Aspen speakers in house drivers

[@BeyondResolution]

There is no doubt that Chris is a mastermind in speakers and drivers.. i have heard him talk on Darren and Duncans podcast and he has a genuine love for hifi, drivers, speakers and music..

[@tomday7309]

That is one serious subwoofer speaker. Looking at that cone surround and magnet, I assume it can traverse to Denver and back in milliseconds. When I was a young lad building my own speakers in the early 1970's from purchased drivers and using my college shop to make cabinets, I would have loved to have had the driver tech of today and the knowledge I have gained about crossover design back then.

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

You haven't seen many car subs, have you?

[@tomday7309]

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt I have but after they were installed!

[@wesw9586]

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt Right! Some of that earlier stuff Paul was showing us sure looked like Adire Audio goodies from ~30 years ago. This one today looks like every Sundown, EMF, Fi, etc. car sub. Nothing too special and really not what one wants in hifi.

[@janinapalmer8368]

I would love to have heard a mighty crash right at the end when Paul went off camera as he dropped that sub driver 😂...

[@ianbett3853]

HAHAHAHAHAHA We LOVE you Paul!

[@kamunsan5483]

Designing a cone driver is a combination of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and human perception. It is a science and an art. A conducting coil of a driver counteracts against the driving electric current, it stores the energy, it shifts the current phase that creates distortion. It has a mass to move with that a designer has to tackle it's inertia and momentum during the coil movement, that will create distortion and delay either. A designer has to deal with the uniformity of its energy dispersion and of course heat dissipation and efficiency. Chris has been doing great work.

[@steenstube]

It should be noted, that the two mentioned scandinavian manufacturers of drivers do make modifications to their official program of drivers. Those modifications are made in co-operation with the customers enginers, and can be just small variations to the standard program, or nearly completely different drivers. Special custom made drivers are delivered exclusively to the speakersystem manufacturer.

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

Absolutely. Paul's comment was a thinly veiled lie about Wilson Audio.

[@EagleCrestVineyards]

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt that's a little harsh, eh?

[@marvintrott7450]

I see FR5 has been tested with some hi gear now I'm blown away

[@Trebor2024]

I live in the UK and started out buying only UK made Hifi, that is components entirely manufactured and assembled in the UK. This is very difficult to do nowadays as many UK brands are assembled in China. My newest speakers are a pair of stand mount Serhan Swift MU2 mkll speakers made in Australia. These have Scanspeak drivers made in Denmark. Boy, they sound wonderful and better than the UK made B&W 804 diamond floorstanders I had! 😀

[@Gary_Hun]

Assembled in, OR even owned by China... Wharfedale, bruh.

[@PSA78]

I believe B&W are (or at least have been) using some sourced stuff from mfg like Dr Kurt Muller, can't recall the details now. 🤔 I guess it's a matter of where the line is drawn, no one can make every last detail in-house, and at that point they will look for what suits the project. 😄 Scanspeak is nice, I'm using a combination of drivers from them and SB Acoustics (Sinar Baja Electric) right now. 🔊🎶

[@stephenchen1420]

I'm in Sydney Australia, I know Swift & Serhan personally.

[@Trebor2024]

@@stephenchen1420 Wow! Tell them that I am enjoying their speakers! I was introduced to them by my Hifi dealer, Martin’s Hifi in Norwich, UK. I have been buying from them for nearly 30 years! Best regards to you and messrs Serhan and Swift! We had a holiday in Sydney back in 2019, loved it!

[@EagleCrestVineyards]

FR5's arrived yesterday and are undergoing continuous breakin for approx. 100 hours, then first critical listening session planned for Thanksgiving day- giving Thanks for Paul & Chris and PS Audio Family for creating a beautiful speaker for a bargain price! In-house drivers! Crazy at any price but on $3500 speakers!? Pinch me someone.

[@wesw9586]

Congrats! I'm curious what the break-in procedure is supposed to be?

[@scottborenstein8291]

What a great 5 minute advertisement for PS Audio speakers.

[@dtr2058]

Am I the only one who noticed what appears to be a interesting looking subwoofer cabinet in the background? Very curious on that

[@FOH3663]

I'm guessing it's simply for quick release driver testing. However, it's shape would be a textbook shape to elict maximal boundary support in a corner. Or, just mitigating internal resonances by limiting parallel elements ... or both!

[@Rowuk2024]

Infinite baffle for midrange and tweeter testing. Check out the blanks behind the box with cutouts that are the shape of the planar drivers!

[@joeythedime1838]

This should have been titled "Watch Paul get a hernia on KZbin."

[@stendari07]

A tour there would be nice.

[@ridetonight33]

Why don't you produce a video with Chris talking about the design of the chassis?

[@Oystein87]

Seas from norway makes great drivers and speakers. They also make custom for others.

[@ericyum6729]

Will the PS audio subwoofer be sealed or ported? BY the way, love your vid!

[@rushnetwork782]

Based on Chris designed philosophy , I believed the subwoofer will be with passive radiator.

[@ericyum6729]

@ both potted and sealed subwoofer can have passive radiator. For stereo music sealed is preferred. Wonder if the PS Audio sub can rival REL

[@alex_stanley]

I wonder if there's a parasitic cordyceps fungus that could take control of Chris's brain and make him ditch the planars for air motion transformers.

[@manitoublack]

1: we would love to see the graphs. 😊. Please show us. 2: Are the drivers actually made on site in Colorado? (Which would be awesome.) Or designed there and then made by an OEM to your specifications? (Likely the sensible business decision)

[@Evil_Peter]

The answer to the second question is the latter. They would have to expand their facility a ton to have room for driver manufacturing. It's the same with the cabinet, which is understandable if one looks at video tours of places like Focal (which makes nearly everything in house in two pretty large factories), which are available on KZbin.

[@Pksparty2112]

Many companies use a third party manufacturer but that manufacturer builds the driver to the customers specs. That’s a common practice in most manufacturers in most industries.

[@Nefty_]

I don’t even understand how but I heard I think it was the FR10’s with full PS Audio line at the Dutch audio event and I was disappointed with the presentation :/ The speakers felt overwhelmed even if the room was reasonably small. It sounded a bit boomy and restricted. I would like to listen to it again to hear if I confirm what I heard or not :/

[@alex_stanley]

For all their low mass diaphanousness, those little planar drivers suffer from the same lack of surface area as their domed brethren.

[@77MovieFan]

I think I was the first buyer of FR30 in germany and was happy with the FR30 until I did listen to other brands in that price area. I noticed that something is really wrong with my speakers. The local distributor will come to my place next 1-2 weeks and do some mic measurements of all freq. Something is wrong with my FR30. They are a bit to harsh in the highs and only can go really deep in bass, but the in-between from low mids to bass is almost not there, only a mild breeze compared to other big speakers which totally shocked me. Some did say your speakers can´t do bass, but I showed them some electronic music when deep bass is fast triggert and that hit very well, needs high volume but still, that worked. Acoustic Guitars or bass guitars totally miss the bass part, the woofers aren´t doing much which is totally strange, same goes for big orchestras, really under-performing there. This can´t be right because you praise Chris knowledge so often. I hope this problem can be solved, these speakers are way to beautiful to replace them with something else, and I would lose a lot of money too.

[@Bassman420dB]

wie lang hast du die mir lauter mukke eingespielt ?

[@77MovieFan]

@Bassman420dB ca. 2 Jahre

[@tothemax324]

NASA outsource so why not our humble speakers. You're still a hotshot in the industry Paul.

[@ForTN0X]

Is it a good idea to buy aspen SR5s and the sub later and pair it with a marantz Sr6015 in my home cinema (until I can upgrade the marantz later on ofc)

[@ForTN0X]

I do listen to music more often than I watch movies there

[@spentron1]

Liked for the effort. ;)

[@EagleCrestVineyards]

"Made in China" can provide high quality production with close tolerance to design specs, AND afford the producer (PS Audo) and the consumer to benefit from a solid value proposition- BUT perhaps not for long if tariffs are levied on imported goods...Bottom Line: Get 'yer FR5's at $3500 today, for a year from now that price may be $7,000 for the same pair!

[@bristolwoodburners81]

Paul. I regularly enjoy your freshly uploaded content when i get up at 6/7am in the uk. You must be posting super late/early in the morning where you are ...im left thinking ...do you ever clock off ?

[@Fastvoice]

You don't have to be awake to upload something on YT. You can pre-schedule your uploads.

[@gotham61]

He makes 20 videos at a time every few weeks on a Saturday. They are scheduled to upload automatically each day at a certain time.

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

Curious which $650K speaker system uses "off the shelf" drivers; some accuse vendors of doing that when those vendors have a company like ScanSpeak make drivers to THEIR specifications.

[@azar3006]

Wilson did but now claim they have them made to “ their “ specification.

[@PSA78]

I'm not sure of the price, so it might some other speakers he's talking about, but I believe Sonus Faber have used off the shelf driver from Scanspeak and Audio Technology. You're absolutely right though that when they order large quantities then they'll often get at least a few things changed to match up as good as possible. Audio Technology even offer a whole range of options/combinations for regular customers (in a way others do to but they give each combination a new name instead). I guess there's a difference as well in how much they rely on engineers from a company like Scanspeak, some might draw from their experience and knowledge to do everything, or assist, or design to desired spec.

[@DrNoahBoddy004]

Morel manufactures their own drivers, and they build fabulous loudspeakers just like Dynaudio as well. This market is extremely competitive.🌹✨

[@fullranger3435]

Aries Cerat is one. Perhaps Acora, too.

[@edd2771]

There are two key components- design and manufacture. These are obviously well designed by Chris in Boulder, but they are made in China. There’s a reason for the reasonable price point on this series. But with the change in political winds, China may not be a bargain for long…

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

Come on, Paul, you're being disingenuous about that speaker manufacturer using off the shelf drivers in their $650,000 speakers. You know very well they are spec'd to the manufacturers requirements to say the least.

[@D1N02]

If Paul hasn't met you, you're not a great designer.😂

[@user-od9iz9cv1w]

I don't buy that. I hear him being very complementary of most of the industry legends. But he is justifiably proud of some of the key designers he has on staff. Chris, Darren (even though he has moved on) and the guy that does the DACs all get Paul's enthusiastic praise.

[@gotham61]

What Paul is avoiding mentioning, is that while they may be custom made to PS Audio's requirements, the drivers, and indeed the entire speaker, are not made in Colorado, or even in the USA.

[@cunawarit]

Where are they made? If it is to their specs and quality control standards it doesn't matter, but I'm curious.

[@gotham61]

@@cunawaritmade in China

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

That doesn't make a difference.

[@volpedo2000]

You are right! I rewound the video and he never they make the drivers in house!

[@cunawarit]

@@gotham61 cool, thanks.

[@stevenholquin2127]

Why Do You Look 👀 So Angry….😡 …..i Always Look 👀 Angry 😡 When Am Not Paying Attention….! Good Night 💤 Paul 😮

[@jdlech]

So when you blow a speaker and need a replacement driver. You have to go to this one company, and they say they are no longer available. "Why", you ask. And they say, "well, they never really sold many, so they just quit making them". Great, now what are you supposed to do? You spent $3500 on a set of speakers that are no longer serviceable, which makes them totally worthless unless someone out there can tear the driver apart, re-wind the voice coil to exactly the original, then put it all back together to exactly the original mfg specs.. Or you just toss out $3500 because they now have a whole new $4200 set of speakers they want you to buy. Edit: I think every speaker over $1000 each should come with every spec for each driver imaginable. So 35 years from now, when you need a replacement driver, you at least have something to go on.

[@sparkcone]

Paul are you still there ... ???

[@Paulmcgowanpsaudio]

I am here.

[@sparkcone]

@@Paulmcgowanpsaudio hehehe Great!!!

[@hamidrezahabibi8111]

That’s why I admire PS AUDIO 😂❤👍🌎🎶💎🫡🤩