Thank you Paul for your update.
Thanks for the update! Re-excited and feels so good.
Sounds good, are there any beta tests coming in the EU?
More love Michael
Ouch. Now I’m going to have that song stuck in my head.
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Sleek and not being behemoths sounds promising.
The Rowen Overtures weren’t too far off. They have 2 x 8" sub woofers radiating diagonal to the floor/wall and sealing/wall, 2 x 6" bass couplers one in the front and one in the back, a 1 kHz to 28 kHz Linear Motion Transformer in the front (proprietary Rowen) and a dome tweeter in the back.
Not quite the 4 x 8" + 2 x passive radiator bass drivers though.
The big important issue for me is to get that bass (equally as the treble) through even at low volume setting of the amps. I hope all that bass power can beat the previous semi active approach.
While I have become convinced of the concept of (semi) active speakers I for Look forward to see the new design, because it is nice/fun to follow the PS Audio speaker designs.
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Yes, we always have beta testing in Europe and a bit in Australia and Asia too.
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Good catch but now you’re caught. 70’s soft rock can go both ways 
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Sounds very promising, hopefully the new design will be better than the latest revision, is more polished and have the drivers exposed. And hopefully these will be efficient, >95dB
I grew up with and adore B&W speakers. Landed some 804d3’s early this year with stereo REL S/812s in a room with plenty of excellent treatments (GIK and ASC iso-thermal tube traps) in a room that was professionally determined (sound meter) to be killer even before treatments. Great right? Anyway, trying to figure out my next bold audio move. I’ve been waiting on these speakers, but I’m looking at others, too. Maybe 4-pack RELs? We shall see. Oh, and lemme know if I can be a beta tester here in Denver. I’d pick 'em up with my truck. 
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Just curious if there has been any release dates set
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I’d say Summer 2021
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If PS Audio would know they would announce it, both the Octave Player as well as the Perfect Wave SACD Transport are announced before they are sold.
PS Audio seems to hunting the holy grail with the speakers both for it being profitable and sounding best.
So is the FR30 going to be the entry model? I remember awhile back you said the entry model(before the revisions) would be around 6k or so. I ask because if this is the case, the price tag is just getting higher and higher and people like myself can’t afford to drop 15k or more on a pair of speakers as nice as they may be. I’ve been waiting on a new purchase for your new line to come out but if that’s the entry point at 15k my wait is over lol. Im not bashing anything either, sometimes you just can’t afford something. Just curious because if I wont be able to afford them, I’d like to just move on and not wait anymore.
The way it looked when Paul said that these FR30, or whatever they will be called upon release, are targeted for US$ 15000 those are still the entry models into the high end speaker range.
Maybe PS Audio is working or will be working on Stellar speakers. I.e. lower end speakers, if the FR30, now all passive, may cost US$ 15000. Perhaps a Stellar full range floor-standing speakers may cost US$ 6000.
These are US Prices off course, EU prices will be even higher, if PS Audio has not changed the export price structure for the speakers at the time of release.
The FR30 is going to fall right into the middle of our full lineup of speakers. After finalizing the design for the FR30 we’ll work on speaker models that are smaller and of course less expensive and eventually work on a few series of speakers that will be larger and more expensive than the FR30. So the FR30 is going to be the baseline for both the smaller and larger series that we have planned.
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Thanks for the update Paul! I love to see how the designs of the speakers evolve in front of our eyes and that they are not rushed. I’m looking for new speakers for my large living room around mid next year, so this could be great timing for me . Two questions:
- will the active servo for the woofers at least be an option? My two favorite amps right now are both tube amps, would love to be able to use them with my new speakers and all the reasons of why active woofers are good that you explained before really make sense to me.
- what convinced you of passive radiators?
Welcome, StefanCA!
Thanks Elk!
Thanks! We’ve abandoned the servo woofers. This happened after exhaustive testing conducted by Chris Brunhaver and auditioned by me and Darren. The servo has major advantages in the lowering of distortion and the flatness of its output within a given enclosure. That’s why we always used it. What you give up is slam and transient response. Chris demonstrated the difference to us as well showed us how to get the same distortion levels while maintaining amazing slam! I was sold. And that’s part and parcel to the passive radiators. Properly designed (and most aren’t) you are able to use smaller, faster woofers and get subsonic bass! Really amazing and I am glad to be learning.
The FR30 now sports 4 8” woofers that are lightning fast. They feed a pair of the biggest passive radiators I’ve ever seen and the bass….wow. Amazing. Never heard slam and deep rich response like that.
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My 37 year old Watkins WE-1s uses 3 8 inch woofers, William Watkins Sr knew this back in the 1980s. Yes the same Watkins of the Infinity woofer. Bill Jr has told me stories of Arnie Nudell and his Dad arguing of the woofers and the cross over design.
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