Børresen X3 Floorstanding Loudspeaker

A revolution in quality, performance and price

Børresen has developed a new entry-level speaker at an affordable price, making the Børresen speaker universe accessible to even more people. The Børresen X3 loudspeaker has been designed on the solid foundation of Børresen Acoustics’ development traditions, design philosophy and technological know-how.

Technologies and Components

The Børresen X series loudspeakers are not only a new intro-level into the Børresen universe, but also represents a real revolution in quality and performance in its price range. These speakers are created based on all the knowledge collected in the process of the creation of the M, 0 and Z-series. You´ll find components from these exclusive series in this Børresen X series loudspeakers – for instance the brand new Spread-tow carbon membrane, the highly praised Børresen ribbon tweeter and the use of copper caps in the magnetic motor system.

X series membrane – Bass/midrange

Børresen DCC5 driver

This membrane is designed to achieve maximum stiffness with minimum noise. The technological requirements for this unrivaled high-end membrane performance made it necessary to design, develop and assemble all components in-house.

The X-series membrane that consists of three skins laminated into a single unit: two layers of spread carbon fiber, with a layer of aramid honeycomb spacers in between.

The combination of these materials gives this membrane its unique properties. The spread-tow carbon fiber was designed to provide a skin with optimal stiffness. This unique feature of the membrane reduces sound-disturbing vibrations and resonances to unprecedented levels. The aramid honeycomb also has the best stiffness-to-weight ratio in the vertical direction. A flat response membrane in terms of resonances paved the way to build a very transparent loudspeaker with a reduced size of the magnetic motor system to optimize costs.

X series magnet system – Bass/midrange

Børresen DCC5 driver

In the X-series magnet motor system, we use double copper caps on the pole rings to achieve high flux and low inductance. The use of copper caps has been adopted from the Børresen Z-series. Copper produces a response to flux changes – the better the counter-effect of these copper rings, the flatter the inductance curve, and the lower the electro-magnetic resonance. In addition, lower inductance also means fewer spikes in the impedance curve. Both result in a lower load on the amplifier. To ensure high efficiency, the X-series has two pole rings. This causes the loss of some flux, which reduces efficiency, but this is compensated for by a larger magnet.

X series Børresen tweeter

Børresen RP89 Ribbon Planar Tweeter

The tweeter chosen for the Børresen X-series has the same design used in all other Børresen loudspeaker series. However, there is a reduction in magnet and iron mass. This is possible due to the extremely high efficiency of the original tweeter design. As a result, the efficiency has dropped only slightly from the exceptional 94 dB to 89 dB, but this is still an amazing efficiency for a tweeter.

The tweeter operates from about 2.5 kHz upwards. The moving mass is extremely low at 0.01 grams. The fully concealed tweeter can operate at an impressive speed. The high robustness of this tweeter allows it to handle very high transients without causing any deafening dips.

X series cross over

The Børresen X-series is equipped with a parallel crossover built with the same high-quality components from the Z Series. This makes for a very mechanically stable crossover that minimizes its self-resonance.

X series cabinet

The surface of the cabinet is finished in black or white piano lacquer and reinforced with carbon fiber inserts. The cabinet is made of a heavily braced wood composite material that has the property of eliminating sound distortion. The material used for the cabinet also reduces mechanical influences, especially hysteresis. The sonic result is clearly audible. The X-series is equipped with bass reflex ports. The tweeter is vented to compensate for the air pressure that builds up. The bass section consists of tuned ports calibrated for musically relevant frequencies.

REVIEW & AWARDS

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"I think it’s fair to say that once they are run-in properly these speakers impressed me a great deal and that most of the criticisms of their performance I have made have been me specifically looking for faults in them – that’s my job, after all!

Would I buy them? Yes, in a heartbeat, but I want to hear the X6s in our system first!

I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the Børresen X3 loudspeakers are fully deserving of HiFi PiG’s top award. They are superb!" - Stuart Smith

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"Even though this is Michael Børresen’s least expensive floorstander it’s still quite a pricey design, yet the quality of build, finish and ultimately sound indicate that this is not exactly a compromised loudspeaker. It makes me wonder what can be achieved with the bigger X6 at twice the price and the M series models at significantly more, but it looks like excellent value on its own right. The driver choices and cabinet construction mean that the Børresen X3 should hold its own against the best that the competition can offer at this price point, an audition is highly recommended " - Jason Kennedy

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"Someone once coined the term inky black to describe quiet backgrounds and it seems particularly apt here. The design and construction of the cabinet and drivers on this loudspeaker combine to remove any sense of overhang or ringing, pretty well all you get is clean sound. The bigger Børresens peel away more veils to reveal finer details no doubt but you get a pretty good insight into any recording with the X3. And that’s before you add Darkz feet, I did that with the S2T Darkz and got a very worthwhile uplift in bass tightness and low level resolution, eight S2Ts will set you back a pretty penny (€5,120) but a lot less than the price of a better loudspeaker. Standing on their own four feet the Børresen X3s represent excellent value both in terms of sound and build quality, which given where they are made is quite an achievement. " - Jason Kennedy

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"If you haven’t gathered by this point what a staggeringly good loudspeaker the Børresen X3 is, let me put aside any further subtleties. This speaker not only offers excellent performance, soaring well above its loss-leader asking price, but it also offers exceptional value! If AGD had placed a twenty-two, or even a twenty-five-thousand-dollar MSRP on the Børresen X3 loudspeakers, I wouldn’t bat an eye at those asking prices. This speaker is THAT good.

It may be the last speaker most burgeoning music lover/audiophiles will ever need. On the other hand, if you’re anywhere near as fanatical as me, they just may be your gateway to a further journey into the hyper-audio realm. Bravo, AGD. I wonder if my wife would be upset if I got a pair for our living room?" - Greg Weaver

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