What has Paul been telling the industry - this was just posted on StereoNet Australia. I know discussion of a speaker design has been ongoing but I do not recall pic’s on here? Anyway, the loudspeaker project must be gaining traction. … Here is what we have learned so far about the FR30 (list kindly compiled by @vkennedy61 ) Very few have heard them. They are made in China and will undergo a second QA in Boulder before they are sent out to buyers. The speakers will be delivered into your residence, but it’s up to the buyer to install and optimize placement. Due to COVID, we don’t know when they will be at an audio show. There’s no dealer network to audition them. (In Europe PS Audio is sold via a dealer network and the speakers may be available for audition.) Features: a) The FR30’s come in Pearl White and Sable Black. b) There are coasters under the feet making them easy to slide into position. c) As of 12/27/2021 photos of the rear of the cabinet are not yet available. Cost a) Pre-orders for Round 1 and Round 2 are sold out. Pre-orders for Round 3 ship around June 30, 2022. b) FR30’s cost $28,490. c) To pre-order you must pay 1/10 the cost of the Speakers. That’s $2,849. d) PSA’s great buy and try program will include the FR30. e) Trade-in allowances for the FR30 Loudspeaker are capped at $8,550.00 (30%). (Dealer trade-in may be available in Europe by negotiating with the dealer.) Specs: a) Frequency response = 28Hz to beyond 20kHz b) Sensitivity (2.83V @ 1M) = 87 dB c) High Frequency Transducer = 2 x 2.5” planar magnetic with Teonex diaphragm d) Mid Frequency Transducer = 10” planar magnetic with Teonex diaphragm e) Low Frequency Transducer = 4 x 8” woofers, cast frame, aluminum cone, 12lb advanced magnet structure f) Crossover Frequency = 400 Hz, 2500 Hz – LR4 g) Weight = 230lbs (104.5 kg) each h) Amplification = Paul believes that they can be easily driven by 100W or more. This includes Tube and Solid State amps. i) There’s two sets of binding posts on the lower cabinet for bi-wiring. j) There’s a tweeter level control and a three position baffle switch that adjusts for the distance from the front wall. k) Each speaker comes in two pieces – Sealed upper cabinet mid-tweeter module, Passive radiator lower cabinet (4 10” side-firing passive radiators). Anything else?

And the Sprout speaker? You said you sell 20-30 Sprouts a day…that’s a lot of potential Sprout speaker sales…

20-30 A DAY?? That’s a FANTASTIC business. I had no idea they were THAT popular. That being said I fear I may be losing my Sprout to a child who has been besmitten with it. “I tried listening to headphones last night dad, and it wasn’t enough. I had to turn them off”. “Try your headphones through the Sprout”. “Ohhhhh…”

Yeah, that’s what Paul stated in a vid he did not too long ago. Not sure if those numbers were a guess or not. But still…could sell a lot of Sprout speakers with all that… Hope you can keep your Sprout. I have mine in the den as a second system (with Martin Logan 35XT’s). I just love the Sprout. Maybe buy him his own?

Any picture or mock of the new, new AN3? I tried to picture them in my living room and the only thing I could come up with, is they would have been easier to place if they were slimmer in relation to their depth, albeit making them less deep while side mounting a big subwoofer is kind of difficult.

There are some photos under the title “Sneak Peek new AN3” (I tried to copy & paste the link to Paul’s post, but the system would not allow it)

Is this the link? [image] Sneak Peek: FR-30, now FR-80 Loudspeakers Thought I’d share our first view of the newly styled AN3 loudspeaker. You can see it’s still a two-box solution like version 2 we showed at RMAF, but that’s where the similarities end. All new drivers designed by Chris Brunhaver. Twin 10" low distortion linear drivers for the subwoofers, twin 8" low distortion drivers for the midbass coupler (now passive without active amplifier), a new version of the 10" midrange ribbon, ribbon tweeter front and back, 700-watt built-in sub amplifier. Solid wal…

When are the Stellar bookshelf speakers coming out?

That’s an excellent question. Sprout speaker too, and dang, after 1900+ posts on this thread…it just kinda stopped.

Progress has been slowed dramatically by all this craziness, but still, we should have gotten farther along by now than we have. We have been working in parallel with the smaller speakers as well as the FR-30. All the new drivers and their associated tooling etc. arrive today!! Woo Hoo. But, it’ll still be near end of summer before we get to see anything on any front.

The proof will be in the listening, which, without a dealer network may prove difficult & more than a little inconvenient with the larger models. Especially now that Audio Shows (not a very good option in the first place) may no longer an option at all.

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Loudspeakers

Elk February 3, 2020, 10:27pm 1942

Is this the link?

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Check out the new AN-3 beast of a woofer Loudspeakers	50	3019	August 26, 2019
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