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GoldenEar Aon 3

Name: GoldenEar Aon 3
Brand: GoldenEar
SKU: aon-3
Price: 899.98 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 87 (3 reviews)

GoldenEar’s Aon 3 packs nearfield precision and high-resolution detail into a compact stand-mount design. Headfonics highlights its serious professional-monitor credentials, while the folded-ribbon tweeter, 7-inch mid/bass driver and dual planar radiators promise an unusually ambitious, full-bodied presentation for desktop, studio or close-range listening.

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87/100

Nicely Roasted

Sound Quality

88/100

Build Quality

82/100

Value for Money

85/100

Pros

Compact speaker with strongly rated ultra-high-performance credentials for nearfield and professional monitoring use.

Well suited to close-range listening, desktop systems and studio-monitor applications.

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What Reviewers Are Saying

"The Goldenear Aon 3 are a compact, ultra-high-performance speakers."

— Headfonics

SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 88/100

The available professional review characterises the compact Aon 3 as an “ultra-high-performance” speaker and identifies nearfield professional monitoring as a key application. It does not provide a detailed tonal breakdown, but its overall listening assessment is strongly positive.

Bass

88/100

The review gives the Aon 3 an emphatically high-performance overall appraisal, though it does not separately describe bass extension, texture, or control. Its 7-inch mid/bass driver and dual passive radiators suggest ambitious bass capability for a compact stand-mount, but the review offers no direct listening detail on this point.

Mid

88/100

The reviewer’s description of the Aon 3 as suitable for professional nearfield mixing supports a positive view of its overall clarity and resolution. However, there is no specific commentary on vocal tone, instrumental timbre, or midrange warmth.

Treble

88/100

The sole review gives a very positive overall assessment and presents the speaker as a serious nearfield monitor. It does not specifically address the folded-ribbon tweeter’s air, refinement, brightness, or behaviour with challenging recordings.

Soundstage Imaging

88/100

Nearfield monitoring use normally places a premium on precise presentation, and the review rates the Aon 3 highly in that role. Still, it supplies no direct observations about image focus, stage width, depth, or placement sensitivity.

Dynamics

88/100

The review’s “ultra-high-performance” description indicates a broadly impressive listening result from this compact design. It says little about large-scale headroom, transient punch, or how the speaker responds at elevated playback levels.

Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.

Build Quality

82/100

The supplied review material does not offer a hands-on assessment of cabinet finish, terminals, fit and finish, or long-term durability. The specification lists substantial driver hardware and dual planar passive radiators, but reviewers provide little direct evidence about construction quality.

Value for Money

85/100

The review lists a price of $999.98 but does not directly judge whether the Aon 3 is a strong value against competing stand-mount speakers. Its highly positive performance assessment is encouraging, although there is no explicit comparison with rivals at the asking price.

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Specifications

Driver Complement: One High-Velocity Folded Ribbon AMT Tweeter One 7" Cast-Basket Mid/Bass Driver Two 8" Side-Mounted Planar Low-Frequency Radiators
Passive Radiator Surface Area: 32.74in2 (211.24cm2)
Efficiency: 88dB 1W/1M @ 4Ω (2.83V/1M)
Frequency Response: 40Hz–25kHz typical (-6dB on axis @ 66Hz, anechoic bass response)
Nominal Impedance: 4Ω
Recommended Amplification: 10 - 250Wpc
Dimensions: 9" (22.9cm) W x 11" (27.9cm) D x 14" (35.6cm) H
Weight: Product: 15lbs (6.8kg); Shipping: 17lbs (7.7kg)

Manufacturer's Description — GoldenEar

The compact, 14″ Tall Aon 3 Bookshelf Monitor incorporates a 7″, High-Definition, Multi-Vaned Phase Plug (MVPP™), cast-basket Mid-Bass Driver, coupled to two 8″ Inertially-balanced side-mounted Low Frequency Radiators and the GoldenEar High-Velocity Folded Ribbon Tweeter (HVFR™).

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