Borresen X3 measurements

Ribbon tweeters and cone drivers generally prove difficult to match seamlessly. By way of example, I always preferred the soft dome tweeter ProAc's to their ribbon tweeter equivalents. Borresen make a big thing of their crossovers not having phase shift through the midrange. If that is the case here, it looks like it has been achieved by sacrificing frequency response accuracy. BTW Subjectively, Borresen speakers are not bright, but the full range speakers can be difficult to control in the bass. The measurements appear to bear that out.

@samureyex 

I have to say I have never read of anyone hating Rockport speakers on this or any other forum. But I completely understand your point. 
 

where I feel the measurements lack is in transients, or at least I don’t know what I am looking

Driver impulse response

And if Michael Borresen Designed those speakers

It is strong evidence against your claim that he is one of the most talented speaker

in the world!

He engineered very good drivers from scratch (not buy them from someone and throw it in a box or slap it on a board, call it a night like most duds out there)

There is some sht he did, it seems, to make it not "perceived" as too "bass weak" for the dudes who refuse to use subs....with these tiny drivers.

It needs to sell into closet sized European/Asian lifestyle rooms perhaps, not to mention the V curve lovers, etc,

I am fairly certain he could give you a flat line in 30 mins and lose his target market.

I would have gone active with it, slapped bash amps inside the cabinet...and said get some subs or go home on the website...Every guy and his uncle should be happy thereafter.