PSB Introduces Next-Generation Subwoofer At CES

6-Feb-02

PSB Speakers, maker of high performance speaker systems, is raising the bar in affordable subwoofer performance and value with the introduction of its new Alpha SubZero i powered subwoofer. The Canadian manufacturer, a member of The Lenbrook Group, expects the SubZero i -- the first of the next generation of PSB SubSonic powered subwoofers -- to further build on its solid standing for musicality in this important product category.According to PSB founder and Chief Designer Paul Barton, the SubZero i is a perfect encapsulation of the original purpose of the company's famous Alpha Series. ""The whole idea of the Alpha Series,"" Barton says, ""is to do the really surprising -- to provide performance far beyond what you expect at the price. The SubZero i definitely does that. Not only does this budget subwoofer shake the house when Dinosaur roams your living room, but it has great definition and musical accuracy. No toneless thuds here! And the front panel controls make it easy for the listener to get maximum impact.""The Alpha SubZero i doubles the power of the original SubZero, offering 100 watts of continuous power and up to 260 watts of dynamic peak power. Its reengineered driver employs a polypropylene cone, a 40-ounce magnet assembly, a 1-1/2-inch voice coil that helps handle greater continuous power without thermal power compression, and an oversized rubber surround that permits very long cone excursion. Its new slotted port is almost double the cross-section area of the original SubZero, yielding greater output with very low port noise. The subwoofer's bass extension is 3 dB down at 36 Hz, with useful output down to 32 Hz. The SubZero i is magnetically-shielded to allow placement right next to a TV monitor if desired.Design Team Manager, Mark Mason, adds that PSB has further improved and extended the audible performance of the company's anti-overload circuitry. ""We now monitor long average-power segments as well as short-term peaks,"" Mason says, ""and this means that the listener won't hear excessive audible overload effects even on tremendously demanding sustained passages. You have to hear our subs in action, on material that gives other subs trouble, to know just how much this means for real-world listening. It increases audible impact substantially, and greatly adds to the enjoyment of exactly the kind of powerful material that people buy subwoofers to deliver.""The new subwoofer's sleek, contemporary design matches the other current Alpha Series models.The PSB Alpha SubZero i is expected to be available in stores in March 2002, at a suggested retail price of $299. For more information, visit www.psbspeakers.com.

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