PSB
THE “NATURAL AND OPEN” CANADIAN SOUND
PSB, which stands for Paul and Sue Barton, was founded by Paul Barton who is also the Chief Designer to this day. Located in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, the company has been designing and engineering loudspeakers under the registered name since 1972. Today, PSB is a well-known and respected leader in the consumer electronics industry for audio, creating a broad range of high-performance, high-value loudspeakers for music and home cinema applications.
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PSB speakers today
More than 45 years after PSB Speakers was founded in a small, rural Canadian town, a few things, like new ownership by Lenbrook International and expanded global distribution of the brand beyond North America, has changed. But Paul continues to play a key role in product development as Chief Acoustics Designer, and it’s still the case that all PSB speakers are voiced in the anechoic chambers of the NRC in Ottawa, Canada, thereby staying true to the brand’s core values to create the most natural-sounding speakers that research can yield.
Philosophy: Performance & Value
PSB, like any company, points to four attributes for their products:
Performance is the main objective in delivering products. PSB evaluates loudspeakers in an anechoic chamber and compares them with room measurements and listener preferences in various rooms.
Value is equally important.
Appearance is also very important. Everyone has different tastes and PSB works hard to supply a broad range of sizes and applications (in-room, in-wall/in-ceiling, and in-cabinet styles) to appeal to everyone.
Reliability – it has to work. Along with performance, reliability is equally on the mind of the consumer purchasing audio equipment. With the endurance tests that we put our systems through on a daily basis, with high highs and deep lows, it’s got to withstand. PSB’s psychoacoustics research includes testing the critical interaction between loudspeaker, listener and room acoustics.