PSB Century 300i Bookshelf Speakers – 6.5″ Woofer, Canada

PSB Century 300i Bookshelf Speakers – Two-Way Rear-Ported, 6.5-Inch Woofer, 91 dB, Made in Canada, Fair Condition

A pair of mid-nineties Canadian-built PSB bookshelves, priced down for a dent rather than for anything you will hear.

Condition — and Why It Sets the Price

The condition first, because it is the reason for the price. This pair is graded fair. One of the two speakers has a dented front corner. It is on the front, so it is visible, and the photographs show it plainly. Everything else is intact, both speakers sound excellent, and nothing about the dent affects what comes out of them.

What a Century Is

What you are getting for the money is a Century. PSB built this line in Pickering, Ontario in the mid-nineties, and the Century models are the ones people still go looking for second-hand rather than the budget series that ran alongside them. The 300i is a two-way rear-ported design pairing a 6.5-inch polypropylene woofer with a 0.75-inch polyamide soft-dome tweeter, in a cabinet a shade under 15 inches tall.

Amplifier Matching

At 91 dB sensitivity these are unusually easy to drive. Ten watts is enough to get them going and eighty is the ceiling, which makes this a pairing for a modest integrated amplifier, a vintage receiver or a low-powered tube amplifier rather than for a big modern power amplifier. The load is 6 ohms nominal. Response runs from 70 Hz to 21 kHz, so if you want the bottom octave a subwoofer is worth having — these hand over to one cleanly and are all the better for it. The soft-dome tweeter is the other half of why these age well — it is a forgiving, unfatiguing presentation of a kind that suits long listening and older recordings, rather than the bright metal-dome sound that dates a speaker quickly.

Placement

The port fires rearward, so leave them a few inches of clearance behind. On stands or on a shelf with room to breathe is where they do their best work, and hard against a wall will thicken the bass rather than deepen it.

Connections

Connection is through five-way binding posts, which take bare wire, spades or banana plugs.

What They Cost New

These originally sold for $330 CAD (approx. US$235) the pair in Canada.

Who These Suit

Sensible candidates for a second system, a first proper pair for someone stepping up from powered computer speakers, a garage or workshop where a dent is not going to trouble anyone, or surround duty in a larger setup where the damaged corner will face a wall and never be seen again.

The Honest Comparison

A dent on a front corner costs a speaker nothing but its looks. If you are buying with your ears, or the damaged corner is going to sit against a wall, this is the same Canadian-built Century that people pay considerably more for in clean condition.

Features

• Two-way rear-ported bass reflex design
• 6.5-inch polypropylene woofer
• 0.75-inch polyamide soft-dome tweeter
• 91 dB sensitivity, 6 ohm load — easy to drive with modest amplification
• Five-way binding posts
• Black ash woodgrain finish
• Built in Pickering, Ontario

PSB Century 300i Bookshelf Speakers Specifications

• Model: Century 300i
• Design: Two-way rear-ported bass reflex, stand-mounted
• Mid/Bass Driver: 6.5 in polypropylene cone
• High Frequency Driver: 0.75 in polyamide soft dome
• Frequency Range: 70 Hz to 21 kHz
• Sensitivity: 91 dB typical
• Nominal Impedance: 6 ohms
• Recommended Amplifier Power: 10 to 80 watts
• Finish: Black ash woodgrain
• Origin: Made in Canada
• Condition: Fair — one speaker has a dented front corner, both sound excellent
• Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 8.5 x 14.5 x 9.5 inches (216 x 368 x 241 mm)
• Weight: 13 lbs (5.9 kg) each

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