Tech publication Gear Patrol featured the aspen FR5 loudspeaker with the headline, “This Hi-Fi Speaker Offers $30,000 Specs for a Tenth of the Price.”
The article noted, “The American hi-fi maker, PS Audio, is best known for its high-end audio components – such as amplifiers, preamplifiers, DACs and music streamers – that are aimed at audiophiles with fairly deep pockets. Its line of loudspeakers, known as the aspen series, is no different. To date, it’s offered several sets of floorstanding speakers, ranging from the $10,000 aspen FR10 to the $30,000 aspen FR30. And now it's bringing some of those same technologies to a compact loudspeaker format.
Meet PS Audio’s new aspen FR5 stand-mounted loudspeakers. They’re the company’s smallest and most affordable loudspeakers.”
In The Absolute Sound’s 2024 Ultimate Directory to High-End Loudspeakers and Cables, the aspen FR30 loudspeaker is included in the $25,000 - $50,000 category in the article “The Greatest Bargains in Integrated Systems, Subwoofers, and Loudspeakers.” The FR30 is one of six speakers chosen.
As the article states, “We name the speakers that deliver the biggest bang for the buck, from $399 to $91,000.”
aspen FR30 loudspeaker.
Dagogo published a comprehensive review of the AirLens and DirectStream PerfectWave DAC MK2. The review stated, “I wish for my audio system to thrill me, not lull me to sleep. I become excited about a product that moves my listening sessions into uncharted territory of performance, and the AirLens with the MK2 were leading me onto new listening ground.” He also commented, “The AirLens and MK2 presented each piece of music as I wished, vibrant, information-rich, and highly engaging.”
Future Audiophile’s Greg Handy found much to like in his review of the AirLens. He said, “The AirLens is for audio enthusiasts who appreciate the magic of high-performance music streaming…PS Audio recognized who their customers were by…addressing…noise and jitter issues from causes including computers, the internet…and they nailed it.”He concluded, “Nothing I have auditioned to date has rivaled what I experienced with the PS Audio AirLens, especially when mated to their Stellar Gold DAC. My goal now is to figure out how to keep the PS Audio AirLens in my system, because I don’t want it to go back.”
PS Audio AirLens.
Header image: PS Audio aspen FR5 loudspeaker.
