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Ps audio aspen FR 30 Loudspeakers

Having bought several upper end products from p.s audio in the past such as their flagship dac   Parts quality inside were Average at best.   I am looking at New Loudspeakers and having over 40 years in audio and owning a Audio Store  to me a 🚩 flag is when you won’t should the Critical Xover inside which is the ♥️ orthe 🧠 of the speaker ,  at $28,500   The speaker should be shown inside and out , and if a company uses the term proprietary drivers or Xover parts ,that means nothing special I except the lofty $$ price tag.  Having modded Loudspeakers for myself and others for over 20 years ,know first hand most mags  take many cost cutting short cuts . It’s up to the mfg to Prove to the buyer they are worthy,Especially a totally new item , they specialize in electronics ,Not Loudspeakers .  Unless you can see everything about the drivers, and Xover and parts quality ,then most likely parts are made in China or close to it ,in reality less then $8k into the total build ,  look at a Wilson Sabrina ,Magico, B&W , they all disclose their build designs . Just ge careful, if you can’t see all your answers, they buy with ⚠️ Caution ⚠️ 

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My point was even if it sounds good with average parts , 

by using the top 10 % in quality will ultimately sound better ,If you are willing to go Thst extra mile to get That refinement . IHave proved this many times , with many 

well known brands ,that is how Dan Modwright became so popular ,taking a good product and putting in much high grade parts in key areas ,the same thing applies to Loudspeakers, my point was the speaker can be that much better in low level detail, imaging,and soundstage depth judt by putting in day another $$800-$1k in parts  I  recently took a very respectable Dynaudio speaker and put $1500 into the Xover and wiring it literally transformed it to compete with speakers 2x+ it’s cost ,being into mods or upgrades for so long ,I am sometimes very critical , it’s just my observation  on what’s possible nothing more.

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Invalid thanks for the heads up , as show on his webpage  the green resistors are $3 mox  vs  top quality path audio ,or Mundorf  ultra resistors, the capacitors  Are made off shore , this is almost a $30 k speaker I would expect far more ,

look at theExcellent Magico $25k speaker ,their Xover is all verygood  $ $30 Mundorf   Ultra resistors, and above average Mundorf Evo caps , that’s my point you should get much more for your hard earned $$, in America we are all allowed to have their own opinion , also resale value vs Magico, or Wilson or many top well known brands would be much less . I am very surprised they will not be at the show .i am sure a lot of people would like to hear them ,they do look good on a positive note.

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