Borresen X3 measurements

Seems to me that how speakers sound should be the most important criteria.  We all have biases and preferences.  A speaker that is superb according to measurements but still does not sound "good" or "right" is not what we enjoy.  After all, the goal is reproduction of music, hopefully accurate, but it has to sound good.  Just my "two-bits" worth ... inflation, you know!

I respect Erin and the reviews he gives.  However, I do wonder if his review would have been different if the speakers were given to him by Borresen.

I was disappointed when I saw the measurements for the X3.   I think the engineering was not fully done on this speaker.   In the video he describes that the measurements line up with what he was hearing.    I heard a good quote a few months ago;  "Measurements are for dating but listening is for marriage".   The wisdom here is to look for speakers that measure well, but buy the ones that you love listening to.

The thing about Erin's review, for me, was that he claimed to hear this midrange "hole" in the sound before measuring and then backed up what he percepted by talking to others.  I've felt that a lot of his other reviews were way over-measured to the point of being burdensome. With electronics that makes perfect sense, but speakers are such a personal item that that approach seems sort of backwards. The Borrensen review, however, was done right and there was lots of collaboration. Guttenberg didn't want them taken out of his house, on the other hand. Just different approaches. Better just to examine everything and make your pick. Speakers are more personal than anything else.  

That's what made in China will get ya.