Anyone listened to PSB Synchrony Ones?

Mlauner

Less money for the T6s, huh? The 6's must have sounded better too then, right?

did you also hear the T8's?

Would you please address the diffs from the Syncs to the Platinum series, especially the 6's to the 8's ??

I can preview the Sync one, but they do not stock the Platinum series at all. Just about the whole line up but them!

I've a medium sized room 14x21x8.3 and they'd sit on the short wall... 75% music, 25% HT. 150wpc @ 8 amps.

many thanks.

Mlauner

Less money for the T6s, huh? The 6's must have sounded better too then, right?

did you also hear the T8's?

Would you please address the diffs from the Syncs to the Platinum series, especially the 6's to the 8's ??

I can preview the Sync one, but they do not stock the Platinum series at all. Just about the whole line up but them!

I've a medium sized room 14x21x8.3 and they'd sit on the short wall... 75% music, 25% HT. 150wpc @ 8 amps.

many thanks.

the thoughts above relate well to the Soundstage review from Aug 08 on the PSB SO which is also cmopared to the S series Paradigms. The notes here about the top end diffs are as well said in that review... the new Tweeter in the S series Paradigms being the better of the two speaker lines... and the sole shortcoming of the Syncrony Ones... and again, by comparison to one another. The PSB in that account was said to be better in other areas though than the Paradigm S series.

Similarly omparisons have to be made if the compared items are similarly priced, otherwise it either shadows or spotlights one of the two units under inspection.

True too, as said above, there are some areas of the sonic reproduction one may not wish to compromise or forgoe in selecting a new set of speakers. For myself, I wish to gain more prominence in a good way throughout the mid band, and I'd not want to sacrifice the top end quality I experience now, nor the bass response that is presently on duty in my current affair.

No doubt from all I've read to date on the PSB lineup, and what I've heard from others, the PSB speakers are both great performers and fine values. I do not feel they are in my own future however as my perception of them says they are a step back for me.

The measurements in that account also point to the possibility that a bit more power than I presently have may well be needed to drive them properly... as the tested impedance drops well under the 4 ohm low indicated by the manufacturer.

I've seriously thunk on it a bunch.

Looking at the numbers in the testing sections of two articles on the Syncrony Ones which appear best sutied to my own needs, I've felt two issues that concern my particular circumstances.... the impedance curve and the sensitivity. Add in the tweeter notes and bass response and it's too great a step back for me to take.... I think.

I've always felt this way about things in general... "If you like what you are getting, keep doing what you are doing.... If you don't, change what you can." A change of perspectve is the cheapest thing to change, but sometimes it is also the tuffest. For a time, I've decided to change that which actually bugs me that I CAN change economically. right now... a step up in performance I am finding, is going to be pretty costly.

I suspect the Sync Ones are going to be better than the 804s... ? But that's just me.

There's scads of 'different' out there. Esthetically, sonically, designs, and expensively or value oriented. Great value speakers usually get some pall cast upon them as being not quite great. That's untrue.

Some of the most engaging systems I've yet heard had moderately priced speakers doing the job. In fact I bought just such speakers as I heard on that system... only to find out later it wasn't the speakers that made the sound the way it was... it was the components in front of the speakers.... not JUST the speakers themselves.

I bought those speakers because they were capable of producing great sound. Their trouble was the components needed to get them onto that level however was quite the expensive task. I did manage to do it as well ultimately.

Consequently now, I look for speakers which can excel on several levels and have lesser needs for uberexpensive gear to run them into sonic bliss. That’s one tuff nut to crack I’ve found out personally.

I've since also found that one can go a couple different ways with the sonic depiction... a thoroughly musical and without regard to resolution and detailed presentation, or the route of accuracy and imaging being the mainstays with musicality coming in second place more often than not, or try achieveing them both simultaneously. Some of which may or may not produce sufficient volume and/or impact.

Exceptionally rendered music information AND great imaging as the result of resolution and detail is the more monied path. Naturally the setup is quite key. Finding those squeakers which can satisfy, ‘cause ain’t that what it’s all about anyways, which do not have the top flight gear pushing them are the more attractive speakers to me these days. For what good is it to have great speakers that absolutely demand outstanding front ends to be at their very best if procuring that front end is beyond my own means??

The PSB dealership an hours drive or so away from me uses Marantz 200wpc stereo SS gear to present them with with cabling I’ve not ever heard of with an arcam CDP, and I think, no PLC. I can or could bring whatever of my own to run them with, I was told. I’m thinking the Marantz gear should do well enough for a look see.

Lastly, and just for my own concerns, I feel the Sync Ones aren’t going to be for me due only to their power needs. I’m headed for less powered tube gear down the road and their impedance curves indicate the need for more power than I might wind up having on hand then. I do feel they’re a very solid choice however for the majority of audio nuts who live in the SS powered or many watts tube camp. If I had a quality SS or tube amp kicking out 200wpc or close to it, I’d have no problems buying them in the blind IF their price was right, and I wasn’t able to preview them easily enough and of course, wanted new squeakers. When every mag, online or not says about the same things of a certain product in general, it’s usually a safe bet that product is going to be pretty good… or so my own exp has proven.

Good luck next year… or sooner.