Welcome to a new edition of Meet the Gear, our ongoing series that highlights standout products from The Audio Factory lineup. Each edition dives into the features and design philosophies behind some of today’s most impressive audio equipment—helping you discover what makes them truly special.
This time, we’re featuring the PSB Imagine T65 Tower Speakers, the flagship of PSB’s Imagine Series. Designed for those who crave immersive, full-range sound, the T65 brings high-end performance and precision engineering to every home.
PSB Imagine T65 Tower Speakers: A Flagship Performance for Every Home
In the pursuit of truly immersive and captivating audio, few components are as critical as the loudspeakers themselves. The PSB Imagine T65 Tower Speakers stand as a testament to PSB's decades-long commitment to high end audio, offering a flagship-level performance from their Imagine Series.
The Imagine T65’s represent the pinnacle of the Imagine lineup, drawing upon technologies and design philosophies honed from PSB's more premium Synchrony and PWM series. From its sleek, elegant cabinet to its carefully selected drivers and intricate crossover network, every element of the T65 is crafted to deliver an uncompromised listening experience that defies its price point.
- Exceptional Full-Range Performance: The T65 delivers a remarkably wide frequency response, extending from a deep 28 Hz to a sparkling 23 kHz. This means you experience powerful, articulate bass without the need for a separate subwoofer (for most listening scenarios), along with a clear, detailed midrange and extended, airy highs.
- Accurate and Natural Sound Reproduction: PSB's design philosophy, rooted in extensive research at Canada's National Research Council (NRC), prioritizes wide bandwidth, low distortion, and broad, even dispersion. The T65 embodies this, offering a sound that is neutral, transparent, and faithful to the original recording.
- Versatility for Music and Home Theater: The T65 excels in both two-channel hi-fi music setups and multi-channel home theater configurations. Its dynamic capability, low distortion, and ability to handle high power ensure it can deliver thrilling performances for any form of entertainment.
Benefits: The Rewards of a Superior Listening Experience
- Immersive Musical Journeys: Whether you're a casual listener or a critical audiophile, the T65 allows you to rediscover your music collection. The detailed reproduction and dynamic prowess reveal subtleties and emotions in your favorite tracks that you may have never noticed before, transporting you to the heart of the performance.
- Cinematic Realism at Home: For movie buffs, the T65 transforms your home theater into a truly cinematic experience. Dialogue is clear and intelligible, sound effects are impactful, and soundtracks are reproduced with orchestral grandeur, drawing you deeper into the on-screen action.
- Reduced Need for a Subwoofer: For many, the T65's impressive bass extension means a dedicated subwoofer isn't a necessity, simplifying system setup and potentially saving on additional equipment costs and space. Given their performance capabilities, build quality, and the advanced technologies incorporated, the PSB Imagine T65 speakers offer exceptional value.
Key Features: Engineering for Sonic Excellence
- 3-Way Dual Bass Reflex Design: The T65 employs a sophisticated 3-way design, ensuring each frequency range is handled by dedicated drivers for optimal clarity and power. It features dual 6 ½ inch woven carbon fiber woofers, a 5 ¼ inch woven carbon fiber midrange driver, and a 1 inch titanium dome tweeter. The dual bass reflex design, with two rear slot ports and individually tuned woofer chambers, allows for exceptionally deep and controlled bass extension.
- Advanced Driver Technology: The woofers and midrange drivers utilize woven carbon fiber cones with rubber surrounds, a material chosen for its stiffness, lightness, and ability to deliver articulate and impactful sound. The 1 inch titanium dome tweeter features ferrofluid cooling and a powerful neodymium magnet, derived from PSB's higher-end Synchrony series, ensuring crisp, detailed, and extended high frequencies.
- Optimized Driver Placement and Crossover: PSB's signature design places the tweeter below the midrange driver, a deliberate choice aimed at optimizing sound integration and dispersion. A sophisticated 4th-order Linkwitz-Riley crossover network precisely manages the hand-off between drivers at 600 Hz and 2 kHz, ensuring a seamless and coherent sound field.
- Rigid, Low-Resonance Cabinet: The T65's cabinet is constructed from robust MDF with extensive internal bracing, particularly around the individually tuned woofer chambers. This meticulous construction minimizes unwanted vibrations and resonances, allowing the drivers to perform with maximum accuracy and clarity.
- Dual Bi-wireable/Bi-ampable Gold-Plated Binding Posts: The rear panel features high-quality, gold-plated binding posts that allow for bi-wiring or bi-amping. This flexibility enables enthusiasts to further optimize their system's performance by providing separate amplification paths for different frequency ranges.
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