Borresen Loudspeakers

I listened to a pair of Borresen 02’s at next level a few years ago that sounded a bit dry compared to the raidho D1.1 I listen to at the next level room during axpona. I pay attention to setup and components in use when I hear speakers I like and I really like the D1.1 demo at axpona, what i don’t like is the price, set up or cost of the speakers or price of Aavik components. When I see a pair of Raidho D5’s resell for 10% retail it makes me wonder what they actually cost to manufacture?

Aavik has a new integrated. amp (Axess) @ $5,500 that matches up nicely with the X series speakers....That's the one they use at shows. The X series is not dry...but...It's not big , fat and thumpy either. It's the first speaker that really gets me saying to myself,  WOW...every time I hear them. ( I have 12 pr. of audiophile speakers of various brands)

This isn't rocket science!!!  And I'm definitely no rocket scientist, "LOL"......As we all know, buying speakers, like anything else, is highly personal and subjective.  One mans treasure is another mans trash.  Just that simple.  There's a multitude of great sounding speakers out there, in all shapes, sizes, and price points at your disposal, and  Borresen is one of them.  I've heard Borresen speakers at shows on many occasions and each time I heard them, I thought they sounded simply outstanding.  I own a different brand that I think sounds just as outstanding as Borresen, and, so do many, many others.  Different strokes for different folks.  Oh...I thought that's what high end audio was all about.  Happy listening.

Great looking speaker, I heard the Raidho’s and owned some Scansonics, great sound but a touch bright for me. The new shinny coin syndrome and hype have set in, which can make things difficult to choose any speaker. The best way to make any decision before you go all in and bash a speaker you haven’t heard, is order a go listen to a pair if you can, or order a pair. <<< Much easier to do at this price point. Common sense always wins in my book, so I ordered a pair, and if I don’t like them I will just sell them.. I think these speakers could fall in the category of value, quality = spectacular sound. (Time will tell) Heck even the new Magnepan LRS+ are remarkable for what they do at $1300 with risers.

mbmi: 12 speakers? Which brands? Heck I thought I was a speaker whore, with 4 speakers and soon to be 5 (X1)... Another monitor I have and love is the Audio Physic Spark, very, very good. Subjective hobby, and enjoy what you have!

@gandalf .... Heresy IV's...Dahlquist 905's....Triangle Celius ES....JBL Studio 590 (great Rock speaker)....JBL Studio 390 (small tower)...Caintuck open baffle w/ LII-15 drivers...Jensen C-1's....Quad 21-L's....Alon ( Nola) Lotus Elite.....Mirage M-490's...Teckton Pendragon's ( love 'em)..Maggie LRS w/ risers.+ The Borresen     X-3's....OH , and a pair of LS3/5a's....any takers....My bedroom looks like a Speaker Shop.