SYNCHRONY B600
PSB Synchrony B600 Bookshelf Speaker (EACH)
B600 BLK
PSB Speakers, Bookshelf Speakers, Bookshelf Speakers
INTRODUCING THE B600: A BOOKSHELF BEAUTY
When he founded PSB Loudspeakers in 1972, Paul Barton had a key guiding principle: he wanted to design speakers that are True to Nature. PSB’s new Synchrony Series is the clearest expression yet of that philosophy
The PSB Synchrony B600 Premium Bookshelf Speaker is a two-way bass-reflex design, featuring an all-new driver platform, new crossover and enclosure designs, and built-in IsoAcoustics isolators.
Like every PSB model ever made, the Synchrony B600 was voiced at the world-famous acoustics lab of the National Research Council in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In addition to measuring loudspeaker performance in the NRC’s anechoic chamber, PSB used advanced tools such as scanning laser vibrometer, finite-element analysis, and electro-acoustic computer modelling during the Synchrony Series’ two-year development process. The engineering team led by Paul Barton correlated this data with extensive subjective-listening tests.
The Enclosure
The B600’s rigid MDF enclosure has extensive internal bracing to minimise resonances that can cause uneven response and blur transients. The front baffle is clad in a 5mm-thick solid aluminium plate, which suppresses “baffle talk” that can obscure fine detail.
Finishes and Options
The Synchrony B600 is available in two gorgeous furniture-grade finishes: Satin Walnut veneer and High Gloss Black. Other design touches enhance the B600’s visual appeal, including a tasteful Synchrony logo on the top edge of the front baffle, where it meets the top surface of the enclosure.
Natural Harmony
Considered individually, each of these advances offer meaningful benefits. Considered holistically, they’re transformative. With its new driver platform, enclosure design, and amplitude-perfect crossover, the B600 will deliver revelatory, immersive listening experiences with both movies and music. Quite simply, the new Synchrony B600 is the finest bookshelf loudspeaker PSB has ever offered.
Product highlights:
- 1 x 6½" woofer with woven carbon fibre cone, cast aluminium basket, mass-loaded rubber surround, and advanced motor structure
- 1 x 1" titanium dome tweeter with Ferrofluid damping and neodymium magnet
- Amplitude-perfect Linkwitz-Riley 4th-order acoustic crossover
- Low-resonance MDF cabinet with extensive bracing and decoupled aluminium-clad front baffle
- Integrated acoustic isolators from IsoAcoustics
- Satin Walnut Veneer and High Gloss Black with acoustically transparent magnetically attached grilles
- Optional custom-fitted 24" B600 speaker stands
Specifications:
- Frequency response: 55-20,000 Hz (±3dB)
- Sensitivity: 88 dB
- Impedance: 6 ohms
- Recommended power: 15-150 Watts
- 1" titanium dome tweeter with Ferrofluid
- 6.5" Carbon Fibre Woofer with cast basket
- Bass Reflex, rear facing port
- Dual gold-plated five way binding posts — Bi-wireable/Bi-ampable,
- Satin Walnut and High Gloss Black
- (W x H x D) 228 x 393 x 298mm
- Weight: 10.4 kg each
- 1” Tweeter: The B600’s titanium dome tweeter features a neodymium magnet and Ferrofluid cooling. These measures improve maximum output and power handling, without causing dynamic compression or increasing harmonic and intermodulation distortion.
- 6.5” Woofer: The B600’s 6.5" woofer features a woven carbon fibre cone that combines low mass and high rigidity. This results in wider bandwidth (about a half-octave lower than previous PSB driver designs), higher efficiency, better power handling, and lower distortion. The rubber surround has mass added to the junction with the cone to suppress unwanted reflections; this results in smoother response. The highly rigid cast aluminium basket resists flexing, and is unaffected by cone motion. A shorted turn (or Faraday ring) in the woofer’s motor structure assures that magnetic force remains constant throughout the voice coil gap, regardless of the position of the voice coil. Combined with increased voice coil length, this reduces harmonic and intermodulation distortion.
Bass Reflex Cabinet: The B600 has a rigid MDF enclosure with extensive internal bracing to minimise resonances that can cause uneven response and blur transients. The front baffle is clad in a 5mm-thick solid aluminium plate, which suppresses “baffle talk” that can obscure fine detail.
The aluminium plate on the baffle has threaded pins on the rear that grab six small isolation cups, three on each side, which suspend the aluminium plate between the two sidewalls of the enclosure. The aluminium plate has contact with the cabinet only around its perimeter. The isolation cups decouple the aluminium plate from the enclosure, another measure that helps preserve fine detail.
Dual Binding Posts: Two pairs of five-way insulated binding posts allow for bi-wiring or bi-amping. Jumpers are supplied to allow conventional wiring to a single amplifier.
Isolation Feet: On the bottom of the enclosure are four isolation feet, custom designed for PSB by IsoAcoustics. Based on IsoAcoustics’ award-winning Gaia II isolators, the B600’s isolation feet adhere to the supporting surface. The isolators prevent energy from the drivers and cabinet from being reflected back into the enclosure, and also prevent structure-borne vibrations from reaching the listener. Benefits include improved micro-detail, clearer transients, a wider soundstage, and more precise imaging.
Finishes and Options: The Synchrony B600 is available in two gorgeous furniture-grade finishes: Satin Walnut veneer and High Gloss Black. Other design touches enhance the B600’s visual appeal, including a tasteful Synchrony logo on the top edge of the front baffle, where it meets the top surface of the enclosure.
Included with the B600s are two narrow-profile black grilles that complement the enclosures. Thanks to their super-slim cross-sections, the grilles have minimal effect on the B600’s sound. Magnets embedded in both the grille and enclosure assure a quick, secure fit.
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- 1” Tweeter: The B600’s titanium dome tweeter features a neodymium magnet and Ferrofluid cooling. These measures improve maximum output and power handling, without causing dynamic compression or increasing harmonic and intermodulation distortion.
- 6.5” Woofer: The B600’s 6.5" woofer features a woven carbon fibre cone that combines low mass and high rigidity. This results in wider bandwidth (about a half-octave lower than previous PSB driver designs), higher efficiency, better power handling, and lower distortion. The rubber surround has mass added to the junction with the cone to suppress unwanted reflections; this results in smoother response. The highly rigid cast aluminium basket resists flexing, and is unaffected by cone motion. A shorted turn (or Faraday ring) in the woofer’s motor structure assures that magnetic force remains constant throughout the voice coil gap, regardless of the position of the voice coil. Combined with increased voice coil length, this reduces harmonic and intermodulation distortion.
Bass Reflex Cabinet: The B600 has a rigid MDF enclosure with extensive internal bracing to minimise resonances that can cause uneven response and blur transients. The front baffle is clad in a 5mm-thick solid aluminium plate, which suppresses “baffle talk” that can obscure fine detail.
The aluminium plate on the baffle has threaded pins on the rear that grab six small isolation cups, three on each side, which suspend the aluminium plate between the two sidewalls of the enclosure. The aluminium plate has contact with the cabinet only around its perimeter. The isolation cups decouple the aluminium plate from the enclosure, another measure that helps preserve fine detail.
Dual Binding Posts: Two pairs of five-way insulated binding posts allow for bi-wiring or bi-amping. Jumpers are supplied to allow conventional wiring to a single amplifier.
Isolation Feet: On the bottom of the enclosure are four isolation feet, custom designed for PSB by IsoAcoustics. Based on IsoAcoustics’ award-winning Gaia II isolators, the B600’s isolation feet adhere to the supporting surface. The isolators prevent energy from the drivers and cabinet from being reflected back into the enclosure, and also prevent structure-borne vibrations from reaching the listener. Benefits include improved micro-detail, clearer transients, a wider soundstage, and more precise imaging.
Finishes and Options: The Synchrony B600 is available in two gorgeous furniture-grade finishes: Satin Walnut veneer and High Gloss Black. Other design touches enhance the B600’s visual appeal, including a tasteful Synchrony logo on the top edge of the front baffle, where it meets the top surface of the enclosure.
Included with the B600s are two narrow-profile black grilles that complement the enclosures. Thanks to their super-slim cross-sections, the grilles have minimal effect on the B600’s sound. Magnets embedded in both the grille and enclosure assure a quick, secure fit.
