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The X3 ribbon is one of the very best, ever. It’s part of magic of the Borresen sound, it’s in a whole other class.
Incerdible transient reponse… really, really impressive, you feel like you’re listening to space and time.
The separation between the instruments and the singer is so much sharper than I hear with other speakers,
it’s a wow moment to hear it, with that level of clarity.
It’s a fast sounding speaker, but not a hard, bright sounding speaker.
I spend many hours listening at midnight because it was one of those I just wanted to keep listening more and more and more.
It was that kind of experience reviewing this speaker.
The first album was Paul McCartney Unplugged, In this album, Paul is somewhat off-microphone,
I never noticed it quite like that before, on any other speaker.
Another aspect of the imaging that is exceptionnal is the way this speaker can image wider than the location of the speakers.
It can just throw this big, spacious but still very sharply focused sound stage.
On Les Claypool’s, the bass was so intense, the drivers were kicking ass, it was so powerful and the texture and speed of the bass was extraordinary.
On Crosby, Stills and Nash – I’ve heard this recording gazillions of times before – for the first time I could hear their individual voices,
so in their harmonies I could pick them out.
It made the music, it made their performance that much more engaging and extraordinary. Just a thing of wonder to behold !
X3 looks, feels and sounds like a much more expensive speaker, it truly is a bargain.
It rearranged my brain, it really did. Because I’m not the guy who chases transparency and clarity.
But I was seduced by this sound, I fell in love with this sound, I kept pulling more and more vinyls, and more and more CD’s
because I kept getting more and more from it. I was feeling more from the music.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard a speaker that throws a soundstage like this speaker does.
Borresen X3 put a smile on my face !
I was head over heels in love with these speakers, I was really sorry when they came to take it away, I shed a tear.
I’m going to miss these speakers. The X3 is definitely on the memorable speaker list, it competes with speakers itself a lot more.
SPEAKERS of the Year 2023 !
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Steve Guttenberg
