PS Audio Aspen speakers


Has anyone tried the Aspen FR 20 or FR 30 speakers? What are your thoughts?

 I am really interested in the sound of the ribbon tweeters and midrange drivers and the sound of the whole speaker of course.

Thanks!

 

curiousjim

The FR-20 is a wonderful final-destination speaker.  I picked them over the FR-30.  The ribbon midrange range and Twitters sound smooth and accurate. The base also is very fast and clean.  These speakers, however, require excellent upstream electronics if you want to get the best out of them.  Also, I do not use subs.

i have owned and still own other speakers. 

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Just to clarify, the sensitivity specs for the Aspen speakers are as follows:

FR30 88 dB

FR20 87 dB

FR10 86.5 dB

FR5   83.5 dB

The sensitivity of the FR5 is a bit on the low side, but it isn’t too hard a load for any amplifier that has a moderate amount of power. The sensitivity trade-off for the FR5 was done to ensure that even this small stand-mount speaker could go reasonably low in the bass.

I have the FR10 speakers, which have been easy to drive using the 200 watt/channel (into 4 ohms) Atma-Sphere Class D monoblocks. I’m still breaking in both the FR10s and the A-S monos, but I can already tell that the high-end is going to be sublime. The bass is also coming along nicely, even without subs.