PSB Imagine Loudspeakers User manual

Imagine

Imagine T Tower
Imagination is a good beginning—a great
beginning. However, it takes so much more. It takes
expertise, experience, a unique combination of
listening skills and listening discipline. It also
takes the courage and conviction to design
what’s best, rather than merely to follow fashion
trends or high-tech “breakthroughs.” Only then
can imagination become reality: the PSB
Imagine loudspeakers.
Of course, it helps that PSB Speakers has
been doing this for a long time — over thirty
five years. Founder Paul Barton and the PSB
team are well known around the world for
fundamental loudspeaker research, studies
of acoustics, and investigations of listener-
perception. The resulting generations of highly
rational yet elegantly sensual loudspeakers have
set the standard for high-performance value.
Quite simply, this is what PSB does best:
produce the most natural, dynamic, and
accurate sound at the lowest possible cost.
Often, surprisingly low. Take the flagship PSB
Synchrony line which has garnered all but
universal acclaim. Though far from inexpensive,
Synchrony has time and again been compared
to speakers costing two, three, even five times
as much, by the globe’s most demanding and
experienced audio critics.
PSB has taken the hard-won knowledge and
technical accomplishments it achieved in
that rigorous and costly three-year development
process to create four models of refreshingly
affordable speakers that reach remarkable
heights of performance.

Left to right: Imagine Tower, Imagine Surround,
Imagine Bookshelf and Imagine Center Channel.
Now we invite you to use your imagination.
Imagine a new method of cabinet
construction combining the precision of
computer-controlled machining with the
irreplaceable touch of hand craftsmanship.
Imagine seamless, unbroken surfaces
making beautiful forms, compound-curved
on every vertical face and heavily internally
braced, yielding supremely solid, acoustically
inert enclosures.
Imagine an all-new family of purpose-
designed drivers resulting in clear midrange
presence, uncluttered bass, extended
smooth highs, and high power handling.
Imagine “cathedral” matched wood veneers
and timbre-matched designs to ensure the
best in looks and sonics.
Imagine a tower and center channel that
enables a modest degree of system tuning
to accommodate individual room acoustics,
speaker set up, or listener preference.
Imagine PSB’s relentless attention to the hundreds
of small details necessary to make music and
movies truly come alive.
Make imagination reality: Let your ears experience
PSB Imagine.
Imagine B Bookshelf

Frequency Range
Response
On Axis @ 0°±3dB
On Axis @ 0°±1 1/2dB
Off Axis @ 30°± 1 1/2dB
LF Cutoff -10dB
Sensitivity
Anechoic Chamber
Listening Room
Impedance
Nominal
Minimum
Input Power
Recommended
Program
Acoustic Design
Tweeter (Nominal)
Woofer (Nominal)
Crossover
Internal Volume
Design Type
Size (W x H x D)
Weight
Net
Shipping
Finish
Imagine T
Tow e r
38-23,000Hz
42-20,000Hz
42-10,000Hz
35Hz
88dB
90dB
4 Ohms
4 Ohms
20 - 200 Watts
200 Watts
1" (25mm)
Titanium Dome
with Ferrofluid
2 x 5 1/4" (135mm)
Polypropylene Cone,
Rubber Surround
1,800Hz, LR4, 800Hz
1.0 cu ft (29 liter)
Dual Port Bass Reflex
8-1/4 x 37-3/16 x 13-5/8"
210 x 945 x 346mm
40.6 lb (18.5kg)/each
52 lb (23.6kg)/each
Black Ash or
Dark Cherry
Wood Veneer
Imagine B
Bookshelf
52-23,000Hz
55-20,000Hz
55-10,000Hz
48Hz
87dB
89dB
4 Ohms
4 Ohms
20 - 150 Watts
150 Watts
1” (25mm)
Titanium Dome
with Ferrofluid
5-1/4” (135mm)
Polypropylene Cone,
Rubber Surround
1,800Hz, LR4
0.27 cu ft (7.7 liter)
Bass Reflex
7-1/2 x 13 x 12”
191 x 330 x 305mm
17.2 lb (7.8kg)/each
38 lb (17.3kg)/pair
Black Ash or
Dark Cherry
Wood Veneer
Imagine C
Center
47-23,000Hz
45-20,000Hz
45-10,000Hz
40Hz
87dB
89dB
4 Ohms
4 Ohms
20 - 150 Watts
150 Watts
1” (25mm)
Titanium Dome
with Ferrofluid
2 x 5-1/4” (135mm)
Polypropylene Cone,
Rubber Surround
1,800Hz, LR4
0.54 cu ft (15.4 liter)
Bass Reflex
20-1/2 x 7-1/2 x 13-5/8”
521 x 191 x 346mm
26.8 lb (12.2kg)/each
30.5 lb (13.9kg)/pair
Black Ash or
Dark Cherry
Wood Veneer
Imagine S
Surround
65-23,000Hz
68-20,000Hz
68-10,000Hz
58Hz
87dB
89dB
4 Ohms
4 Ohms Bipole/Dipole
(8 Ohm - 2 Channel Mode)
20 - 150 Watts
150 Watts
2 x 1” (25mm)
Titanium Dome
with Ferrofluid
2 x 5-1/4” (135mm)
Polypropylene Cone,
Rubber Surround
2,000Hz, B3
0.22 cu ft (6.2 liter)
Acoustic Suspension
10-3/4 x 12-5/8 x 6-7/8”
273 x 321 x 175mm
16.3 lb (7.4kg)/each
37 lb (16.8kg)/pair
Black Ash or
Dark Cherry
Wood Veneer
• Innovative 7-layer laminated construction yields impressively solid, acoustically inert Imagine enclosures.
The result: dramatically clean, “fast” bass and uncolored midrange—and visually elegant curved forms.
• Proprietary titanium-dome tweeter’s light yet stiff diaphragm and “over-hung” voice-coil, with a computer-
optimized magnetic circuit for singularly smooth, extended response that remains distortion-free even at
very high acoustic levels.
• Unique woofer design combines serious low-frequency power with exceptional midrange accuracy.
Proprietary ceramic-filled polypropylene cones, a uniquely aerodynamic molded basket, and a
specialized, distortion-reducing magnetic design are just three of their secrets.
• Smoothly radiused, unblemished front surfaces are more than merely beautiful: they virtually eliminate
mid-and high-frequency diffractions, maximizing transient realism and treble “air.”
• Heavy gold-plated quad terminals ensure full signal transfer and can be bi-wired and bi-amped.
(Except Imagine S, whose separately addressable inputs permit discrete-channel rear/side surround connections to each speaker.)
Technical Highlights
PSB Imagine C Center Channel and Imagine S
Surround Speaker. Below, Imagine B Bookshelf
rear view.
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Limited. PSB is a registered trademark of Lenbrook Industries Limited.
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