Very Rare, Massive original version of PSB’s Flagship Stratus Gold Towers with top mounted tweeters, bottom mounted bindings and gorgeous solid cabinets finished in real Oak veneer. Made in Canada.
If you have the space for them, and some good solid amplification, these classic full range speakers offer performance that is nearly impossible to beat anywhere near this price point.
Their front ported cabinets are solidly constructed, braced, and heavily damped, and the bottom mounted bindings (while cumbersome to connect) present a beautiful unmarred rear surface. The flared base of these cabinets, coupled with their significant weight, makes them extremely stable.
The 10″ woofers sport a large, 54oz magnet with a cone of felted fiber treated with plastic, loaded into a 3.5 ft3 bass-reflex enclosure.
The 6″ midrange drivers, which kick in above 250 Hz, are comprised of a mineral-filled polypropylene cone, a 28oz magnet, cast basket, and their own, separate, acoustic-suspension subenclosure.
A 24dB/octave, Linkwitz-Riley, mid-to-tweeter crossover feeds the signal above 2.2kHz to PSB’s metal-domed, polyamide-suspension tweeter. Made by Vifa of Denmark specifically for PSB (the diaphragm is made in Germany), this tweeter uses an aluminum voice-coil former to improve cooling under stress. Ferrofluid is also used in the voice-coil gap. A proprietary face-plate incorporates an integral “phase-plug” to improve the coherence of the radiated signal from various points on the dome, and also slightly recesses the driver from the front baffle, which PSB says smooths the tweeter response in the low treble.
The Stratus Golds boast an open, detailed sound, low in coloration through the midrange, with an extended, even at times awesome low end.
Specifications:
Three-way loudspeaker.
Drive units: 10″ woofer, 6″ midrange, 1″ metal-dome tweeter.
Crossover frequencies: 250Hz, 2.2kHz.
Frequency response: 36Hz-20kHz ±1dB.
Impedance: 4 ohms nominal.
Power recommended: 10W minimum, rated for amplifiers of up to 250W clipping no more than 10% of the time.
Sensitivity: 88dB/W/m.
Dimensions: D: 19″ x W: 16″ x H: 44.5″, Weight 88 lbs (each)
This PSB Flagship model was listed new for $2000 USD back in 1990 ~ $3100 Cnd with HST.
Asking just $1495 for this beautiful, vintage pair of massive floor-standers in real Oak finish.
