A Beloved Hi-Fi Brand’s Newest Loudspeakers Take Aim at Rising Audiophiles

The French loudspeaker has introduced a gorgeous new loudspeaker range.

Pair of white Triangle bookshelf speakers on a blue cabinet with a black audio device between them.

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Earlier this year, Triangle released the second generation of its wireless active speakers: the Capella 2. The system, consisting of two bookshelf-size active speakers and a streaming hub (which also houses all the wired inputs), costs $3,499. It’s aimed at new-age audiophiles.

Fast forward a few months, and the French loudspeaker manufacturer is getting back to its passive roots with the launch of Solstice. It’s a new midrange loudspeaker series, aimed at more traditional audiophiles looking to take the next step up in their hi-fi journey.

Triangle Solstice

Wood-finished Triangle speaker with white cone on a matching wooden stand with black base in a living room. — Triangle’s Solstice 3 are two-way bookshelf speakers. Pictured in a teak finish.

Not a rebrand, a reinvention

The new Solstice series sits between the company’s entry-level Borea and ultra-elite Signature and Magellan ranges. It’s replacing the long-running Esprit series as the company’s midrange offering.

However, this isn’t a simple rebrand. Triangle claims that each loudspeaker in the Solstice series has been designed from the ground up, with every major component has been re-engineered.

Black bookshelf speaker with white cone woofer on a black metal stand in a living room. — The Solstice 3 pictured in black.

Pair of wooden bookshelf speakers on black stands flanking a wooden sideboard with audio equipment against a pink wall. — The Solstice 3 shown in a teak finish.

“For more than three decades, the Esprit range earned a reputation for high sensitivity, natural tonal balance and strong value,” reads the company’s press release. “Solstice marks the next chapter, introducing new technologies throughout the loudspeaker while preserving the musical character that has defined Triangle designs.”

These new technologies include a redesigned horn tweeter and a new driver architecture, as well as updated cabinet construction and an improved speaker base.

Tall light wood floor-standing speaker with three drivers on a black and white checkered floor. — The Solstice 8 floorstanding speakers are shown in a birch finish.

Tall wooden floor-standing speaker with three drivers and a black base in a living room. — The Solstice 8 in a teak finish.

Three loudspeaker models

Like the Esprit series before it, the new Solstice series consists of three passive loudspeaker models: one bookshelf, one floorstanding and one center channel. And, naturally, they’re designed to work together in either stereo or home hi-fi systems.

The Solstice 3 are the range’s bookshelf speakers. They have a two-way bass-reflex design that pairs a 25mm horn tweeter with 16cm cellulose midrange driver. Triangle claims they have a bandwidth of 48Hz–22kHz with 90-watt RMS power handling

White floor-standing speakers and a matching center speaker below a wall-mounted flat-screen TV in a modern white entertainment unit. — The Solstice 8 and Solstice C3 shown in a white finish.

Black center speaker with white cones on a wooden media console with black metal legs against a pink paneled wall. — The Solstice C3 in black.

The Solstice 8 are the range’s floorstanding speakers. They have a three-way bass-reflex design, featuring the same tweeter and midrange driver as the Solstice 3, plus dual 16cm concave-cone woofers. Triangle claims they have a bandwidth of 38Hz–22kHz with 130-watt RMS power handling

Lastly, the Solstice C3 is the range’s two-way center channel speaker. It pairs the same 25mm horn tweeter with two of the same 16cm cellulose midrange drivers.

All three loudspeakers in the Solstice range come in four finishes: white, black, teak and birch. And they come with matching magnetic grilles. Triangle also makes matching stands for the Solstice 3 bookshelf speakers, which are sold separately.

Pair of light wood floor-standing Triangle speakers with white and black drivers flanking a gray marble fireplace in a living room. — The Solstice 8 in birch.

Availability and pricing

Triangle’s new Solstice range will be available this month.

The Solstice 3 bookshelf speakers cost $1,349/pair. The Solstice 8 floorstanding speakers cost $2,799/pair. And the Solsticce C3 center channel speaker costs $750/ea.

Pair of bookshelf speakers with walnut wood finish, one with a gold fabric grille and the other showing white and gold speaker drivers.

Triangle Solstice

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About the Author: Tucker Bowe has been on Gear Patrol’s editorial team since 2014. With a passion for consumer tech and hi-fi, he tracks everything from headphones and turntables to smartphones and wearables. If it lights up or makes noise, he probably covers it.

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