Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

Description: Three-way, reflex-loaded, magnetically shielded, floorstanding loudspeaker. Drive-units: two 1" (25mm) aluminum-dome tweeters with neodymium magnets and ferrofluid cooling, two 4.5" (110mm) woven-fiberglass cone midranges, three 8" woven-fiberglass cone woofers. Crossover frequencies and slopes: 2.2kHz, fourth-order Linkwitz-Riley (midranges-tweeters; 500Hz, third-order Butterworth (woofers-midranges). Frequency response: 30Hz-20kHz, ±1.5dB; 25Hz-33kHz, ±3dB (anechoic on-axis), -10dB at 22Hz. Sensitivity: 89dB/2.83V/m (anechoic). Nominal impedance: 4 ohms. Minimum impedance: 4 ohms. Power handling: 300W (RMS, clipping ±10% of the time).
Dimensions: 49" (1245mm) H by 11.75" (299mm) W by 17.75" (451mm) D. Internal volume: 3.37 cubic feet (95.4 liters). Weight: 111.5 lbs (50.7kg) each.
Finishes: Black ash or cherry veneer with Pewter/GunMetal die-cast aluminum trim and black/silver textured grilles.
Serial numbers of units reviewed: 12070-201024 & 26.
Price: $6999/pair. Approximate number of dealers: not disclosed (not all PSB dealers are Platinum dealers).
Manufacturer: PSB Speakers, The Lenbrook Group, 633 Granite Court, Pickering, Ontario L1W 3K1, Canada. Tel: (888) 772-0000. Fax: (905) 831-6936. Web: www.psbspeakers.com.