Paul McGowan Shows off their KICK ASS speakers

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[@nickaleo7]

Paul from PS Audio is such a knowledgeable guy when it comes to everything audiophile related. I am so excited to hopefully listen to these speakers one day. Wow, incredible work! Cheers to you all and Happy holidays friends and sound family! :)

[@johannestitz5797]

„You got some ass kicking bass on that sucker“ That guy must be a national treasure over there xd

[@blech71]

Paul is the kind of guy everyone wants as that cool dad after you have grown up.

[@capezyo]

Beautifull speakers...

[@hocheye]

Paul has always been a low end sub guy, nice looking speaker! Not sure what some of you are listening to but 12 inch per side more than enough for me.Interesting controls to adjust the crossover I like they are not the size of a car! Would love to hear them and the stellar series.Wicked kick ass!

[@alexanderbelov6892]

EQ is just too simple. Here knobs of the crossover params that you can turn for additional magic.

[@kikkauazza]

Wow ... those speaker are modern art! I bet the soundstage is wonderful

[@johnrobins795]

Oh this was a fun interview; well done and two of my favorite audiophile celebrities🎶

[@alb.1911]

Great video, we can finally see this speakers! Thanks!

[@TheCarusoGroup]

Congratulations on the release. I know it’s been a long road. I cannot afford these, and might never be able to afford them, but I’ll certainly give them a listen when I’m up your way again. I do own two Stellar Mono-block 700 amps, and my music has never sounded better. I thank you for the dedication to the craft, the science and the art that all go into your products. If only we could zap away the negative commentators who have never and will never listen to the products before they spout off about how poorly they perform compared to others. Hey social media companies, a basic real world knowledge of the product one is commenting upon would be nice. :)

[@capezyo]

Enjoying the Classical music...

[@linnemeyerhere]

Love the technology in this speaker with manual room correction along with specific designed amp's and speakers. Maybe in the future they will be wireless as well?

[@chielwouterscw]

I don't think so (right now). By making them wireless you would probably lose quite a lot of detail. The audio data has to be compressed in order to make it work properly and as PS audio is a company for the "true" audiophiles, I don't see wireless speakers like this one from them in the near future.

[@ryaneickmeyer6191]

Thank you for this, I love PS audio

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Impressive

[@ralphfurley123]

Wow, I wasn’t expecting powered speakers! It looks amazing!!! Kudos to PS Audio!!! ☮️🖖🏽

[@blanchbacker]

Love the midrange ribbon on the rear. That is one awesome speaker

[@joppepeelen]

It's a tweeter, on the rear also not a ribbon, a planar magnetic

[@KamiKaXi]

amazing, one of my kidneys isn't enough

[@capezyo]

Very clever....

[@steveharrison9139]

Good job guys. Nice seeing Canadian folks with a good tube channel.

[@cbcdesign001]

Well out of my price range but they look lovely. Nice to see all the drivers in black too.

[@jlindborg1105]

Nice speakers! Actually the first (as far as I know) speakers that had placement adjustment potentiometer for the active ACE Bass was the Audio Pro A4-14.

[@joppepeelen]

Or most pro audio monitors

[@SuperstarPecanbar]

Love the attention to low end.

[@IronCan88]

Looks nice...hope it can best wilson audio Yvette. Yvette is my dream speaker...but this one looks very promising and at a lower price point too.

[@alvidrez7956]

Gorgeous speakers

[@hi-fihaven2257]

Those are gorgeous speakers! Love the design, great driver array. Great video, thanks for the post!

[@adampoll4977]

Yep, out of my price range - but for a pair of high end active speakers not the most outrageous of prices I've seen.

[@niklasjuchem]

they are not active . . . the amps are just for the sub and mid sub

[@ronaldrice2936]

And No need for a sub woofer with a 750 watts 12in sub in each Speaker 💯👍

[@marianneoelund2940]

I would much prefer to see the electronics packaged in a separate unit. There are all sorts of vibration failures that can occur when the amplifier shares a cabinet with the driver. How do I know? About eight repairs to a couple of powered subwoofers that I maintain at the local skating rink. In the end, I gave up and hung the amps up separately from the driver cabinet. No more mechanical-fatigue failures.

[@apj.-.-.-.-.-.-.-119]

i don’t think that the subs in a skate rink are in the same dimension as the hardware in these

[@pliedtka]

Awesome idea. As for the pressure inside the subs, sure the Pro equipment is under more stress.

[@J0hnny8ravo]

Good Lord! Paul, you’re my hero... I wish I could buy a pair some day.

[@bphilbac]

That was impressive! Great post!

[@Joshualbm]

Very nice looking and totally acceptable footprint for most living situations. I imagine that with the spirit of Arnie's standards as a benchmark plus the work of that smartass kid, these must sound amazing. The way the cabinets separate, is this system flexible enough to set up in a sub/sat arrangement?

[@Enemji]

1:29 Finally. Gold Bars!

[@IronCan88]

Man, (off topic) Paul has huge hand. I thought the sub looked like 8", but amazed it's 12" based on the hand to driver diameter ratio.

[@stpd1957]

Oh wow! I would dearly love to listen to Scheherazade on those babies

[@mudfan061]

First speaker I’ve where both the subwoofer and mid-bass drivers are powered.

[@roberthart9886]

why haven't we seen/heard more on these in the media?

[@dilbyjones]

Brilliant speakers I figured these guys wouldn’t disappoint !

[@OCDHIFiGuy]

a..hhhmmmm ... achoo,,, hmmmmm.. ahem hmmmm

[@dilbyjones]

They were at RMAF but I couldn’t go

[@draztiqmeshaz6226]

Beautiful!

[@bltodd578]

I love P.S. Audio stuff!! I have the sprout and I love it!

PS A has opened a can of whoop ass with these speakers

[@ca77721]

Very nice looking speakers. Wow, Crossover controls. I would like to hear them.

[@highcurrent1125]

No mention of these on website??

[@Ozric]

Looks great. Kef were doing very similar with the technology available at the time some 30 years ago with the 105.3 and kube 200. Midrange and tweeter strapped to the front of a 4ft sub. The kube extending the bass to 20khz and playing with room parameters. A most excellent involved listing experience. I'd love to hear these to compare. Kef assure me that 20.000 is what I'd need to spend to get anywhere near the 105's. So now myself and good friend are in the midst of setting up our own speaker making business.. mostly completely hand made by ourselves. Exciting times. There may be trouble ahead but while there's music...

[@TheFishFTW]

Cant not love that guy! :D

[@kerrylegeard4488]

I have always been confused trying to understand how a coaxial tweeter that covers 4" high x the full width of the 10" midrange ribbon behind it doesn't interfere with the radiation of the midrange driver itself.

[@joppepeelen]

it will :) especially because its a planar. the tweeter has interference , mostly from the reflection behind it. the midrange might already be down before it becomes a problem for him as well. Edit I do see its the closed neo3 so reflection might be less of a big deal.

[@ronaldrice2936]

They already figured all that out

[@justingriffin2546]

Unless they fall off the back of a truck, I know what I'm not getting for Christmas 😭

[@edgarortiz4681]

Not an inexpensive speaker but there is plenty of high tech there to justify the price . You can spend a lot more and get far less . Definitely worth a listen if you are in the market . Let's see what Atkinson reports when he puts it to the test .

[@tutnallman]

The Woofer suspension looks like the type wharfedale used in the 1950s and 1960s and the rigid fill reminds me of the Kef B139. I tried a rigid fill with an 18 inch driver in 1975 but my materials were too heavy. What is the SPL these can produce? The speakers look like an audiophile's wet dream

[@lawrencev.athill7502]

Exquisite young man.

[@dougbaker9473]

How about some 15 inch 3ways for some of us old school people .

[@salvadorrodenas3071]

Amazing speaker, marvellous cosmetics but, it is active but the tweeter! So what happens with your BHK power amps?

[@Koru-Health]

The sub looks like a GR Research sub basket. I wonder if they are servo subs like Paul originally wanted.

[@housbinpharteen7445]

out of my price range but very nice .. mind you everything is outta my price range now that I am married ..lol

[@gordrand]

Same problem here

[@scottstrang1583]

May not be that way forever.

[@Reyfox1]

...or retired!

[@stephen9463]

I married a speaker

[@housbinpharteen7445]

@Kris Moodley already have two . LoL...

[@jrjacobsil]

Paul Paul Paul now please build a companion integrated WiFi streamer/DAC/amp with room correction for this!!! Don’t forget a modern take on a loudness control for those times when the neighbors are home.

[@cp070476]

A tower speaker with a sub strapped to it! simple but effective! you need the sub power for music. When i turn off my subs the sound vanishes and my fronts have 12in drivers.

[@DenBogatyrev]

great work!

[@norvillerodgersspeaks]

1" excursion? Holy shit!

[@stevefick3919]

I didn't see PS Audio on the list for the TO Audio Fest. Will they be there?

[@inforobob]

I understood the mids and woofer are powered and you connect an amp to the mid/tweeter section. Anybody else understand him that way?

[@duroxkilo]

i like that look a lot. being modular is also superb thinking. being active is always a great thing if you trust the company... there is no reason why a package like that wouldn't perform outstanding considering the price/quality. about integrated dsp controls for position optimization, with no listening device/mic used to read the listening room, i don't really care for that... the way i understand it, a speaker 3 ft from my wall is experiencing different nodes and anti-nodes than a speaker placed 3 ft from your wall. golden plated contact plates, nah... the front baffle is going to be a little more refined on the finished product i suspect, but im really excited about that coaxial-ribbon approach!

[@tingokuman]

Paul actually talks real technology not smoke and mirror magic parlor tricks like most of these alleged engineers/hacks.

[@RealHIFIHelp]

More manufactors should produce speakers so their product line will sound a lot better.

[@cybergod77]

hope that I will have the coin to purchase these beauties someday soon...

[@Reyfox1]

These speakers are out of my price range. Even when I was working making a decent living, they are out of my price range. But I don't "hate" on Paul for coming out with them like a lot of people here. Are they expensive? for me, yes. For others, no. I see everyone here has had the opportunity to listen to them and compare them with other speakers out there. I can answer that.... not. These are proto types. Yet, everyone has an opinion based on.... nothing. "Oh, 12" sub it not big, those magnets are not 50lbs, I got a $1500 pair that sounds great, Legacy makes better speakers for less...." and no one has heard them. They might be trash, but I'll reserve that judgement when I actually hear them and not assume what they sound like by reading some spec sheet, or listening to the sound via KZbin.....

[@TheCarusoGroup]

Anthony Pierre I agree with you. Some people should really be prohibited from commenting. A little time spent with the product or service should be required.

[@thunderpooch]

It's typically best to do what everyone else is doing unless you have very good reasons not to. I'm not sure the reasons for this particular design have been properly fleshed out or explained. Physics don't change. There's reasons why I've never seen such a design as this. Could it work and be great, absolutely, but I'm skeptical and need to see how they test. The polar response and water fall response will tell a lot. As will the phase alignment results. I'm rooting for Paul and PS Audio, but I have my concerns.

[@johnnykaldani633]

@ Sam Caruso: Who the fook is this guy?

[@tomleahy5383]

Reminds me of the kick**s woof that NHT had in their flagship model

[@flormanjr]

Paul, you did not mention if they are servo controlled woofers. Are they? If not why not?

[@pedrocols]

This speakers seems is going to be challenging to set up.

[@Enemji]

So I don’t need the PS Audio Poweramp?

[@stevenoconnor5693]

Best wishes

[@stanmyers5994]

Paul Gowan wrote the book on audiophile snobbery

[@jatza07]

Just jumped here to see what have changed for last 10-15 years and boom...nice. But won't it be true if I will say such top-tech hi-end speakers are behind most of audio enthusiasts possibilities ?

[@TimPageC]

Where do I sign up for the Beta test?!

[@tristanyseult]

love the speakers and love the street slang at 4:40 Paul's the man!

[@dyllgold]

What's the music playing on the background?

[@carlsitler9071]

Are they $200 like my Klipsch R-PMs? Okay, I have a separate $150 JBL10 active sub. WHAT? $15,000!!! I'm sure they will be flying off the shelf.

[@juliaset751]

Given the technology and quality involved, a fair price. I own several PS Audio pieces, and I always thought I got a pretty good deal. I can’t say that for some of my other more foolish audio purchases.

[@diggilydog]

You should go to audio science review and see how terrible their DACS measure.

[@takusimracerchevetteiro8424]

Wow, amazing

[@teslatalk42069]

The final product in 2022 certainly turned out much different than this prototype

[@editorjuno]

Yup -- this one was a modified old Arnie Nudell design, the one that made it into production (in China, BTW) was designed from the ground up by Chris Brunhaver, who's a legitimately knowledgable young loudspeaker specialist.

[@bootsarmstrong8421]

My speakers just like them...hehehe 😸

[@googoo-gjoob]

1:00 ... earlier we were told the 12" subwoofer traveled 2" in EACH direction. i think Paul may have misspoken here.

[@salvadorrodenas3071]

2 inches in and two inches out is almost impossible

[@Coolwoo]

2” in total, one in each direction, that’s what I heard. Moves two inches, one inch out and one inch in.

[@moonlight-kh6uz]

why aluminum and not carbon?

[@jtee9548]

Well, the tweeter bridge is too big, it blocks too much of the midrange panel, like a third of it. This slightly offsets the advantage of coaxial mounting as does the position of the tweeter (a couple of inches in front of the midrange and mid-bass drivers). This will make time alignment issues that can be addressed with magic DSP voodoo in the internal electronic x-over. There isn't much that can be done about vertical off axis response as every single ribbon or electrostatic speaker I've seen has great horizontal and pool vertical dispersion, thus the tall panels of Magnapan, Martin Logan, Accustat etc... With the single tweeter and tall midrange ribbon I guess it could be ok if you're far enough back, I suppose these speakers are suitable for large rooms, so that would be a moot point, everyone's probably going to be 10 or 15 feet (or more) back from them. They seem to look pretty wild

[@frankmarchese283]

Nht did this configuration long time ago , they just had the electronic separate from the cabinet. They where called nht t6

[@gpower]

Paul did say one of few...

[@jamesdarryl9458]

The Woofer is a Diaphragm air pump!

[@jdmsz9378]

15k? These speakers better pay my bills then

[@mike4769]

Gold jumpers cost more than my current system

[@anthonymartino9917]

Nice speakers but you want to much. Just got my new Focus SE and will stay with them. I do however like how they are modular in design. I like that for many reasons. And they also look very nice! But the proof is in the sound because really to me all else means zero.

[@geoffreywelsby7434]

Does anybody know if p. S. Audio do bookshelf speakers..

[@666PANDEMONIUM]

They are currently designing a pair of bookshelves called the "Sprout Speakers."

[@geoffreywelsby7434]

@@666PANDEMONIUM Thank you so much. I will be looking out for them.. Stay safe Paul..

[@petersouthernboy6327]

A 12 inch cone with an X-Max of 2 inches (which is extraordinary) will put out as much Bass energy as some 18 inch LF drivers.

[@CTKTMRIDER]

Servo controlled subs?

[@robkoppens9966]

Designed to stay away from the wall?

[@scottstrang1583]

What was that music playing?

[@robertwoods1380]

WOW look at the comments. Praise to Paul without hearing the product. New technology !? Sure it is better than all the rest only in your mind.

[@robertwoods1380]

And Paul’s mind.

[@BOOSTEDLASER]

Poor mans Legacy Audio,not bad

[@danielmarshall4587]

NICE

[@wileecohagen]

That wall adjustment is awesome. I have a depth issue in my living room. When I first got my speakers I could put them anywhere I wanted. But when the kids came along those heavy 2 way speakers sitting on their stands was a problem if my kids pulled them over on themselves, so we putbaby fences in front of them, and moved them a foot away from the wall. No my kids are grown, but they have kittens that will climb on anything. So the baby fences are still there. Maybe some day I’ll be rid of the cats, but don’t let my wife hear that!

[@nobnobog8870]

Screw em to the groundeeeee

[@cengeb]

But what did you have for Breakfast?

[@jimrusch22]

My guess, the speaker is using class d amp modules and a DSP

[@mic01]

No thats wrong, ESP range PT2 modules on the high end EPT

[@cengeb]

Legacy Whispers will smoke this, also the Legacy FOCUS, better stuff for less...

[@Reyfox1]

I guess you've heard them and compared.

[@cengeb]

@@Reyfox1 I've heard EVERYTHING, that matters

[@cengeb]

@@Reyfox1 Speakers from a guy who sells "noise harvesters"...yup, that says it all....

[@cengeb]

@@Reyfox1 Legacy includes DSP, it is 2019, join it

[@cengeb]

@@Reyfox1 Absolutly

[@garysmith8455]

NOTE: Organ Symphony plays on...................by Camille Saint-Saëns, NICE (O:

[@tonyjohnson3752]

I started listening it (trying to figure out which version it was ) instead of Paul 🤣

[@scottstrang1583]

What was the music? I loved it but Sound Hound couldn't hear around Paul.

[@huckfin1100]

Great ! Now I'm gonna have to buy a single home just to play these.

[@endrizo]

2:40 most studio monitors even cheap onrs have that voicing proximity control.

[@sudd3660]

but i would argue that those studio monitors are not made for audio quality but audio revealing.

[@endrizo]

@@sudd3660 aint that the same? It should be...i wanna listen the ultimate detail there is.

[@sudd3660]

you can hear detail at the cost of everything else or the detail sound harsh.

[@FOH3663]

@@endrizo Exactly You hear this myth espoused over time, about studio monitors characteristics vs consumer loudspeakers characteristics, and the significant difference between the two,... it simply isn't true. It's sound reproduction.

[@saiprasad8078]

Exactly!!! He always tells cock and bull story and people fall for it.

[@interamerichanic]

Is the bass servo-controlled?

[@alanmaclean7421]

Paracletus yes I believe so