High End PSB Tower Speakers in High Gloss Black Stratus Silver

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High End PSB Tower Speakers in High Gloss Black Stratus Silver

Name: High End PSB Tower Speakers in High Gloss Black Stratus Silver
Brand: PSB
SKU: 9456
Price: 895.00 CAD
Availability: InStock

$634.00

Second from the top of PSB’s Stratus line — and the one plenty of listeners end up preferring to the flagship Gold. Where the Golds are power-hungry and fussy about how close they sit to the back wall, the Silvers are efficient and far more forgiving of placement: two 6.5-inch polypropylene woofers and a ferrofluid-cooled aluminium dome, flat to 35 Hz, happy on a good receiver. Made in Canada, high-gloss black, 56 lb each. Very Good condition. Pair — pickup in Kanata, or we deliver.

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High End PSB Tower Speakers in High Gloss Black, Very Good Condition. Made in Canada.

Design and Placement

The Stratus Silvers used to be the 2nd best speakers in PSB’s lineup (after the Stratus Golds). However, compared to the Stratus Golds which were very power hungry and required a high current amp to sound their best, the Silvers are quite efficient and sound great with a wide variety of amplifiers from quality receivers to high end amps.

Another advantage the Silvers have over their bigger brother is that they are not nearly as sensitive to placement. Put the Golds too close to the back wall & they’re almost certainly sound boomy whereas the Silvers are significantly more versatile, placement-wise. For these reasons, many audiophiles actually prefer the Silvers over the Golds.

Frequency Range
Response (Anechoic Chamber)
On Axis @ 0° ±3dB 35-21000 Hz
On Axis @ 0° ±1.5dB 40-20000 Hz
Off Axis @ 30° ±1.5dB 40-10000 Hz
Lf Cutoff -10dB 26 Hz

Sensitivity (1w (2.83V) @ 1m IEC-filtered Pink Noise C-weighted)
Anechoic Chamber 89 dB, Typical Listening Room 91 dB

Impedence: Nominal 4 Ohms, Minimum 4 Ohms

Input Power (RMS Clipping < 10% of the Time)
Recommended 15-250 Watts
Program 200 Watts
Dynamic Peak 400 W

Acoustic Design
Tweeter
(Nominal) 1″ (25 mm)
Aluminum Dome with Ferrofluid

Woofer
(Nominal) 2 x 6 1/2″ (165 mm)
Polypropylene Cone
Rubber Surround
1 1/2″ Voice Coil
20 oz (794 g) Magnet)

Crossovers
2100 Hz, 24 dB/octave Linkwitz-Riley
500 Hz, 18 dB/octave Butterworth

Dimensions
Internal Volume
200 cu ft (56.27 liter)

Specifications

Design Type: Bass Reflex, 2 1/2″ Front Port

Dimensions: Size (W x H x D) Millimeters 241 x 990 x 349 mm with 25 mm base, Inches 9 1/2 x 39 x 13 ¾” with 1″ base

Net Weight: Kilograms 25.2 kg /each, Pounds 56 lb /each

🚚 Shipping Note for This Item

Due to its size, weight, or fragility, this product cannot be shipped by standard courier — but we’ve got you covered. We offer two great alternatives:

Personal delivery — We deliver in-person anywhere along the Windsor–Québec City corridor, carefully and on your schedule.

Freight shipping — We ship skid-mounted via freight carrier to anywhere in Canada, and we stand behind it — if something arrives damaged, we make it right.

Full details on both options are on our Curbside Delivery page. 👈

Ready to make it yours? To hold the item and avoid missing out, go ahead and purchase using Local Pickup at checkout — then contact us to arrange delivery or freight for an additional fee. We’ll take it from there!

Original Price (CAN MSRP): $2399.00/pair + Tax

Buy with confidence and benefit from Radique’s Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and Perpetual Trade-Back Program.

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$634.00

Additional information

Weight	120 lbs
Dimensions	17.75 × 25 × 44 in

About brand

PSB at Radique

We service PSB, too. Bring us your own PSB speakers and subwoofers, including Image tweeter replacements for repair, servicing or restoration (speakers up to 80 lbs each), with a 90-day warranty on the work. See our Audio Service page

PSB began in the summer of 1972 in St. Jacobs, Ontario, where Paul Barton and two high-school friends started building speakers. The name stands for Paul and Sue Barton. PSB says every speaker it makes is voiced in the National Research Council's anechoic chambers here in Ottawa. We carry PSB towers, bookshelf speakers, centre channels and subwoofers. We've had more than 440 PSB listings so far, covering nearly 90 different models, second only to our other big Canadian brand, Paradigm. Every used PSB here is inspected, tested and serviced as required, then photographed in-house and covered by our Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Don't see the model you want? Tell us on First Dibs and we'll email you when one arrives.

Our five best-selling PSB models so far: the Alpha Intro LR bookshelf speakers, the Image 8C centre, the Image 4T towers, the Alpha SubZero i subwoofer and the Alpha B bookshelf speakers.

The PSB story, 1972 to today

Paul Barton founded PSB in St. Jacobs, Ontario, in the summer of 1972 with two high-school friends, and named it for himself and Sue Barton, his high-school sweetheart and now his wife. PSB stayed in St. Jacobs for about its first eight years.

The Ottawa connection. In 1973 or 1974 (sources differ) PSB's Beta II caught the attention of Dr. Floyd Toole at the National Research Council in Ottawa, and Barton has used the NRC's Ottawa facilities since 1974. PSB says every speaker it makes is still voiced in the NRC's anechoic chambers.

Lenbrook and Stratus. The Lenbrook Group of Pickering, Ontario bought PSB in the mid-1980s (PSB's own timeline says 1985), and PSB is now based in Pickering. The Stratus series began in the late 1980s, and Stereophile first reviewed the Stratus Gold in 1991.

Alpha, Image and beyond. The budget Alpha launched in 1991, and more than 50,000 pairs had sold by 2000. The Image series replaced the Century series in 1999, the Platinum flagship followed in 2002, then Synchrony in 2007 and Imagine in 2008. PSB marked its 50th anniversary in 2022 with the Passif 50.

Which PSB is which?

Early models (1970s and 1980s): the Beta II, Avanté II, Passif II and Project B2, then the R series after the Lenbrook purchase.

Stratus (late 1980s to the 2000s): the upper line, including the Mini, Silver, Gold and Gold i. The Gold is a three-way with a 10" woofer.

Alpha (1991 to today): the entry line, including the Alpha A/V, Alpha B, Alpha B1 and later the Alpha P5. Our best-selling Alpha Intro LR and Alpha B come from this family.

Image (1999 to the 2010s): one step above Alpha. Our best-selling Image 8C centre and Image 4T towers come from this family.

Platinum (2002), Synchrony (2007) and Imagine (2008): the higher lines of the 2000s.

SubSeries and SubZero: PSB's powered subwoofers, such as the Alpha SubZero i we sell often.

Buying used PSB: what to check

Where it was made. Lines launched from about 2008 onward, such as Imagine and later Image and Alpha models, were made in China. Check the label before calling an older PSB "made in Canada"; spec sheets from the 1990s list only the Pickering address.

Amplifier load. The Stratus Gold and Gold i have a 4-ohm nominal impedance, and owners say Stratus models want an amplifier with plenty of current.

Image tweeters. On Image series speakers, check that every tweeter works and sounds as bright as its partner. A dim or dead tweeter is a frequent point of failure on that line. We sell a new Peerless 1" replacement tweeter that drops straight in (Image 1B, 2B, 4T, 5T, 8C, 10S and more) and is more robust than the original, and we can install it while you wait.

Drivers. Owners report occasional woofer failures on older towers. Listen to each driver on its own.

Surrounds. Many PSB woofers, such as the Platinum T8's, use rubber surrounds rather than foam, but press gently on any woofer surround to check it.

Everything we list is inspected, tested and serviced as required here, and comes with our warranty.