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PSB Imagine X2T Tower Speakers – Award-Winning – Made in Canada

Name: PSB Imagine X2T Tower Speakers - Award-Winning - Made in Canada
Brand: PSB
SKU: 12551
Price: 1195.00 CAD
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PSB Imagine X2T Tower Speakers – Award-Winning – Made in Canada 3-Way, 4-Driver Floor-standers

The Award-Winning PSB Imagine X2T is a genuine audiophile tower speaker from one of Canada’s most celebrated speaker manufacturers, earning The Absolute Sound Reviewer’s Choice Award and a 2018 Editor’s Choice Award for delivering full-range, three-way performance at a price that makes far more expensive speakers look hard to justify.

The Imagine X2T sits at the heart of PSB’s Imagine line, borrowing driver technologies developed for the flagship Synchrony series and the award-winning Imagine T2 tower. The result is a speaker that consistently surprises reviewers and owners alike with the authority, warmth, and resolution it delivers from a relatively slim, room-friendly cabinet. The Absolute Sound declared that the X2T “really delivers the goods” across classical, jazz, and rock, praising its dense tone colour, unusually powerful and well-differentiated bass, and natural, faithful vocal reproduction. CNET called it “huge sounding” and commended its ability to handle both home theater impact and refined musical detail with equal ease.

The three-way driver architecture is central to the X2T’s performance advantage over conventional two-way towers. A 1-inch titanium dome tweeter with neodymium magnet handles the top end with smoothness and precision. A 5.25-inch carbon fiber cone midrange driver sits in its own tuned sealed sub-enclosure directly above the tweeter — a deliberate design choice that eliminates diffraction artifacts and keeps vocal and instrumental reproduction free of cabinet colorations. The dual 6.5-inch clay ceramic-filled polypropylene woofers each operate in their own separate internal ported chamber, tuned with front-facing ports to deliver extended, well-defined bass reaching down to 30 Hz — remarkable performance for a speaker of this footprint.

The cabinet is built from MDF with a black ash vinyl finish and clean, contemporary lines that sit naturally in any room. Two sets of gold-plated five-way binding posts on the rear panel allow the speaker to be bi-wired or bi-amped for even greater performance from a compatible amplifier or receiver. At 90 dB sensitivity with an 8-ohm nominal impedance, the X2T is an easy, forgiving load that works well with a wide range of amplifiers from modest receivers to high-end separates.

As with every component we sell at Radique Audio, this pair has been thoroughly tested before listing.

Specifications:

Type: 3-way, 4-driver floorstanding loudspeaker, dual-chamber bass reflex, front-ported

Tweeter: 25mm (1 inch) titanium dome, neodymium magnet

Midrange: 133mm (5.25 inch) carbon fiber cone, sealed sub-enclosure

Woofers: Two x 165mm (6.5 inch) clay ceramic-filled polypropylene cone, individual ported chambers, rubber surround

Frequency response: 30–23,000 Hz (±3 dB)

Sensitivity: 90 dB (2.83V/1m)

Impedance: 8 ohms nominal

Recommended amplifier power: 20–200 W

Binding posts: Two sets gold-plated five-way; bi-wire/bi-amp capable

Finish: Black ash vinyl

Country of manufacture: Canada

Dimensions: (W x H x D) 9.0 x 40.1 x 16.75 inches / 229 x 1019 x 425 mm

Weight: 52 lbs / 23.6 kg each

An award-winning, Made-in-Canada tower speaker that delivers full-range, three-way audiophile performance in a sleek, room-friendly package — the PSB Imagine X2T is one of the most compelling values in the used speaker market, period.

Backed by Radique Audio’s 90-day warranty and perpetual trade-back policy, this is a genuinely exciting purchase for any serious music listener or home theater enthusiast; asking $1195

Additional information

Weight	110 lbs
Dimensions	20.75 × 24 × 44.1 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.