@thecarpathian Good definition of insanity, lol.
I was very much looking forward to hearing the Borresen's as I was unable to go to the Next Level demo a couple of months ago. Must be my 74 year-old ears, but I found myself physically wincing more than once while listening to the X1's (I think). That was a disappointment. On the other hand there were lots of great sounding speakers and many rooms were well set up. Several rooms had Magico's and they all sounded good. Something new: an Italian company called Turnbull. They had some stand-mounters with excellent sound, including bass. There also seemed to be quite a few open-baffle offerings that were good. I didn't keep good notes, but an example would be Pure Audio Project.
My taste runs toward the BBC sound and as always I enjoyed listening to some large Tannoy's, Spendor Classics and Hatbeth SHL's in various rooms..
A very useful show. I need to be more systematic about notes and pictures, though.
My preferences