[GTALUG] Linux and Stereo Speaker Cables

[phiscock at ee.ryerson.ca]

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 <alvin at netvel.net> 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: phiscock at ee.ryerson.ca
>>>>
>>>> | 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.)
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