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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PS Audio is a legit company. From what I’ve seen, this speaker had a predecessor that was too impractical to ship and properly setup. I have no qualms at all that this new speaker was built to recover all that lost R&D and start and stop production costs that were incurred. Paul promised to do it right this time, and he spent a lot more on R&D this time around. If his engineers can produce a 5 fold markup (that’s how manufacturing is structured in a lot of industries- $1 in parts equals $5 MSRP) by producing a sound that has people on a waiting list with “inferior” parts, they have done what they were paid to do. If they only have 5 grand in a pair of speakers they could have gone to 6 grand on, even better. As they are helping to recoup those R&D costs at a higher clip than what was expected when the engineering started. Personally, I highly appreciate everything about the company, which includes Paul himself. If he has a great success with these speakers, it’s just one more hurdle he conquered in life and business and one more thing I will admire about the man.