Borresen C1 two-way standmounts

Heard these at a show recently and was really impressed with what I was hearing. Had an audition at the distributor this morning where the electronics and everything was all AGD. I’m now testing them with my 300 series at home. They are out of the box with maybe 20 hours on them.

I cannot find a fault, whatever I throw at them, they don’t budge.
The main thing what I love about them is the feeling of the realism of the music. It just feels like music, so open, so real, so engaging.
The second thing is the soundstage, just massive width and depth. The dynamics are crazy and that small 5-inch woofer has a mean punch.

I’m going to closely compare them to my Spendors D7.2 for a couple of weeks, although even now they sound extremely promising.

Anyone had experience with them or Borresen in general?

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Interesting speaker! Pictures? :blush: No experience with their speakers but more with Ansuz cables and Powerswitch and really like what they do.

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Yeah the dealer had everything Ansuz and was paying attention to every detail.
The included stands each have three Ansuz Darkz decouplers which are under the speakers.



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If you tap Borresen in the search part, you will find some guys with it.
But don’t remember if they are paired with Naim. Recently someone posted his new Borresen but with Aavik integrated and streamer.

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Heard these at a show in 2018

The Borresen 01

Very impressive pair of stand mounts, probably best of the show, even over the B&W 800D3s at the time driven by the brace of Michi mono-blocks intended for a pair of B&W Nautilus (which had a damaged driver during transit).

A cool €30,000 though, in standard format before you into the cyro treatments or even the silver version at €43,000

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I heard the 03 for 5 minutes once. I was impressed by resolution, definition and the price over the top.

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With Naim or other electronics ?

Searched but honestly didn’t find many talking about their experience with Borresen and Naim.

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At Ansuz (same owner group as Borresen) they have demo rooms with a curtain in front of the system so people shall guess the size of the system. Behind is a small Naim system and book shelf speakers with Ansuz cables and people are very surprised about its performance. The Audio Group Denmark have at least in the past admired what Naim is doing and are one of a few companies that offer DIN cables for Naim systems. Today I’ve heard they think Naim is compromising bit too much.

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That was with other electronics; I did not notice precisely. No gear I fell in love with, which impressed me still more, being induced to think that with Naim gear, it would still stand out further.

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I make the assumption that on the most expensive units, Borresen select the upscale Scanspeak LS or equivalent competition (very expensive components). Plus filter plus conception.

Thanks for that info Blackbird, I didn’t know that.

Have a look at my extensive thread about Børresen replacing Naim Speakers:

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Quick update.

Had a few listening sessions last couple of days, still without the speakers fully dialed in perfect position.

I’m listening for character, dynamics and tonality.

I’m extremely impressed and to put it bluntly, they stomp on Spendors.
It’s a totally different character but much more than just a lateral move. I’m not the best at explaining sound characteristics, but here we have a neutral character, with so much clarity and details but well-balanced tonality. It’s a crisp sound without any brightness. There is such a strong sense of space and openness, real airiness and dimensionality.

In short, high level of realism, lifelike and immersive.

My wife heard only a couple of songs before saying “you have a green light”. :slight_smile:
She had some second thoughts on the aesthetics, but the design grew on her.

My friends including one audiophile were impressed from the first song heard.

I just look forward to more listening sessions! My wallet not so much :slight_smile:

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This sounds just like how would describe their Ansuz cables :+1: Would love to hear those speakers in my system :smiley: I really recommend you trying Ansuz cables on your system. They are replacing the 2-series now for the new 3-series so some good deals are available.

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I’ll take your advice for sure and I’ll demo a PowerSwitch X-TC3 and some Ansuz ethernet cables. I’ll also try some speaker cables, I need to check what the distributor has.

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Spendor D7.2 - £5,650
Borresen C1 - £12,499

The Borresen looks nice. I just realise the C1 is the middle in the range as there are models that cost significantly higher. I wonder how do the Borresen compare to Marten speakers. I have the Duke 2 and they sound very satisfying. I’m sure the C1s will sound even more captivating in their own ways judging from how much they cost.

Enjoy~

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Thanks ryder. :+1:

I heard both Marten Oscar Duo and Mingus Septet a few weeks ago at the same show as Borresen.
Can you believe, Oscar was presented in a too large room, and Mingus was in a too small room. :man_facepalming:
Even though a friend of mine speaks very highly of Marten, needless to say, I wasn’t impressed with that performance.

Furthermore, there isn’t a Marten distributor in my country so it would be a hassle for me to get a demo unit.

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Thanks @sailorck! Are you still enjoying your O2s?

i am lucky enough to have a pair, 01 SSEs. i love their presentation and presence. expensive but they make you forget about even considering alternatives.

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