PSB Speakers is a Canadian

loudspeaker A loudspeaker (commonly referred to as a speaker or speaker driver) is an electroacoustic transducer that converts an electrical audio signal into a corresponding sound. A ''speaker system'', also often simply referred to as a "speaker" or ...

company founded in 1972 by Paul Barton. The company is named after Barton and his wife Sue. The company is headquartered in

Pickering, Ontario Pickering ( 2021 population 99,186) is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada, immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region. Beginning in the 1770s, the area was settled by primarily ethnic British colonists. An increase in population occur ...

, and is now part of the Lenbrook Group. PSB Speakers produces many lines of speakers from the high-end Platinum series to the entry-level Alpha series. Their speakers are respected by audiophiles who prefer a flat

frequency response In signal processing and electronics, the frequency response of a system is the quantitative measure of the magnitude and phase of the output as a function of input frequency. The frequency response is widely used in the design and analysis of s ...

curve. Paul Barton has spent a lot of time during the past few decades researching his speakers in the

anechoic chamber An anechoic chamber (''an-echoic'' meaning "non-reflective") is a room designed to stop reflections of either sound or electromagnetic waves. They are also often isolated from energy entering from their surroundings. This combination means t ...

s at the National Research Council in

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the c ...

. PSB speakers are currently sold in more than 70 countries around the world. PSB products are distributed in U.S. by Lenbrook America. In September 2016, the company introduced three new CustomSound in-ceiling speakers.

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