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Borresen X1 & X2

I recently demoed these speakers and thought they were great, but I heard strange imaging on the X1. The soundstage was absolutely huge, but the vocals were on the ceiling above my head on the demo tracks the dealer played. On some other tracks, it wasn't as pronounced, but they were still very high, maybe 10ft above the speakers. The room we were in was large and had very high ceilings. 


Then we switched to the X2, and they didn't do that. The image was still huge, but down to a normal height maybe 6ft off the floor. 

At first I assumed it was something to do with the room acoustics, but it was different with the different models. 

Anyone hear these speakers and notice what I did? 

traudio
traudio OP
101 posts
 

Could be, could also be they had tweaked the player via DSP and ended up with some weird EQ curve. Whenever a store won’t let me play a CD directly I always suspect this, or it could be odd room reflections / interactions.

Uh, no. They were using the Axxiss Forte 1 amp and you can't do DSP on it. 

It's very possible he had +and - swapped. Would be the first time I heard that at a dealer.

erik_squires
16,041 posts
 

Don't forget that with bi-wiring it's super easy to accidentally swap 1 of the 4 wires.

traudio OP
101 posts
 

These are single wire only.

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mbmi
550 posts
 

Make sure the + on the speaker is going to the + on the Amp  :)

bolivarjoy
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Hello, two weeks ago I bought a pair of Borresen X2’s from a great guy who ordered them in April 2024 as a temp pair till his large Wilson speakers arrived. Those arrived early so I received a pair of X2’s with only 20-23 hours on them. I’ve put about 30 hours on them and, while they have opened up, they seem to be a fair ways behind my Focal Sopra 2’s in area of comparison. Yet, I hear something I really like about the Borresens....some great detail but a much smaller soundstage (and yes I have the positive and negative terminals aligned).  I’m running a Boulder 866 integrated amp with DAC, an Auralic Aries G2.2 streamer, and Audience Front Row cables throughout.

Can someone who broke in a pair of Borresens tell me how much more I can expect when I cross 100 hours, 150, 200? Borresen estimates 50-100 hours but I’ve read others speak of real audible improvement up through 300 hours.

Just looking for some encouragement to keep putting the hours on them before deciding which to sell. Anyone running Borresens on a Boulder amp? The synergy between my Boulder and Focal is lovely. Went down this road because my wife isn’t super happy about a pair of big red speakers (I like the red) so I thought I would entertain some smaller black floor standing speakers. Greg

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