PS Audio Aspen FR20: Planar Floorstanding Speakers
Paul has always stood out as one of the nicest guys out there in high end audio (up there with Andrew Jones). I heard the fr30 in their listening room and they are very good, a home run for McGowan. I personally would match those speakers with some other electronics though (not ps audio's stuff). |
First of all, they are not planar loudspeakers. Magnapan 3,7i is a planar loudspeaker and will present a more realistic sound stage because it is a dipole and interacts less with the room. It is also a much better value. At about the same price the 20.7 will run circles around the Aspens. You can’t put the Aspens in the same room as any Wilson or Magico floor stander. |
Run circles around?? (Lol) A 20.7, Magico or Wilson does no such thing here and the McGowan speaker can hold its own. You sound like either you never heard McGowan’s speaker or you’re too much a biased fan of the other (for anything truthful to come outta ya on this matter) or maybe you're a dealer who carries the competition's product.
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My FR-20s replaced Magnepan 20.1s, both set up almost in the exact same location. You are correct; there is no comparison. The FR-20s easily win that A/B test. I love the Magicos such as the 2023 S3, but they are double the price. Not a big Wilson fan. None of them are “running circles” around the FR-20s. The Magicos compared favorably at AXPONA. |
@deep_333 Absolutely. I read his biography and got the feels. Thumping read.
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