PSB Alpha S Surrounds Dispersive. Compact. Effective.
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PSB Alpha S Surrounds Dispersive. Compact. Effective.
From PSB:
“Dispersive. Compact. Effective. At last, a dipolar surround speaker at an affordable price – the Alpha S. While many budget-minded speaker systems force tiny, direct-radiating speakers on consumers, the design team at PSB worked tirelessly to develop and offer a cost-minded surround speaker, so that our customers could enjoy the full benefits of high performance home theater.
The Alpha S uses the same basic design as Surround found in our higher-end series and creates a more pleasing listening environment by making smaller rooms seem larger through their controlled and incredibly wide dispersion. The Alpha S comes readily wall-mountable, for easy installation in any application.”
The Alpha S is a bipolar design that combines excellent diffusion with pinpoint placement of highly localized effects on surround channels. It is designed to be the primary surrounds in 5.1 home theatre systems and to be the additional rear surrounds in 7.1 surround systems.
Each Alpha S two-way speaker system has two baffle arrays aimed 90 degrees apart from each other, and each baffle array has a 3/4-inch aluminum dome tweeter and a 3-1/2-inch polypropylene cone with rubber surround woofer.
Like the rest of the Alpha Series, the Alpha S employs advanced construction techniques and new high performance drivers to bring a new level of performance to a speaker family. All Alphas use the same new anodized aluminum dome tweeter that provides extended and smooth high frequency response. The entire Alpha Series is timbre-matched to ensure smooth, natural, coherent performance with other Alpha models in a system — be it Alpha Ts in the front with an Alpha C center and Alpha Ss in the rear, or Alpha Cs across the front and Alpha Ss in the rear. Add a SubZero or SubSonic 5 subwoofer to any combination and you have a truly high performance home theatre and stereo system at an amazingly affordable price.
According to PSB founder and Chief Designer Paul Barton, the new Alphas take an important next step for today’s audio and video customers. “”These speakers,”” he says, “”will make a big difference for buyers both of a pair of speakers for music systems and the multiple speaker systems needed for home theatre. And these new Alphas fit into rooms as nicely as they do into budgets.”
The Alpha S cabinet has both structural, injection-molded front baffles with metal perforated grilles mounted on a six-sided, vinyl veneered — black or white texture — MDF cabinet sleeve. The Alpha S can be mounted directly on a wall — using the integral keyhole wall mounting plate — or with other wall brackets or positioned on a speaker stand. It includes five-way, gold-plated binding posts to ensure quality connections.
Specifications:
FREQUENCY RANGE: On Axis @ 0º ± 3dB: 85-21,000Hz
Sensitivity: Typical Listening Room: 88dB
IMPEDANCE: Nominal: 8 Ohms, Minimum: 6 Ohms
Recommended Amplifier Power: 15-80 Watts
Dimensions: (W x H x D) 9¼” x 6 ¾” x 4¾”, 235mm x 171mm x 121mm, Weight: 4.9lb (2.2kg)/each
The Alpha S had a U.S. manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $399 per pair.
Asking just $245 for these impressive, compact Canadian dipoles in very good condition.
| Weight | 14 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 15.5 × 13.25 × 10.75 in |
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