Ps audio aspen FR 30 Loudspeakers

PS Audio does not make any of the parts in their speaker. All the parts are made in China/or far east for them. The midrange and tweeter are probably the B&G Neo 10 and Neo 3......they certainly look EXACTLY like them. Danny Richie at GR Research had Neo 3s made for him at the same factory that the B&G drivers are made. B&G was sold to Christie digital and Christie decided to not sell the drivers to anyone else....then they decided to sell them (through Parts Express) and now only the Neo 3 is sold through retail. Danny Richie at GR Research made several speakers using the Neo 10 that were, I am sure, much better than the PS Audio speaker.....he used the driver on an open baffle......one, in fact, used 4 Neo 10s with a Neo 3 in between....check this out:

https://www.google.com/search?q=gr+research+super+7&rlz=1C1AFAB_enUS493&oq=gr+&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l3j46i67i175i199i433j69i60l3j69i65.8008j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

The parts in the PS Audio xover look like good generic Chinese parts.....these are good. However, they are not really serious. You want to see a serious xover then look at the bottom of this page.....a crossover I made for a brand new Apogee Duetta. A brand new Duetta can be purchased (with my custom xover) for around $20K......this speaker would simply kill the PS Audio speaker.

Crossover pics at bottom of page along with an older pic of his speakers....I will have more speaker pics soon....showing his new amps, etc.

http://tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Speaker_ideas.html

The PS Audio speaker is a very good speaker......state of the art....hardly.

PS Audio is a legit company. From what I’ve seen, this speaker had a predecessor that was too impractical to ship and properly setup. I have no qualms at all that this new speaker was built to recover all that lost R&D and start and stop production costs that were incurred. Paul promised to do it right this time, and he spent a lot more on R&D this time around. If his engineers can produce a 5 fold markup (that’s how manufacturing is structured in a lot of industries- $1 in parts equals $5 MSRP) by producing a sound that has people on a waiting list with “inferior” parts, they have done what they were paid to do. If they only have 5 grand in a pair of speakers they could have gone to 6 grand on, even better. As they are helping to recoup those R&D costs at a higher clip than what was expected when the engineering started. Personally, I highly appreciate everything about the company, which includes Paul himself. If he has a great success with these speakers, it’s just one more hurdle he conquered in life and business and one more thing I will admire about the man.

I wish PSB all the success because I enjoy his YouTube videos. 
 

I am happy with my Sonus fabrrs and I selected them based on sound. I don’t know the name of the cross over or components and I can understand that might be important to some. 
 

Enjoy the journey 

@audioman58

In general I accept the premise that better quality parts will lead to improved sound quality. However the overall speaker design and manufacturing aspects  have to be considered.

Speaker#1 has an "A" list of renown parts. Speaker #2 uses parts from unknown/unfamiliar less expensive brands.

Speaker #1 sounds just okay and speaker#2 is captivating. I’m spending my money to purchase the latter. Sound quality will always trump an impressive parts list as far as I’m concerned. This is audio so you actually have to do some listening.

Charles

Everything makes a difference. Yes, a speaker that is less well done can sound better than a particular speaker....more well done. However, the speaker less well done can sound way, way, way, way better if it is well done. This is truth. Is the PS Audio speaker well done?......it is well done.....but not very well done....not even close to what is possible. My own speaker that I used for a while used the Neo 10 and Neo 3 on an open baffle.....no binding posts...all hardwired xover with way better parts and way less parts.....no resistors what so ever.....this would sound way better than the PS Audio top end. Check it out. If the Neo 10 were still available the top end of my speaker would cost less than $1K with all the parts and wire and wood and felt and everything (for the pair). Of course, you could finish it any way you like including super finishes and paint. It does not have to look like my Frankenstein....he he

http://tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/planar_midhighs.html

BTW......the B&G Neo 10 and 3 are both 92db sensitive......so no resistors are needed to match them so I do not know why the PS Audio speaker is only 87db sensitive.....maybe they are padding both the mids and highs to the woofers (really bad idea to put resistors in series with the signal when you do not need it).  There is nothing innovative about the PS Audio speaker.....just drivers in a box....looks nice and I am sure sounds nice.  But you can make a better speaker for a few thousand dollars.