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Borresen Loudspeakers

Had the opportunity to attend the launch event of the Borresen X1 loudspeakers last night in Chicago @nextlevelhifi ​​​​​with @jays_audio_lab. From their M6 at $550k per pair all the way down to the newly launched X1 speakers last night at $5500 your ears will smile. Amazing what a 4.5” driver can do. If you are in the market for any price range speaker about $5,000 and up you have to hear these. Imaging is 3 dimensional, larger than life soundstage and just absolutely stunning performance with a look that will fit any room. This manufacturer out of Denmark really gets it and I don’t care what price point you are looking at these speakers will out perform speakers double the price.  If you are buying speakers up to $25k you have to hear their $11k option.  The rep for Borresen is hitting all the shows/events over the next several months in the US. Oh, and by the way, I loved the X1 so much I bought the first pair that will ship to me in early March!

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Nicely stated!

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Having heard Borresen and Raidho’s, I think these speakers are exceptionally good. If one is concerned about ’value’ then it is probably best to not really shop high end gear these days...particularly new gear.

The market for ultra high end is either there, or it is not. The fact that the dealers and manufacturer’s are pushing prices ever higher, would seem to indicate that the market is there. Now the question I have is this....how high is too high? IOW, when we start seeing a pricing structure of gear that equivalents to the purchase of a nice home in most parts of the country, does that illicit push back from the consumers?? So far, it does not seem to be the case...BUT we haven’t seen multi million dollar price tags on numerous speakers and amps, etc,.. yet! I question why?

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I've heard the Borreson Z2s briefly, being driven by a ARC Ref6SE and Boulder power amp being fed by the cheapest Aurender streamer (N200?). And it IMO sounded very good with pin point imaging and wide soundstaging. The dealer demoing them was not too impressed by the finish of the cabinets which were easily marred with finger prints. 

I also think the AGD website is woeful - very difficult to navigate and find out about their products. They should fire their webpage developer. 

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Couldn't agree more about the website.  Woeful describes it perfectly.

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@woots @triode12 

...and this only for the need of clarity...I assume you are referring to the Audio Group Denmark website, right?

In all honesty it will be quite challenging from our side (AGD Productions, Inc) asking for the termination of a very...very close member of the family (meaning my family) ...hope you understand of course.... ;)

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