Buchardt S400II Speakers In-bound

I've been really intrigued by Mads Buchardt's loudspeakers and speaker design principles, and so with that, my Editor and I reached out to him about getting a pair of the Buchardt S400II standmount loudspeakers in for review, and Mads was "all in".

So...a pair of S400IIs are arriving Friday!

Here's a pic of them in white...



This is gonna be fun...

 

Whelp, the Buchardt S400IIs arrived today, and I have to say, even without sufficient time to settle fully having just come off the logistics truck, I am already very impressed with them.

Specs say these are only -3dB down at 33 Hz, and I would believe that; their bass output in the lower registers for a smallish standmount is very impressive.

For only $2100 USD, delivered, these are a massive value proposition, IMHO. These perform WAY above their price point.

 

I'm a liiitle iffy on that 33hz number. The -3dB point of the speaker in anechoic conditions is 59hz and -10dB is at 36hz. Maybe Burchardt was just a little generous in their estimations for room gain.
Otherwise very nice, I'm looking forward to seeing how you think they perform against XLS encores and any others (?).

 

Where'd you find them at that price? The Buchardt's website have them at €2100 which is almost $2300 (at this moment).

I'd love to hear those up against my Philharmonics. In my room, my Anthem says
the Phils play like this:

 

My bad, the price is €2100 which is ~$2300, inadvertantly forgot to do the currency conversion.

They're still a very impressive value prop, regardless.