves that the company known for powered towers can also make a better bookshelf speaker.

At some point when I reviewed GoldenEar Technology’s Triton Reference tower in early 2017, it hit me that the company may have backed itself into a marketing corner with its new offering. After all, how do you push the performance envelope further after developing a “Reference” speaker? The company’s agenda, as it turned out, was to scale its $8,500 flagship down in order to deliver variations on the Reference experience.