Montreal Audio Show - anyone hear the FR30’s?

Regarding PS Audio not showing at Axpona, a $10k loss when the show was canceled is certainly a hit, but in the grand scheme of PS Audio's total revenue, especially when it is amortized over the two years without shows, that is not a big loss. These were also two years when their sales likely flourished due to audiophiles being stuck at home during Covid. I suspect their decision not to go to Axpona is based on principle or ego. The $10k will come back to them in the sale of a handful of power conditioners.

That said, it may be a fortuitous decision. I visited their room in Montreal several times, sitting in many positions as well as walking around the room and I think their speaker still needs work. That, or as Optimize suggested above, a lot of room treatment or DSP.

I was in the PS Audio room at the Montreal Audiofest several times over the course of Saturday, stood and sat in different spots in the big room, with varying amounts of people present.  They were tough to pin down on things like imaging and soundstage, and during one particularly crowded visit I honestly thought they had been wired out of phase.  But what bothered me is, in white, the smoothness and gloss of the finish actually made them look like plastic.  Like enormous versions of cheap desktop iSpeakers on either side of your monitor.

@bkeske

I wonder what Paul is doing with his IRS V’s now?

He moved them into another listening room at PS Audio. He will never get rid of them. Mean too much to him.

Thanks.

Nice to have speakers like that along with them being a barometer for his own efforts.

Does Apple's design team do free-lance work on the side?

@twoleftears 

lol. I immediately thought of that when I first saw them. It’s undeniable in white.