Psb Platinum speakers

The Mcintosh speakers retail for 7k, but check the demo and used market and you can get a discount. All of the speakers that I've found to be better than the PSB cost at least twice as much. PSB Golds are extremely competative. Anyone looking to upgrade past the PSB Golds should be ready to pay a lot more.

Although no retail price listed at PSB site I believe the Platinums are much more expensive vs Status series (T8 retail $6500?, T6 retail $4700?) and at that higher price point will face very tough competition from some heavy hitter speakers.

There are incredible deals currently from many dealers on new Stratus Gold-I $1500-1700 range with blems even cheaper, very high value/performance ratio and I agree that you need some power to bring out their best 150-200+
watt range.

I am echoing Bulldog that you have to pay much more to noticeably set up from Gold-I, great value for audiophiles.

I really can't agree with the saying you have to pay double to get better.I listened to some Meadowlark Swifts on the same set up.It was a day and night difference.I could easily pickout the position of the musicians and singers in the soundstage.I couldn't do this on the Psb goldis.And neither could the other person auditioning them.The tweeters called attention to themselves where the Meadowlarks were more seemless.The Meadowlarks had a 3 dimensional soundstage with depth.The Psb's had a 1 dimensional soundstage.When I sat down to listen to the Meadowlarks it sounded like one big speaker.When I did the same thing on the PSBs it sounded like two big speakers.I'am not trying to bash anyones speakers but this is honestly what I heard.I guess we all have our demands on our equipment.One of mine is a system must be able to disappear while only leaving the music.If it can't do this on certain recordings, no matter how much it cost it isn't for me!I don't own Meadowlarks or PSBs so I'am not biased towards either.But the Meadowlarks were clearly better engineered to what most audiophiles will probably prefer.

Gmood1 ,I would say that either the speakers you heard were not broken in fully or the VTL was not up to driving them.. They are a bit of a load that does respond best to a an amp with good current drive. You also say you are not biased, yet you have posted 3 responses on this thread that would seem to indicate feelings to the contrary.... just my 2cents Pull a cork....Winoguy

Hi Gmood1,

Read with great interest your evaluation of the PSB Goldi's vs the Meadowlark Swifts. I'm not sure what you were using for electronics but whatever it was must have been seriously defective. I'll refrain from commenting on the Meadowlarks, to each his own, but with decent amplification and a good source there should be no comparison between these speakers. The PSB's are less then forgiving of amplification that cannot drive them to perfection, but a good high current design from Classe or McCormack will make these babies sing in a way the Meadowlark's never could.

When you mentioned that the tweeter of the PSB called attention to itself I immediately knew you were underdriving these amazing big fella's. I just recently made the Goldi's a permanent fixture in my home, and only after a very long and exhaustive search to replace my passion for electrostatics. Please note that I also considered some very expensive B&W's during this process, I can fortunately state that I could afford the bigger B&W's, but they were not musical in my evaluation of a loudspeaker.

Grab a Classe CA-201 or a McCormack DNA-225 and try out those Goldi's again, there's no doubt in my mind that you will reconsider your opinion.