I heard the X3 at last year's Axpona and thought they sounded very good. Maybe a tad light thru the midrange but overall one of the better sounding rooms. I got to talking with the rep and he showed me part of the magic. They were using a lot of their Ansuz noise reduction gizmos throughout the audio chain. He told me to go see their stand mount speakers across the hall and they would explain in more detail about these noise reduction "things". Come to find out these things cost more than the X3 combined. But we heard a difference when several were removed. Very impressive but very expensive. Go figure!
Borresen Loudspeakers
Had the opportunity to attend the launch event of the Borresen X1 loudspeakers last night in Chicago @nextlevelhifi with @jays_audio_lab. From their M6 at $550k per pair all the way down to the newly launched X1 speakers last night at $5500 your ears will smile. Amazing what a 4.5” driver can do. If you are in the market for any price range speaker about $5,000 and up you have to hear these. Imaging is 3 dimensional, larger than life soundstage and just absolutely stunning performance with a look that will fit any room. This manufacturer out of Denmark really gets it and I don’t care what price point you are looking at these speakers will out perform speakers double the price. If you are buying speakers up to $25k you have to hear their $11k option. The rep for Borresen is hitting all the shows/events over the next several months in the US. Oh, and by the way, I loved the X1 so much I bought the first pair that will ship to me in early March!
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This, in and of itself, is not an accurate generalization. It requires greater driver surface area to “fill rooms.”
That depends on what you want the drivers to accomplish, and how you want them to accomplish that, doesn’t it? 😉
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Borresen has managed to make a gorgeous speaker using smaller woofers , that produce fast tight punchy bass with a new composite material and do all that with multi 4.5 in. drivers. The folks that have actually heard them on this forum and others generally think they are a steal and a tremendous value. @11k for the X-3's. I would bet that 90% of the complainers here haven't even heard them or the X-1's. How can you say a speaker is no good if you have never auditioned it.....These threads are becoming more and more useless. I think I'll take a vacation from these AG Forums. ...Alot of people who have no idea what their talking about....yet act like they know it all.....It's becoming more and more of a waste of time. Congrats again op.....you made a great choice. |
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