Danish Luxury

Audio Speakers

Børresen

Loudspeakers designed and hand-assembled in Aalborg, built around an iron-free motor system and a planar ribbon tweeter.

Founded by
Michael Børresen, Lars Kristensen
Company
Audio Group Denmark
Based in
Aalborg

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The M1 on its stand
The M1 on its stand
The M3 floorstanding speaker in white
The M3 floorstanding speaker in white

Pictures © Audio Group Denmark, from audiogroupdenmark.com.

Why it is renowned

Børresen speakers are reviewed in the international hi-fi press. Enjoy the Music.com gave the 01 stand monitor its US premiere review in 2019 and returned in 2026 for the T1 Silver Supreme Edition.1 The maker lists a Hi-Fi+ Editor's Choice for 2026 for the X2 and X3, a Stereo+ Product of the Year 2025-2026 for the C1, and a Best in Show at T.H.E Show New York in 2025.2 Audio Group Denmark, which makes the speakers, sells through 92 dealers in 51 countries.3

Recognition

  • Enjoy the Music.com12026world premiere review of the T1 Silver Supreme Edition
  • Hi-Fi+22026Editor's Choice for the X2 and X3
  • Stereo+22025Product of the Year 2025-2026 for the C1
  • T.H.E Show New York22025Best in Show

The story

Lars Kristensen ran a hi-fi shop in Aalborg in the 1980s, where he met Michael Børresen, then an engineering student.4 In 2001 the two founded the speaker maker Raidho, Børresen designing the speakers and Kristensen handling sales.56 After the financial crisis of 2008 Dantax came in as a financial partner.56 The founders stayed on as directors for a short time and left when Dantax moved to take over the day-to-day running of the company.6 In 2017 they moved on from Raidho and, with a third shareholder, took over Aavik and Ansuz from Dantax, working in Aalborg under UpperLevel ApS, now Audio Group Denmark.51 Børresen speakers reached the market at the start of 2019, with the 01 monitor as the base of the new range.51

The drivers use a patented iron-free motor system, and the tweeter is a planar ribbon; metal parts are cryogenically treated, and some models use zirconium and titanium.71 Every speaker is hand-assembled, measured and checked at the company's headquarters in Aalborg.74 The range runs from the X-series to the M-series at the top.7

Works

What to know it by

  • 011discontinuedMichael BørresenStand-mounted monitor of the first range, since retired
  • T11Two-way stand-mount with the RP94 ribbon planar tweeter
  • M-series7The reference range: M1, M2, M3 and M6
  • X-series7The entry range: X2, X3 and X6
  • Aavik, its sister brand in Audio Group Denmark
  • Raidho Acoustics, founded by Michael Børresen and Lars Kristensen in 2001
  • Ansuz, its sister brand in Audio Group Denmark
  • Audiovector, another Danish maker of high-end speakers, in Copenhagen
Sources
  1. Borresen T1 SSE review, Enjoy the Music.com. enjoythemusic.com, read 13 November 2026.
  2. Audio Group Denmark. audiogroupdenmark.com, read 13 November 2026.
  3. Find a dealer, Audio Group Denmark. audiogroupdenmark.com, read 13 November 2026.
  4. About us, Audio Group Denmark. audiogroupdenmark.com, read 13 November 2026.
  5. Aavik Acoustics U-380 integrated amplifier, Stereophile. stereophile.com, read 13 November 2026.
  6. Portrait of Audio Group Denmark, AV Guide, October 2021 (on audiogroupdenmark.com). audiogroupdenmark.com, read 13 November 2026.
  7. Børresen, Audio Group Denmark. audiogroupdenmark.com, read 13 November 2026.

Checked 13 November 2026, against the maker's own pages.