E139: Børresen’s Astounding X3 Loudspeaker

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  • Опубликовано: 2 дек 2024

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  • @scottbennett3119
    @scottbennett3119 Год назад +5

    Thanks for reviewing this entry into the high-end world. It is good to know where to start when one is ready to jump to the next level. Super detailed and informative review!

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  Год назад +3

      The pleasure is ENTIRELY mine. Thank you for taking the time to write!

  • @user-mikehifi-loft
    @user-mikehifi-loft 9 месяцев назад +2

    Great review. We at HIfI-Loft in NYC love the Boressen X3's

  • @scottsears5545
    @scottsears5545 10 месяцев назад +3

    So many,speakers,sound great

  • @keeferdog5617
    @keeferdog5617 10 месяцев назад +4

    WHAT A GREAT LOOKING “DANE” - NO! NOT THE SPEAKER…THE DOG!

  • @russellbrikowski6139
    @russellbrikowski6139 Год назад +3

    Great looking speaker the X3. Wanted to say checked out your web sight. nice print and description of your system.

  • @VeroJakorr
    @VeroJakorr 5 месяцев назад +1

    I getting mine at Lone Crow Audio in CA... they make deals on bundles. Nobody I found can match the prices anywhere.

  • @samlee2562
    @samlee2562 10 месяцев назад +2

    I wonder how the flagship wharfedale Elysian 4s compare... 🤔 As the X1's are similar price to the Elysian 2's and from there the X series gets more expensive

  • @andyandy2684
    @andyandy2684 4 месяца назад

    Hello. Would one describe the x1 and x2 as being in the neutral, spacious and resolving camp as far as speakers go? I’m short listing possible stand mounts or small floorstanders in the same price range. Thanks😊

  • @philipgardiner2003
    @philipgardiner2003 8 месяцев назад +1

    I am here for the first time. From the start I sensed this was going to be a good review. Boy, was I wrong, this is one of the best reviews I've heard. And the mention of two of my favorite speakers, the Audiovector R3 Arrete, and the SF Maxima Amator, I subscribed and will be back. My current and first audiophile system includes the Hegel H90 integrated, Focal Electra 1008BE speakers, Bluesound Node 2i streamer, custom Sound Anchor speaker Stands, Cardas Parsec speaker cables, Cullen Cable Power cable, and Audioquest PQ 3. I'm streaming Tidal and have the Node 2i connected via coax to the amp so as to take advantage of the superior internal DAC in the Hegel. The pairing of the Hegel with the Focal's is a match made in sonic heaven. No sub necessary. I'm all in and while I thoroughly enjoy my current listening experience, I have caught the bug and am having a heck of good time exploring an upgrade path including adding analog.

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  8 месяцев назад +1

      Hello Philip, and welcome to the channel... As a new subscriber, I might suggest clicking on the Videos (www.youtube.com/@theaudioanalyst/videos) or Playlists (www.youtube.com/@theaudioanalyst/playlists) links on the channel, as either of them may help you find content you are interested in more quickly! Thanks again for tuning in and subscribing... I hope your journey continues to be as much fun as possible! 😊

    • @kaymanul
      @kaymanul 7 месяцев назад +1

      Focal and Hegel are insanely good for what they cost by now. Heard it often for a couple of years. It will be a challenge to really get a significant upgrade. Speakers will be much more than the entire system now.

    • @philipgardiner2003
      @philipgardiner2003 7 месяцев назад

      @@kaymanul 7k all in.

  • @marcus1970
    @marcus1970 Год назад +5

    As soon as my dealers X3 had been broken in I had a listen.
    Interesting that you mention among some other accomplished loudspeakers my own units of choice.. Audiovector R3 Arreté..
    Mine will definitely not be going anywhere...
    But the Børresen compact floorstanders are as you say bloody good.
    Technical in their design and make up and not for no good reason.
    Great overview Greg. 👍🏻

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  Год назад +1

      Thanks, Marcus. I don't think I knew what speakers you were using... My apologies if I did, I spaced it! 😉

  • @khunopie9159
    @khunopie9159 Год назад +1

    Smart of you to position your woofer, Stella, between the stellar performing Borrensen woofers.

  • @Crmsnraider
    @Crmsnraider 8 месяцев назад

    What kind of watch is that? At first I thought, but not really, its Bvlgari, I noticed the pusher under the crown and interesting dial. I'm too intrigued, I can often narrow things down, though ask if I cannot and have the opportunity.

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  8 месяцев назад

      That is a 2010 special edition Jacques Lemans F1 watch to honor the first of Sebastian Vettel's first of four world championship drives with Red Bull Racing... 😉

  • @wallyallgood
    @wallyallgood Год назад +1

    how would you compare these to the focal kanta 3? which would you choose if you had to and why?

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  Год назад +4

      Hello... First, at nearly $15,000 a pair, versus the X3’s $11,000 a pair, the Kanta No. 3 is more costly by more than a third…so…there is that to consider.
      And they offer very different sonic signatures. This would be a hard call and would come down to personal biases and preferences. I find the Kanta No. 3, like most Focal’s, to lean more toward the polite side of dynamics and pace than the X3’s. That said, they tend to offer more complexity of texture and tonal color than the X3’s, something one would hope for given their lineage and cost.
      I suspect that, for the classical and jazz listener, the Kanta No. 3 would be the preferred choice, and for the rock, pop, and electronic music fan, the X3 would win out. Yet both are VERY good, albeit, very different loudspeakers.
      As always, before voting with your wallet, you would be best suited to give both an extended listen... ;-)

    • @wallyallgood
      @wallyallgood Год назад +1

      very much appreciate the feedback!
      the issue for me is that my musical tastes span the gamut so i’m into jazz, rock, hip hop, country, electronic, literally everything. id love a speaker that plays every genre well in this price range.
      i think i can get the x3s for about 20% below retail, and the kanta3 for about 13.5.
      such a tough decision because i don’t want to make the wrong one!
      i’m sure i’ll be happy with either. i listened to the x3’s in a shop recently and was blown away but it was through an amp/streamer that were much higher end than i own, which is usually the problem.

    • @Bob-l4q6f
      @Bob-l4q6f 9 месяцев назад

      ​@theaudioanalyst - Anyone who would spend $550,000 on a pair of stereo speakers either has more money than brains or is completely insane! I am certain that no audiophile would be able to hear very much difference in the sound quality between a $30,000 stereo speaker and a $550,000 stereo speaker. Hence, paying $520,000 more for a pair of stereo speakers that has a barely noticeable improvement in sound quality is complete idiocy. Consequently, paying such an exorbitant amount of money for a pair of speakers is merely an attempt to boost one's own ego or have certain bragging rights amongst one's friends, namely, those friends whom you will be sharing a padded cell with after making such a purchase.

  • @quant2011
    @quant2011 Год назад +1

    I also use speaker footers, 4 kitchen sponges. at 89 cents each they do remarkable job esp on 2 inch thick piece of marble i took for free from the local dumpster. I also hear 4 BMR mids per side without any cabinet gives super clean , super wide, ringing free sound for $110 per column. I guess i dont belong to the club , as to top this insane cheap setup, i drive it with Fosi Audio V3 just 300 watts per channel for $129.

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  Год назад +4

      While I'm truly pleased to learn that your uber-affordable system brings you so very much enjoyment, I suspect that you have had very little exposure to both live music, and to any more sophisticated two-channel systems. You should keep it that way, because once you hear such remarkable gear, you may not be able to be satisfied with lesser products. Just my suspicions... Thanks for tuning in!

  • @roxy_xcxc6869
    @roxy_xcxc6869 10 месяцев назад

    🤔Borrensen X3 Crossover RUclips photo intro video have?

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  10 месяцев назад +1

      I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you are saying or asking. Can you be more clear?

  • @sidvicious3129
    @sidvicious3129 Год назад +1

    I also read your online review in a word awesome. Are these an upgrade to the Magico X3 or a baby a5 in the making? Who are the US Distributors for these speakers? Have the Borreson X6 been announced yet and if so, have you heard them? As you can probably tell I'm interested.
    I own the following equipment, the Audio Research, LS-27, Dac 8, CD-3se, Ref 2 phono stage, VPI Classic turntable (VPI ADSL speed controller) with a Hana ML, Aurender N-100H and Sim Audio M400s monoblocs running on Martin Logan 60xti and Bowers and Wilkins 705S2. I love detail and Dynamics and I want to hear things in the mix that you normally wouldn't hear. For power conditioning, I also have Audioquest Niagara 1200 and Furman Elite 15.
    My cables are all AudioQuest, Kilimanjaro, Niagara, Sky and Colorado. Modest system by today's standards, but it does the job, and I will be looking to pick up an Audio Research Ref 5se or Ref 6. I'm looking at some of the speakers that you just named, the Vandersteen, The Sonus Fabors (I think the Olympica III are amazing by the way) and these Borreson X3.
    I had thought about the Wharfedale Elysian 4, which are in that ballpark price, but it's something about those Borreson's X3's that intrigues me. I'm all ears to your vast knowledge and constructive criticism. Do you think that these would be a good fit? My last question is, is MQA pretty much dead?

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  Год назад +1

      Hello! First, Audio Group Denmark is the ONLY distributor - and they have dealers across the country. So you should go to their site and look for a dealer - audiogroupdenmark.com/find-dealers/
      Next, yes, I heard the prototype X6 in Munich last may. They will be introduced at $22,000 a pair, and they are VERY nice. I have a recording of them in play in my E124: High End Munich and the MOC here - ruclips.net/video/Z0IgWklHjHY/видео.htmlsi=AevMoQqai2mpHbb6
      And I'd suggest your system is more than just modest! You've listed some nice toys here! I always hate to suggest how something may or may not synergize with your existing gear and with your personal tastes, but I am VERY taken with these little upstarts. I'd urge you to go give them a listen before making any purchase...
      Finally, M Q what? Sorry, I couldn't resist. To my ears, it was a non-starter all along. As to your question about its veracity, I can tell you that as of April 3rd, 2023, MQA Limited, the company behind MQA has gone into administration, so...

    • @sidvicious3129
      @sidvicious3129 Год назад +1

      @theaudioanalyst I thank you for the reply. I agree, and I definitely won't buy them until I have heard them in person.

    • @A-gks
      @A-gks Год назад

      @@sidvicious3129 as someone who owns Magico and was excited to hear these, I was ultimately disappointed with how they sound. The Borresen X3 does not compare to Magico A3, not even close. The A5 is in a completely different league too. Also, the Olympica III is treated as trash in the country I stay in, regularly thrown out into the market at extremely low prices with no buyers picking them up.

    • @batomatovic6286
      @batomatovic6286 Год назад

      Mqa is still alive

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  Год назад

      @@batomatovic6286Only arguably...but they are just waiting for someone to pull the plug on the life-support system.
      MQA officially appointed its administrators on April 3, 2023, following the company’s announcement that its major investor is already “seeking an exit.”
      www.headphonesty.com/2023/04/mqa-files-bankruptcy-tidal-switches-hi-res-flac/#:~:text=MQA%20officially%20appointed%20its%20administrators,already%20%E2%80%9Cseeking%20an%20exit.%E2%80%9D

  • @petekutheis3822
    @petekutheis3822 8 месяцев назад

    Ha I am surprised---even you hesitated a bit when you mentioned 8,000 for a set of footers!!

  • @backrack01
    @backrack01 Год назад +1

    All the tweeks cost more than the speaker. Lol
    Tough competition at this piece price range.

    • @scottsears5545
      @scottsears5545 10 месяцев назад

      Borreson does that...add this n that.....ansuz. etc. Makes money is many different ways

  • @Smood47
    @Smood47 10 месяцев назад

    Next time please do 1 or 2 direct comparisons to other speakers.

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  10 месяцев назад +3

      You mean like where I say, "But this IS a very competitive price range, one that includes some well-regarded loudspeakers such as the Audio Solutions Figaro L, the Audiovector R3 Arreté, the Crystal Cable Arabesque Minissimo, the Focal Kanta No. 2 or Sopra No. 1, the GoldenEar Technology Triton Reference, the Legacy Audio Focus SE, the MartinLogan Impression ESL 11A, the MBL 126, the Sonus faber Olympica Nova III or Maxima Amator, and the Vandersteen Treo CT, to name just a few. Yet when compared to any of these other fine-performing loudspeakers, one is simply forced to acknowledge the X3’s outstanding accomplishments."
      Are you not able to "hear" between the lines? What I was saying was that, in my opinion, the X3 bests any/all those entrants in OVERALL performance. Some of them may have singular advantages in this attribute or that, but overall, the X3 is the more accurate and impressive performing product.

  • @carlosoliveira-rc2xt
    @carlosoliveira-rc2xt 8 месяцев назад +2

    How do you turn a $10,000 speaker into a $20,000 speaker? Add feet. 😊

  • @quant2011
    @quant2011 Год назад

    So why owners of Audio Note AE super simple speakers with one 8inch woofer and simple tweeter rave about them?. Oh and lets not forget rectangle ultra simple cabinet? They just have super internal cabling and crossover. Meanwhile borresen are ultra high tech

    • @bunsw2070
      @bunsw2070 Год назад +2

      Oh God. Are you trying to start a war? Lol

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  Год назад +3

      @@bunsw2070 LOL - to each their own, right? I'm not going to fuel this fire...

    • @ronaldgronefeld
      @ronaldgronefeld Год назад +2

      To be honest I really don’t get the audio note hype, every show I’ll try the room but every time I leave feeling uncomfortable, there is no sound stage, there is front to back depth etcetera, even the cheapest scansonic speakers sound better and more natural ? Is there something I am missing?, about those prices I understood that the “better “ audionote stuff is also expensive

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  Год назад +2

      @@ronaldgronefeld I completely concur with your sentiments on Audionote, ESPECIALLY the loudspeakers... Thanks for taking the time to write... ☺

  • @JCLADOG
    @JCLADOG 9 месяцев назад +1

    I think this is a commercial disguised as a review

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  9 месяцев назад +1

      Hello. That grossly mistaken conclusion suggests that you have very little understanding of my five decades in and around this industry or of Audio Group Denmark’s level of technological and manufacturing accomplishment. With a little more understanding of both, you may begin to understand more clearly.
      My fifty-plus years of diverse and extensive background in the audio industry is more clearly laid out in my very first episode, “E1: Who is the audio analyst©?,” and for exactly this reason, at this link - ruclips.net/video/loT2ZjdUlx8/видео.html
      And my full, four-part factory tour of the Audio Group Denmark manufacturing facility in Aalborg, Denmark, from January of 2003, may be seen using these links.
      E107: Audio Group of Denmark Tour - Part 1 - ruclips.net/video/zNnJaIR5Fc0/видео.html
      E109: Audio Group of Denmark Tour - Part 2 - ruclips.net/video/_DXDLndSiIE/видео.html
      E110: Audio Group of Denmark Tour - Part 3 - ruclips.net/video/uStqc4m8AgY/видео.html
      E111: AGDs Børresen and Rasmussen Talk Tech - ruclips.net/video/OL_FeMTw3ks/видео.html

  • @timoteo6687
    @timoteo6687 4 месяца назад

    every audiophile vlog on youtube is suddenly reviewing Børresen speakers right now, piling on praises of Børresen’speakers. They're all shilling for Børresen right now! Børresen must pay these guys a ton of money to review their speakers! Audiophiles seldom agree on much of anything and they're certainly not all going to "suddenly" review Børresen speakers and praise them. As a friend of mine once said, "yo creo que no" ("I don't think so").

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  4 месяца назад +1

      Sadly, you offer a totally uninformed opinion. Rather than try to learn about and understand what may be different about Børresen - and all of Audio Group Denmark’s brands for that matter - you wildly speculate about something with zero understanding. And, I’d be willing to wager, never having heard them.
      For what it is worth, I’m not easily impressed. I’ve been in and around this industry for over five decades and have been a journalist documenting it for over 35 years. As such, I have been privileged to have heard almost every major product released to the public over that time. I’ve written for and edited some of the finest publications on the subject.
      E1: Who is the audio analyst©?
      ruclips.net/video/loT2ZjdUlx8/видео.html
      And further, again unlike you, I’ve known the characters in this story for decades, and have actually BEEN to their factory in Aalborg, Denmark, in January 2023, to witness firsthand just what they are doing differently…
      E107: Audio Group of Denmark Tour - Part 1
      ruclips.net/video/zNnJaIR5Fc0/видео.html
      E109: Audio Group of Denmark Tour - Part 2
      ruclips.net/video/NvKDoFq5Lq4/видео.html
      E110: Audio Group of Denmark Tour - Part 3
      ruclips.net/video/uStqc4m8AgY/видео.html
      E111: AGDs Børresen and Rasmussen Talk Tech
      ruclips.net/video/OL_FeMTw3ks/видео.html
      Also, I was the first person to review the Børresen M3, their $260,000 loudspeaker… Just take the time to watch or read about the vast number and scope of technologies they are implementing, which may just give you a sense of what they are trying to accomplish. Or take the whole thing in and see what I have to share about its weakness.
      E140: First Listen: Børresen M3 Loudspeaker
      ruclips.net/video/C7CgfW75n2A/видео.html
      Børresen M3 Loudspeakers | REVIEW
      parttimeaudiophile.com/2024/01/14/borresen-m3-loudspeakers-review/
      Finally, as I said earlier, I’ll wager you’ve not even heard any of these products. There is a long-standing tenet that if you have no actual experience with the subject under discussion, you have no valid opinion to express or offer. It is one thing to suggest that you find something hard to believe, or that you have doubts based on your existing beliefs, or that you don’t see how something could be, but with no first-hand experience, you simply have no valid understanding or reference on which to base any empirical sentiment on the matter.
      Open your eyes, and mind, and learn before you assume (and we all know what that stands for).

    • @kevinlim6521
      @kevinlim6521 15 дней назад

      ​@@theaudioanalyst sound like tim might be on to something ..... care to comment: ruclips.net/video/EfasOu928tQ/видео.htmlsi=qGE3VGYU4ILV-vqp

  • @ngalloy8696
    @ngalloy8696 10 месяцев назад

    😂Keep talking & Talking & no live demo on Youtub😢 again. Making potentially buyer really realty Pissed off again.

    • @theaudioanalyst
      @theaudioanalyst  10 месяцев назад +7

      So I guess you like being pissed off? Christ, the first thing I say in this episode is... "Back on May 2nd, with E121: The Børresen X3 Loudspeakers in play... I was honored to introduce you to the stellar performing $11,000 a pair Børresen Acoustics X3..." Open your ears - ruclips.net/video/iZkuIYFXO6Q/видео.html
      And there is even a link to "E121: The Børresen X3 Loudspeakers in play..." in this episodes Description section - ruclips.net/video/XVu1WzqLNAw/видео.html
      Like I said, I guess you just like to complain and be pissy? Or are you too lazy or stoopid to use the tool provided to you? Either pay attention and get over your shitty attitude, or just go away. Pick one.

    • @samlee2562
      @samlee2562 10 месяцев назад +2

      Lol well said 😅👏🌞