PS Audio's aspen FR5 utilizes a new enclosure technology, with viscoelastic damping sheets between the bracing and cabinet side walls, and around the woofer, this minimizes unwanted enclosure vibrations. The crossover uses air-core inductors, metallized poly capacitors, and wirewound resistors... It designs and ships audio amplifiers, preamplifiers, power-related products, digital-to-analog converters (DAC), streaming audio devices, plus music management software and cables. The Latest News Each weighing 26.62 lbs, the PS Audio Aspen FR5 is a new compact two-way stand-mounted loudspeaker.
The Aspen FR5 are PS Audio's first pair of stand-mounted loudspeakers. According to the press release, they're designed to deliver "the same quality of extraordinary musical realism as the larger Aspen Series models, [but] in a compact design that fits easily into smaller and medium-sized rooms.". The Aspen FR5 are two-way loudspeakers that feature a 2.5-inch planar magnetic ribbon.. The PS Audio Aspen speaker line has four models, three 3-way floorstanders (FR30, FR20, FR10) and a single two-way standmount (the FR5, $3499/pair). All the Aspen speakers share the same 2.5" planar-magnetic tweeter, but the three-ways differ in the number of tweeters, the size of their planar-magnetic midrange drivers, and the number and size.