http://www.hi-fiworld.co.uk SEPTEMBER 2019 HI-FI WORLD 25
COMPETITION
H
ere’s
your chance
to win a pair of PSB
Alpha 5 loudspeakers
we reviewed in the June
2019 issue. Read the
review excerpts below and answer
the questions.
"First off, these 'speakers are unusual
in design. They place a small 19mm
aluminium dome tweeter housed in
a horn flare ('proprietary waveguide')
beneath a 133mm mid/bass main
driver. Mission produced a similar
tweeter below woofer
arrangement long ago, arguing
it made more sense by giving
better dispersion of sound at
the listening position – and that
is what we found when measuring
the PSBs.
The cabinet measures 305mm
high, 178mm wide and 230mm deep.
On the rear there is a small reflex
port to augment the bass response,
plus a single pair of gold-plated
‘speaker terminals.
Pairing the PSBs with a Creek
Evolution 100A integrated transistor
amplifier and then an Icon Audio
Stereo 30SE single-ended valve
amplifier came as a bit of a surprise.
Yes, they are small but they
have a punch and depth that belies
their size I felt. Most impressive was
the smoothness of their response
and the overall sense of scale theymanage.
Placed close to a rear wall to
allow the reflex port to do its work
the bass response was impressive.
With New Order’s ‘Bizarre Love
Triangle’ (24/96) I was instantly
brought into the punch and passion
of this track. The bass line came
across with depth and vibrancy while
higher registers sounded smooth
without being harsh.
John Coltrane’s ‘Live At The
Village Vanguard’ kicked off with
Elvin Jones’s drums sounding deep
and punchy, yet when Coltrane’s
saxophone came in there was wide
separation between the instruments.
Best of all, the band sounded as one,
the players hanging in their own
space".For a chance to win this great prize,
just answer the four easy questions
at right. Send your entries on a
postcard only, by 6th September
2019 to:September 2019
Competition,
Hi-Fi World magazine,
Studio 204,
Buspace Studio,
Conlan Street,
Notting Hill,
London W10 5APA PAIR OF PSB ALPHA
5 LOUDSPEAKERS
WORTH £399 IN THIS
MONTH’S GREAT
GIVEAWAY!
WIN
QUESTIONS
[1] The tweeter
dome is made from -
[a] brass
[b] paper
[c] aluminium
[d] plastic
[2] They have -
[a] punch and depth
[b] spherical casework
[c] a weight problem
[d] anorexia
[3] Cabinet height
is -
[a] 300m
[b] 300in
[c] 300angstroms
[d] 305mm
[4] Where were the
players?
[a] next door
[b] in their own space
[c] on a train
[d] absentJUNE 2019 WINNER: PRO-JECT PHONO BOX S2 ULTRA
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