Triangle was born in 1980 from the idea of Renaud de Vergnettes, a twenty-two-year-old Parisian who worked in interior design and quit his job to build loudspeakers. The first model, the 1180, was released in November of that year: a woofer cabinet separated by a pyramid-shaped upper module for the midrange and high frequencies, with Audax paper-membrane drivers. After starting out in a garage and then in the family home, the company moved to Soissons, in northern France, where it has occupied a purpose-built production facility since 2004. By the mid-1980s, Triangle was already producing its own loudspeakers.
The founder retired in 2006, when the company passed to the Decelle family with Marc Le Bihan as CEO. Since 2011, a new team has led the brand towards active speakers, streaming, and vinyl, without abandoning passive speakers. A team of 23 people now works in Soissons, designing products and supporting customers.
The technical common thread is natural cellulose membranes and horn-loaded tweeters. The Borea series combines a partially horn-loaded silk dome tweeter, with a central cone to widen dispersion, with a natural cellulose paper midbass derived from the Esprit EZ line; the Comete EZ and Antal EZ instead feature a titanium dome tweeter with a compression chamber. The Solstice series introduces a new horn tweeter made of magnesium alloy, combined with natural cellulose membranes.
We have almost the entire Borea range for sale: the BR02, BR03, BR04 and BR05 bookshelf speakers, the BR08, BR09 and BR10 floorstanding models, the BRC1 and BRC2 centre speakers, the BRS1 surround speakers and the BRA01 pair of Atmos speakers, as well as the BR02 Connect and BR03 Connect active versions. Then there are the Comete Ez and Antal Ez, the Solstice 3, Solstice 8 and the Solstice C3 centre speaker, the S02 and S03 stand speakers and the Thetis 300, Thetis 340 and Tales 340 subwoofers. For listening without separate electronics there are the Capella 2, LN01A and LN05A active speakers, the AIO 3 and AIO Twin systems, the AIO C streamer, the AIO A50 Pro amplifier and the Lunar 1 and Lunar 3 turntables, developed with Pro-Ject.
The choice depends primarily on the environment and use. For a small or medium-sized room and a low-power amplifier, the BR03 or Comete EZ are the most balanced starting point; in larger rooms, it's best to move to a floorstanding model like the BR08 or Antal EZ, or to the Solstice 8, a three-way speaker that Triangle recommends for rooms up to about 50 square meters. Those looking for a complete system without separate components should start with the AIO Twin, which has onboard amplification and streaming, or a pair of Borea Connects; vinyl listeners can pair the Lunar 3, which has a built-in phono stage, with Capella active speakers. For home theater, the Borea series allows you to build a coherent system, from the front speakers to the Atmos speakers.
In our showroom in Carpi, you can listen to Triangle speakers in the listening room, compare models, and receive advice on matching them with your electronics. The same products can be ordered online at audiocostruzioni.com with shipping, asking us for advice first by email if necessary.
