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Looks like PS Audio has a hit on their hands with the new speaker

I know that many here may not take the PS Audio FR30 seriously as a speaker.

I totally get that (as no one has even heard it) however based on the designer and 

goals, years of development, I was very optimistic.  Plus I knew the speaker would work well with my BHK300 amps.  Not that I’m in the market for speakers, but wish I was. 

Here’s the first owner report, who previously had Maggies.

https://forum.psaudio.com/t/fr-30-in-da-house/27902/18

Would love to hear these for myself, as I’m a sucker for new driver designs.

Anyone who has heard these, please post your impressions.

Would love to hear them in the New York tri state area or south Florida.  

 

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vinylvalet
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I had a friend (younger man, undamaged ears) over a few weeks ago. He and his dad drove out to PS Audio to hear their new speakers. Said it was like a $1M system or something very expensive in a very nice room. He preferred my lowest cost system by a wide margin. The simple test, do human voices sound like human voices, failed. Spectacular, yes. Deep tight bass, yes. Tons of detail, yes. Tonal purity, big no.

jl35
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please tell us vinylvalet what is your lowest cost system that they preferred to the $1M system?  Thanks 

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rixthetrick
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@asvjerry - have you found info/photos of the innards, the guts (I'm Aussie) of these speakers? Please share?

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mijostyn
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Interesting speaker. I have never been a big fan of passive radiators. They are reasonable attractive. But, for $28,500 there are many speakers they are up against that most probably will out perform them, Magnepan 20.7's for one. Sound Labs 745's another. 

aolmrd1241
1,023 posts
 

“Said it was like a $1M system or something”

I’m quite sure it’s no where near that price tag!

 

 

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