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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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asvjerry
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@rixthetrick ...Yes, 4 per column, 10".  Woofs @ 8", like their approach on the innards...

PM mid & tweets...good.  28.5K$....I'll wait for the Lotto check.... ;) *L*

Nice looking....the black ones need a batch of simian dolls @ the base....

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asvjerry
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".....’n AlsoSpunkZarathruster...." (...reading the LP cover, very drunk...)

...done with kazoos' and tambourine...yowling cats...

chayro
3,051 posts
 

The guy that bought them doesn’t seem overly thrilled. At 28k, I would want to demo in my own room before buying 

tweak1
3,738 posts
 

From plenty of experience breaking in new speakers, 500 hours is not unrealistic, unless a break in disc or other devices are used. Also, not all speakers are a match for all electronics

 

IMO, they look amazing, and well thought out, probably a bargain at MSRP when compared to other ~30K+++ speakers. It would be interesting to see whether White Camaro gets a pair. If you're not familiar with his channel, he rotates quite a few high dollar speakers and electronics in his dedicated room

vinylvalet
930 posts
 

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.

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