PSB speakers? Anyone have any opinions?

Mizendo: These speakers have an excellent all around performance in two channel audio. And as a bonus they to very well in home Theater. Do visit PSB website and check for info. Advantage is that you get very good bass extension depending on room size and placing. Look at the long term Stereophile recommendation for Golds and also check number of inputs in audio review. They are very good and a balanced brand (good all around performance in different price brackets).

I have used PSB speakers for years. Paul Barton comes to speaker design from a"musicians" point of view and it is audible. His use of Canada's National Research Council's facilities has allowed him to develope his designs to a very high level of price vs. performance ratio. There are a lot of good speakers out there but few that offer the performance level for the price. I agree with all the previous comments. Stratus line for music and home theater is hard to better at any price.

I auditioned them with a friend and was not overly impressed with the stratus mini's ($1200). As much as I wanted to like them they did not sound as good as both the B&W N805's($2000) or lower end JM labs monitors ($1000). We were both very impressed with the JM Labs. They were cheaper than the PSB's and sounded better to both of us so he bought them. They are worth a listen. We were listening to them using an Audio Refinement integrated.

Mizendo: I have been using the PSB's for five years now and with great enjoyment. I have the PSB Stratus Gold, 4 x mini stratos, C-5 and two Alpha subs. I recently changed the speaker wires (bi-wired) to A/Q CV-4 and Gibraltar. I also updated the interconnects to A/Q Python and WOW, the PSB's are now sounding absolutely fantastic. My setup is HT, but will sound very good as a stereo "provider" as well. Yes you can spend much more and get a better sound, but the PSB cost --> value ratio is hard to beat. I found a company called Audiospectrum (Carl) in North Carolina being very reasonable to deal for both the PSB's and the cables. Good luck with your purchase.