triangle Borea BR03 Hi-Fi Bookshelf Speakers (Black Ash, Pair)

Clear, crisp, tight...! I am falling in love with my music collection all over again. I havent bought speakers in years, I am glad I waited. These are great sounding. Do not hesitate. Hooked them up to a Fosi Audio amp.....sublime....

I reviewed speakers for months before my purchase. Ive had these now for two months and couldnt be more satisfied. Even though they did not have enough base for the reviewer Joe and Tell, they have more than enough for my taste. So I would guess if you are a basehead, these are not for you. I love the clarity of these speakers. I also purchased the center speaker and together they have fantastic vocal output. For someone who wants more than boom, boom, boom, from their speakers, these cannot be beaten by anything below a $1000 bucks.

My cat killed my MMG’s so I bought these as a replacement. I expected a step down. It wasn’t. More clarity, better imaging. Sometimes I hear what I think people mean when they say layered sound. I suspect at this price there are none substantial better.

I was worried when I first got these that I would need a subwoofer, but with proper placement you dont need a thing! Just hook these bad boys up to your amplifier, sit in the middle of them and enjoy! Incredible sound staging for these size speakers, great detail and not lacking anywhere that I can find! They also look fantastic without the grilles on! Well worth your money if you want something sleek looking and with a fantastic audio quality. Tested on multiple amps and all ranges of volumes, they have yet to fail me in any way. If youre unsure, try them out. Return them if you dont like them, but Im sure you wont! Whether or not you believe burn in ( I dont ) I found that with multiple listening sessions on these guys gave my ears plenty of time to adjust to the treble forward sound. These are extremely detailed and work well with all types of music, from classic to modern rap, these handle it all with ease all while looking great!

This is not like a monitor, meaning, it will not make a terrible recording, sound like a terrible recording. I used it to play In Rock album by Deep Purple Mk.2, and Jesus Christ, I have never heard that terribly produced album with such clarity and detail. These are ROCK AND ROLL speakers if Ive ever heard one! It destroys anything from Rock, Metal, Jazz, Blues, it is simply phenomenal with music that has instruments and very dynamic sounds being produced. Now for a review of the drivers: It is a standard two-way driver, a one inch tweeter and a 6 inch woofer, tweeter is aluminum, woofer is paper, which is a nice bonus, gives it great bass and fuller sound, top to bottom. The treble is very slightly recessed and lacks the resolution of a true monitor, but if you are looking for a fun desktop bookshelf or a nice stereo bookshelf, you wont be able to tell the difference... Actually, you would probably prefer it, like I do. I dont need the treble shouting at me and piercing me ears, instead, this speakers treble is warm and smooth and still had good resolution, its still full HD, maybe not 4k UHD like a monitor, but most people dont need that. The mids, oh boy the mids, they are pretty much perfection for this price range, you wont find much better for the price, even up to 1000, unless you find a monitor that is mid forward. These speakers are very slightly mid-forward, this really helps bring clarity, imaging and soundstage to the midrange and sound reproduction of instruments. The bass is incredible, due to the paper woofer, you will get very good low end, and clean low-mids. I just love this speaker and I think the only upgrade to it for a reasonable price is the Buchardt S300. But there is one major downside to it... Although it has great French engineering, it is very unreliable build quality due to China. One of the corners on mines, looks like it is not attached very well, exposing the wood cabinet very slightly. Its not a deal breaker, but for $550, they could have done way better. I would have paid $100 extra if it came in a nice and sturdy black gloss, which is much better material and more reliable. I may get the S300 one day, but I have a very tiny room and even now I dont get the full experience from the BR03.

Well I first got Paradigm SE Atom, then to Klispch 600m, to JBL Stage 190, to Jbl studio 530. I think I have something I can live with. It is is small room 10 x 11. The Bro 3 have a balanced sound, great vocals, great bass and clear sounding. Im powering them thew yamaha intergrated amp s801. 100 watts per channel @ 8 ohms. And something happened, when I was playing at a pretty high listening level, I felt this cool breeze come over me. It was refreshing he he. Well those two front base ports were pumping out cool air that I could feel at 6 feet away. Better I not go to 3/4 volume it might knock me out of my chair (a little exaggeration here). I now prefer front ported speakers over rear ports. Im thinking if they sound this good now, what more lovely they will sound after 40 hours or so break in! I wish they would insrease the whoofer to 7 inch in larger speaker. 7 is Gods favorite number, I once has ADS 710s and they were a favorite speaker for me in the 70s and 80s.

This speaker is not decent in bass response without some EQ or a sub. Thats disappointing given its size. Otherwise its okay. I do think the Elac Reference speaker out shines this Triangle offering for about the same money. Want to sample? buy this speaker on the promise of a return if dissatisfied. For some setups it could shine like a diamond. Sadly, not so for me. I find it lacks just too much in the bottom end for classical & jazz music without help from a sub. Good build quality and stylish drivers. Perhaps nice for a second hi fi setup with casual use.

Great bookshelf speakers that sound amazing. I have these paired with an IOTAVX SA3 integrated amp. Room is about 12x12 and they have no issue filling the room with sound. They sound great, very well balanced, the trebles arent over accentuated and bright. Very well balanced. I wish they had a bit more staging, better imaging/detail, and transparency, but at this price point they are very fun to listen to and Ive spent more time just listening. I will be keeping these for some time, even if I do upgrade to a higher $$ loudspeaker. ***I did add a separate amped sub to fill out the lower bass frequencies, but that is somewhat to be expected with bookshelf speakers. That being said, I used them for a month without a sub and they were still very enjoyable. While these arent the speakers for everyone, Id gamble that the vast majority of folks will enjoy this speaker.

Out of the box they were a delight. And they were even better after a few weeks of playing. I have played mostly classical music for which these speakers performed with clear full bodied sound across the spectrum from lows to highs. Limited listening to operatic sopranos produced clear vibrant high notes. Overall, these speakers were recommended by the New York Times after testing many alternatives. They have shown clear quality variation in some CDs. I am very satisfied.

Very high quality speakers….great soundstage and imaging. Very impressed with the sound quality great for acoustic music when paired to a tube amp. Very detailed….