What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first?


Hi everyone,

I’m in the midst of my speaker search and curious about something.......as noted above. There are some brands I would be interested in based on reputation, reviews, looks etc but may never be able to hear first.

I’m curious what the collective group thinks would be a safe choice having never heard them first. I know there are variables as in size of room, current gear etc. Just want to see what people would suggest. The one I would note based on what I have read is Joseph Audio. I’d also be curious if people would say the same about Borresen.

So it may be a frivolous exercise but I’ll ask the question anyway. Let me know your thoughts.

128x128mtbiker29

@mtbiker29 ....Another day, another Gordian Knot to apply KISS....but no implication of your mental status. *S*

Mine, yes.  Acceptable; I've no dog in this show....

Approximately, where do you live?  US flag out the window....'K, somewhere in the US.  Big start, that....😏

If you 'hint', The Collective could suggest B&Ms' to visit?  Plenty of 'IMHO's 'round here...

Budget?  2 sets of nice 'kit'....Moving up, but how high is that?

Maggies' and M/L's suggested; I'm an omni/dipole fan, but RU?  Big differences in that swerve.... ;)  Not to mention the potential changes that may make your existing amp 'obsolete'...*ouch*....

Can't help but notice you've made no real comments about what catches your attention/interest either....

Up to now, we're shooting rubberbands at the moon.

Fun....we all get to air our fav's, fancies/fantasies....

Here's mine:

A 'full dingy' of my DIY Walsh; 4 columns of 2 way drivers, a distributed sub system of 4 units (90 deg. rotation from the columns).

Chuck your amp and pre.  12 'D' amps; 4 for the subs, 8 for the columns (2 per).
Room eq rules all, streaming and whatever else desired for source.

When all is said and done....it'll take a SWAT squad to drag you out to just get some sleep....

What would all this cost?

Why should you care?  Nothing like it would exist, to my knowledge, and imho...

My 'blue sky' is a tad more...'unusual'....but, consider the source...

...and the rest can get back to theirs... ;)

My apologies to all....but, after awhile....🙄😒

Yes, Erik....I’ve not touched any room treats....but I’m a fanboy of Linkwitz when he said:

"Ignore the room...."

I’ve had to do so my entire existence as an ’odd-iophile’, with ’relative’ success.

I see no reason at this point of time and physical reference to stop doing so.

The only way for me to demonstrate such is for U 2B Here.

So there. *L*

*Loud 'poof', requisite cloud*

Closer Acoustics OGY ~1500€. They're transparent AF and 91db sensitive. Better than KEF LS50 Meta in every way for not much more money and any amp under the sun will power them fine. 

A pre-owned speaker, priced at or (preferably) below fair market value, so if it doesn’t work out, you sell it at little to no loss. That’s my philosophy.

The Borresen X-3’s at 137 lbs. ea. and built like a $50,000 speaker actually sound better to me than their $100,000 speaker. At 11 Grand for the pair, they are the best value in the speaker world currently. A beautiful piece of technology and art! Look at the quality of what is out there at $11,000 a pair. Nothing holds a candle to what Borresen is offering. This speaker has  the trickle down technology of their $500,000 speakers.Check them out. PS. there's a wait.