triangle - BOREA BR02 Hi-Fi Bookshelf Speakers - Power handling 80W - Output 89 dB/W/m - Versatile Music and Home Cinema - 176 x 310 x 274 mm - Light Oak (Pair)

I've been a fan of Triangle for a while, but normally their offerings came at a much higher price tag. The new Borea line is disrupting the "entry/mid-level hifi" market segment providing some incredible quality at this price point.There is a very airy sound, which is something I like about the silk dome tweeter and natural paper woofer cones. These speakers do a great job of putting you 'inside' of the music. The sound stage is incredible for 2 5" bookshelf speakers, I've owned floor standers that could not provide this dimension of sound stage in the past! Truly impressive.The quality of the enclosure/finish is top-notch as well. The white vinyl wrap with the black driver trim/phase plugs and white paper cones really give this speaker a modern look that was easy to sell my wife on.Overall, I think for the price this is a solid bookshelf speaker for home theater use. For a true upgrade to this you would easily spend double the price or more. Great value proposition here from Triangle and I am excited to see what will happen when they refresh this product line.

These speakers are great for a desk setup. Pretty efficient speakers, good clarity. Can get decent sub bass from them closer to the wall. Overall a great look and sound for their current pride drop.

I have previous model Focals and Triangle speakers. I received an open box speaker and thought to give it a try. When I first hooked it up it was a wow moment. These do play like a larger speaker but after continued listening I felt the tone was off just a bit and these are definitely a bit veiled in comparisons which is expected at their price point.The Borea 2 sound nice enough but I think the older Color series in gloss finish and the more budget appearing Plaisir Zetas are better performers. I have the Plaisir Zetas and they give more detail and resolution IMO plus a more musical, ethereal sound for music and movies. If you can find these mentioned speakers used for a fair price buy them.There's something about todays' budget speakers that they appear to show competence in a particular area or two but falter in other ways. Tried many and felt this way about them.Can't fault Triangle for the effort in the Borea series. How should I rate it? A 3 should reflect average, 4 above average and 5 representing competence for the price point. I wouldn't give the Borea 2 a three or a five. For the sale price of 349 or lower, a four for value. Overall SQ, a 3.5 as they do sound a bit bigger. Yes, these do have a noticeable midbass hump. Decent sensitivity counts. But the tone seems off a bit as well as having less detail and resolution, as many others display at lower price points. Somewhat exciting sound at times, not laid back. There are worse choices and others give a more competent performance in other areas and less so in others.For the discounted price point, it approaches four out of five. What's a five at their price point? Not too sure. Alot of budget options with alot of flavors today, better in some ways, worse in others. Sending these back because they can't outperform what I have now and it is a budget speaker. Still, the Borea 2 is a nice enough budget speaker. I repeat, a budget speaker offering decent performance, above average in sounding like a larger standmount speaker in comparison to others. That's my take.

My favorite bookshelf speakers so far. I have many budget bookshelf speakers, powered and passive, but none of them sound as good to me as the br02's. Piano sounds more like a piano and so on and so forth.I have the walnut ones and I think they look great without the grills.Set up properly they sound great. Not fatiguing to listen to like most budget minded speakers. I do prefer them with my powered subwoofer. I can listen to a live concert recording and get thru the entire show without fatigue.Excellent sound stage and imaging. They respond to better gear tremendously. More so than any other budget speaker in my collection. They shine on speaker stands atleast 2 meters apart towed in away from the walls.Not earth shattering bass, but good accurate bass. The subwoofer takes care of 60hz and bellow.I do want to upgrade the components in the crossovers to see just how much these speakers will improve. After all no budget speaker has good crossovers stock. Not so much change the values of the crossover components like Danny does, just greatly improve them. Will double the price of these speakers, but people who have done it to these br02's say it was worth the effort.Even my multi thousand dollar floor standing speakers sound better with better crossover components.

BR02 is a pair of serious HIFI speakers, smooth mid-range, warm bass, clear treble extension. The sound quality is much better than my expectations, The size perfectly fits my IKEA shelf. Couldn’t love this beauty anymore.Pros:- Very neutral sound signature, no color added to vocal- A bit warm at low-mid range, good quality for music listening- 5' woofer, 12" tall, but sounds like floor standing speakers, not thin at all, impressive!- Nice modern looking, fit my IKEA shelf very well- Easy driving, works with my Denon S950H receiver flawlesslyCons:- No complain at all, the bass can fill the room at reasonable volumeMore:Compare with this French beauty, the overrated Sony CS5 sounds colored and small