My new Borresen X3's

I’m not a borresen owner or dealer, but I’ve heard the X3 speakers a couple times, and I was absolutely blown away by them each time.  And that’s saying a lot for me, an old audiophile who’s heard more than his share of great speakers over the years. I must say---I agree wholeheartedly!!!  Over the last few years, Borresen has been just knocking the ball out of the park all over the place, especially with their simply amazingly affordable and super high value X3 speakers. So much so, to my ears, the combo of the X3 speakers, even driven by one of their entry level, all-in-one integrated amps, sounds so incredibly compelling, they could very well and quite easily be quite enough for a many a discriminating audiophiles.  Just one mans opinion.  Yes, I was extremely impressed.  Happy listening.

So the answer for me is always buying the obsolete series just expired and wait to upgrade the release then you can consider buying the next obsolete version staying one gen behind. An upgrade route for 40-60% less than the MSRP…

No, the answer is to buy something great and just be satisfied with it for many years and stop chasing the next shinny penny that's just around to corner.  Happy listening.   

05-17-2024 at 08:51am

@helomech says

"I’m sure the Borresens sound great but the whole R&D and advancements notion is mostly false. The marketing people would like us consumers to believe that’s the case but in reality there exist 30+ year old speaker models that would compete with nearly any speaker in the X3’s price range. Speaker tech has long been more mature than most audiophiles realize. The difference these days is the number of different models that compete at the top echelon, and some at a relatively lower price when adjusting for inflation.

Say What ? 30 yr. old speakers sound as good as any $11K speaker today...That’s quite a statement.....It’s too early in the day to be drinkin’......

I bought the Borresen 03's a year ago.  Phenomenal speaker.  I've never heard such a deep or detailed soundstage.

Now that they have two whole speaker lines slotted above the 0 line, however, I have to say I am a little less excited about my purchase.  I never had that issue, especially so quickly, with Vandersteens, which I owned for many years.  Kind of a bummer.