The new Borresen M1's...a new direction?

@mihorn I would encourage you to stop promoting your speakers in an unrelated thread. It is one thing for dealers and manufacturers to comment positively about equipment when there are inquiries directly related to said product, especially if the comments are comparing them directly to other equipment. But some of your posts just trash products and promote your own. It goes against the forum guidelines and will be reported if it continues. This thread is abd was never about Wavetouch speakers. 

@thespeakerdude While I cannot comment on the rest of the review / reviewer’s setup that you shared, I can say that the Borresen M1’s were placed not too far from walls when I heard them at the Florida Audio Expo. On top of that, there were NO treatments in the room at all. Yet it was still one of the top three rooms, if not the top. That said, we cannot judge the room by the speakers themselves. In addition to the $100K M1’s, there was probably $1MM of electronics, furniture, and tweaks to support them. The integrated was $70K. Ansuz cables and distributors, and Aavik electronics don’t come cheap. I think the speaker cables they used were about $65K MSRP! And peeking behind the gear, they had dozens of their SORTZ tweaks plugged in the different units. Their rack, using the DARKZ for resonance, also adds $$$. They all make a difference but delivers deceptive perceptions to anyone who thinks they will get the same performance from the speakers in their own system, unless they are investing in all of the other variables. The speakers did sound exceptional regardless, except for the bottom octave which I craved more from at times. 

You’re not alone on the professional review front, though. More and more I find reviewers who do not have adequate space to properly evaluate, or have no understanding on how to pair gear, or even write in ways where they are accurately describing the characteristics of a component vs the effect it has with their system synergy. It’s because of this that I shy take any review with a grain of salt, and oftentimes disregard them altogether.

Finally Speakers that can hang with the Very Best Cost-No-Object Speakers for a lot less money ! 😲😂

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I have significant experience with the Raidho D1.1 and a bit less listening experience with other D series models.  So, in a "very short period of time", Borresen with the M1 came up with an extravagant variation of the D1.1 design (with even stiffer??...zirconium sandwiched 4.5 inch drivers (with includes pockets of zirconium powder and other 'magic dust'?), that still allows the design to only go down to 40kz).  Many would suggest the acoustical laws of physics are at work.  
 

GIMMICKY DESIGN VARIATION is the key criticism I have.  I do believe the M1 is more expensive to manufacture, and that theoretically, the materials/design changes result in 'measurable' sonic improvements, and maybe even a subjective degree of real world listening improvements.  However, I casually see the price differential between the M1 and the D1.1, akin to installing 24 karat gold knobs and switches on your pre-amp.  Mike Borresen impressed the audio community with his design of the Raidho D series.  But I have to wonder how much sonic improvement the buyer actually gets out of spending an additional $70k for a 2-way monitor, which is in many ways a glorified monstrosity of the use of expensive materials and design concepts.  Or am I wrong and Borresen has redefined the laws of physics? 

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