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The good: Damn, they're small!
The bad: They sound small.
The bottom line: For their size, they really do deliver a lot of sound.
CNET editors' review
- Reviewed on: 05/08/2001
The Intro LRs' wee 3.5-inch woofer can't produce that much bass, so PSB Speakers built in a high-pass, first-order filter to roll off deep bass signals and improve power handling. That filter actually increases the speaker's usable bass output, so it's flat to around 90Hz. But the Intro LRs need some assistance on the bottom, so plan on using a sub to fill out the lower octaves.
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The Intro LRs, which are available in black or white, are made with medium-density fiberboard for the top, bottom, and sides of the cabinet. Plastic baffles cap the front and rear of the speaker. Its posterior is outfitted with four rubber bumpers to cushion the wall-to-speaker interface, and a keyhole slot and brass inserts for wall brackets facilitate mounting the speaker in your room. The Intro LRs' softly curved, perforated aluminum grilles add a certain refinement to their overall look.
We used the Intro LR's matching sub, PSB Speakers' Alpha SubZero, during our listening tests. The speakers blended OK, but not great. We felt that the Intro LRs' midrange sounded smaller, not as present or full as it would over larger, more full-range speakers. But that's to be expected; tiny speakers with 3.5-inch woofers are bound to sound a little light weight. Boisterous rock and roll or wham-bam home-theater effects aren't in the cards for the Intro LRs.
Compared to larger speakers, these little guys sounded, well, smaller and simply less alive. Oh well, the Intro LRs played our Stevie Ray Vaughan CDs loud enough to fill a medium-sized living room. The tiny Intros projected a large soundstage. Simply mic-ed recordings, such as Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder's Talking Timbuktu CD, displayed remarkably focused imaging. Continue reading
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