Did anybody else notice this about PSB Speakers?


I couldn't help noticing that 6 PSB speakers were selected in TAS's Editor's Choice issue this Fall and 4 were also selected as Stereophile Recommended Components. It's not like these two magazines like to agree about things very often. I am pretty sure no other vendor had 6 Editor's Choices in that issue for any sort of component.

One speaker selected only by Stereophile was the $5K PSB Synchrony One as Class A, Limited Extreme LF, right in there with a dozen or more very highly regarded $16K loudspeakers.

Also note that neither magazine has even reviewed PSB's new Platinum line, which is a cut above their Synchrony series and not really that much more expensive.

If I wanted a linear room-filling monster for a large area without breaking the bank, I'd have to look at a Synchrony One and a Platinum T8 tower. But let's not forget that their $279/pr Alpha B1 has owned the entry-level category for decades as well.

Thoughts? Feelings? Opinions?

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation w/PSB, nor do I own any, but I'm very impressed with them.
johnnyb53

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11-16-09: Tvad
At this point in time in the world of high end audio, all recommendations and reviews have to be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism, IMO.
I considered that, and posted with the assumption we'd all be aware of that. But PSB has never been the audio press's golden boy in loudspeakers. That title gets passed around among Thiel, Vandersteen, Magnepan, Wilson, Magico, Usher, Sonus Faber, Martin Logan, etc. PSB is too mainstream, too conventional, too affordable.

Remember Siskel & Ebert? They seldom agreed, so when they did, chances are most people would like the film. I get the same feeling here. Anything that both Stereophile and TAS agree on so thoroughly and consistently (plus Soundstage and a host of other online pubs) *must* have something good going on. My personal experience bears that out. PSBs sound so good at their various price points you feel like they slipped you a ringer in the showroom.

And let's not forget, Stereophile is risking stirring up some high end speaker builders when they place a $5K mass-produced PSB right in there with about a dozen handbuilt $16K Class A Limited Extended LF picks.

So where it matters, picking the best at various price points, PSB rises to the top, from entry level up to the big dogs, and at rival publications.