I have a pair of the PSB Passif II speakers and man, they are excellent. Peter
> wow I am surprised. > > PSB Speakers International > > 633 Granite Court, Pickering, Ontario L1W 3K1, Canada > > It would be interesting to know if they manufacture their speaker > assemblies and not just the enclosures. > > > On 03/14/2016 10:42 PM, Howard Gibson wrote: >> Alvin, >> >> I bought PSB Avants back in 1979. They still sound fine, and the >> company still is business. Where do they manufacture them? >> >> On Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:50:51 -0400 >> Alvin Starr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Canada had a pretty good audio industry going back quite a ways. >>> >>> Radio Speakers of Canada was old when I was young but they seem to be >>> long gone now. >>> They made some pretty good speakers in Ontario but they never had quite >>> the sex appeal of Bose or Lansing. >>> >>> My guess is that NAFTA and production in China made sure Canadian >>> production was killed off. >>> >>> So as much as Harper screwed science in Canada I doubt that he killed >>> off the loudspeaker industry. >>> >>> On 03/14/2016 01:12 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: >>>> | From: [email protected] >>>> >>>> | I used to write for Audio Scene Magazine, and worked with Floyd >>>> Toole at >>>> | the National Research Council on loudspeaker evaluation. >>>> >>>> I subscribed to that magazine. I think I remember your name on some >>>> articles (but my memory is fuzzy on that). >>>> >>>> The work at NRC on loudspeakers was groundbreaking. As I understand >>>> it, this created a Canadian edge in loudspeaker design that allowed >>>> several companies to break into the industry world-wide. >>>> >>>> I guess Harper cured NRC of this kind of adventures. >>>> <http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/science-under-siege-part-1-1.3091552> >>>> <http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/science-under-siege-part-2-1.3098865> >>>> <http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/science-under-siege-part-3-1.3101953> >>>> (The audio I'm listening to these days; HiFi not required.) >>>> --- >>>> Talk Mailing List >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >>> >>> -- >>> Alvin Starr || voice: (905)513-7688 >>> Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 >>> [email protected] || >>> >>> --- >>> Talk Mailing List >>> [email protected] >>> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > > > -- > Alvin Starr || voice: (905)513-7688 > Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 > [email protected] || > > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Peter Hiscocks Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto http://www.syscompdesign.com USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator 647-839-0325 --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
