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The PSB Alpha P5 bookshelf speaker boasts a timeless two-way design, fitting perfectly on stands, shelves, desks, or tables, making it an excellent choice for both home theater and stereo setups.
With its 5.25” woofer, the P5 transforms your audio system with pristine sound, delivering a captivating listening experience that adds depth to your music and movies.
Featuring a 0.75” black anodized aluminum dome tweeter, the P5 pushes high-frequency response beyond previous Alpha models, reducing distortion for a layered sound marked by exquisite detail and clarity.
For a truly immersive home theater experience, easily enhance the P5's performance by incorporating a subwoofer for deeper bass or other Alpha models, elevating your audio setup to new heights.
Design and final voicing engineered by Paul Barton

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12 customers mention "Sound quality"12 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the sound quality of the speakers. They mention that the sound is truly impressive, excellent, and provides a full, rich spectrum of sound in a small package. The bass is phat if placed close to rear walls, and the sound has a large sound stage. They also say that the speakers can drive much higher volumes than normal selections and that they work for near field listening.

"...The base sounds good, but get a sub if you need that deeper sound...." Read more

"...They're good. I personally am driving the p5s with a Marantz pm6006 integrated using Transparent Audio Wave 200 spkr cable from several years back...." Read more

"...Not the greatest build quality, but Audiophile sound for sure. Will buy PSB again in a heartbeat!" Read more

"...They have the limitations all speakers this size have, but they work well, and they are a good value...." Read more

6 customers mention "Value"6 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the value of the speakers. They say it's very good bang for the buck, inexpensive for the quality, and absolutely worth it.

"...I got them on sale for 299 and they are absolutely worth it. Not the greatest build quality, but Audiophile sound for sure...." Read more

"...all speakers this size have, but they work well, and they are a good value. As a point of reference, my favorite speakers are Vandersteen 5 Carbons." Read more

"...Great Value, Good Balanced Sound, Highly Recommended!" Read more

"...Very Inexpensive for the quality, At 89db, fairly efficient. Can drive much higher volumes than normal selection...." Read more

3 customers mention "Fit"3 positive0 negative

Customers like the fit of the speakers. They mention that it fits well with other speakers and that it has a tight and controlled low end and midrange.

"...currently being used as my side surround speakers and fit well with the four P3 speakers I'm using for height-atmos effects." Read more

"...Small speaker BIG sound with plenty of bass.Tight and controlled low end and midrange...." Read more

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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the speakers. They mention that it has a nice and smooth sound, and it goes well with most neutral decor.

"...The PSB p5's are a sublime, immersive speaker that unite you with your music...." Read more

"...Very elegant finish and dimensions. Goes well with most neutral decor without being either obtrusive or obscure...." Read more

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Geraldo Rivera

Very Nice For The Price.

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024

Color: Black AshVerified Purchase

These make my large, older bookshelf sound old on the higher tweeter to the mid-area. The base sounds good, but get a sub if you need that deeper sound. They are currently being used as my side surround speakers and fit well with the four P3 speakers I'm using for height-atmos effects.

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Louis P

Very. Very. Good. Speakers. (priced per pair)

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2020

Color: Black AshVerified Purchase

One review on this page has a typical case of 'apples and oranges' syndrome and cites alternatives to assert an opinion against the p5's price and sound quality. Cited in the review are various alternative speakers, some twice the price of the $400/pr p5's. I have come to the conclusion that the reviewer prefers a demonstative style of speaker as opposed to a speaker that a real person sits down and listens to for extended listening sessions. There are those audiophiles who only listen to special music which exalts their gear for demonstation purpose. Look, I'm just a poor soul who likes reliable, predictable sound quality day in and day out. Cited are the Focal 706, again way above $400pr, which are some of the deadest, un-musical speakers I've ever owned. I donated them to Goodwill after years of futility to make them come alive. I think 2 schools of audio thinking are at play. Some listeners seek a live concert sound. Trust me, you're not at a concert. 5-channel surround sound? Sorry. You AIN'T in a theater or the 'middle of the action'. Bottom line: Another person's ear or sense of hearing benefits me not.
The PSB p5's are a sublime, immersive speaker that unite you with your music. They excel in the critical mid-range and possess a refined, neutral treble extension that's easy on the ears for long listening sessions. Bass is phat if placed close to rear walls. If you desire live, cupped- hands- to-the-mouth sound, buy klipsch. I have been searching for a speaker like the p5's a long time. No recommendations required, thank you.
Additionally, the KEF q150, at MSRP of $599 with regular sale prices of $300, are a fair speaker but unfortunately the coaxial design has such a bright tonal character that I found that when the music was playing I wanted to leave the listening room often. The KEF q150, while decent, have a decided issue with high frequency brightness. I couldn't return them to Best Buy quickly enough with no regrets whatsoever.
No, if your aim is to help buyers choose a pair of speakers, it behooves you to know
about the science of how humans hear, ie,
the science of psychoacoustics. It's been utilized by audio designers and helps speaker designers understand the nature of how we perceive sound. In the PSB the care and attention to psychoacoustics is in ample evidence. When you hear these speakers you don't recoil or run away or shrink into yourself. You simply follow the tunes, no matter how dissonant your jazz is, or how electrifying Miles' jazz -rock becomes. The music is the thing, not the speakers. The alpha p5's are a uniformly correct sounding piece of gear that miss nothing in your music. I admit it. Ear fatigue can be a factor with these speakers--but only after 12 straight hours of listening. Then I'm tired.
TIP#1. Adhere to a roughly 6foot by 6foot by 6foot semi-equalateral triangle related to your listening place and the speakers, and the speakers distance from each other.
TIP#2. The real icing on the cake to coax the phenomenal sound these speakers have to offer is choosing high quality speaker cables from upper-tier companies that specialize in nothing but, you guessed it, cables! Component interconnect cables and high quality weighted stands filled with sand or lead shot,etc, all go a long way to getting your music off the floor and realizing the music as intended . The reason these speakers are being compared to much higher models is self evident. They're good. I personally am driving the p5s with a Marantz pm6006 integrated using Transparent Audio Wave 200 spkr cable from several years back. As my source a Tascam pro cd player ( cd200bt) connected with Kimber PBJ interconnect. Source material is largely 50s and 60s modern Jazz and Blues. I listen to music everyday.

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m4nc1n1

Fantastic!

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2024

Color: Black AshVerified Purchase

These hit way above their head. I got them on sale for 299 and they are absolutely worth it. Not the greatest build quality, but Audiophile sound for sure. Will buy PSB again in a heartbeat!

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Very good bang for the buck.

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2021

Color: Black AshVerified Purchase

I use these for a small stereo in my home office. They are powered by an NAD 3020. They sound quite good for their size. They have the limitations all speakers this size have, but they work well, and they are a good value. As a point of reference, my favorite speakers are Vandersteen 5 Carbons.

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Alan Jones

Amazing speakers

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2023

Color: Black AshVerified Purchase

These speakers are really incredible. I used a bluesound power-node to power them. Using in my living room to replace a Samsung sound bar and subwoffer, and it's mind blowing how great they sound. The sound quality is truly impressive, I thought I would need to add a subwoffer but it's not necessary. I Highly recommend these speakers, especially when paired with a quality source to power them.

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Steve Hein

Great Value, Good Balanced Sound.

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2019

Color: WalnutVerified Purchase

Build Quality, In my opinion build quality is on par with many five hundred dollars speakers in terms of quality components, I have not seen any speakers in this price range that comes with acoustically transparent perforated metal magnetic grill.

Highs are very clean detail sound with good extension without overly forward or laidback, separation between notes are a bit airy, good sound dispersion.

Midrange is almost perfect, this is the best you can get at this price, everything sound as close as possible to source, naturally balance sound with accurate tone.

Bass performance is the star of overall musical sound signature because I get pretty well extended low frequency response from this mini monitor speakers but to get the maximum bass performance speakers without a sub woofer, should not be be more than 6ft apart with just a tad toe-in.

PSB Alpha P5's balanced sound signature makes it very easy to pair with pretty much any kind of amplifiers.
Great Value, Good Balanced Sound, Highly Recommended!

15 people found this helpful

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Not at this price……

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2021

Color: Black AshVerified Purchase

I saw the great reviews and decided to try them. Not sure why they have so many great reviews? DEFINITELY not sure why these are $400. The quality of the cabinet looks and feels cheap. If you knock on the cabinet, it very lively. The grills are ummmm…well…..meh. They are magnetic but they don’t line up when you place them on. You have to make them even and square. They are bright. Sometimes painful. The low end is just there. Nothing special. Nothing horrible. The $1 terminal cup really adds som class to this. I would honestly MAYBE spend like $150 ish on a pair of these. In case your wondering or saying but hey dude, you probably have a junk amp or receiver and that’s why these sound this way….. no, no I don’t. They were used with a NAD T758 V3i.
I have a pair of Emotiva B1+ that blow these away in every aspect. Those , brand new were $270 for the pair. There’s my 2 cents. Do with it what you will.

7 people found this helpful

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Great sound!! Great build quality! Easy placement!

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2019

Color: Black AshVerified Purchase

Pros:

Build is solid with high quality vinyl wrap.
Small speaker BIG sound with plenty of bass.
Tight and controlled low end and midrange.
Much fuller richer sound and larger sound stage than similar sized Klipsch models.
Detailed highs with no fatigue.
Can be placed close to a wall.
Works for near field listening.

Cons:

Grills are metal mesh with sharp edges.

Update: 10/14/2020
I still own, use, and love these speakers. A change from a Teac HiFi AV receiver to a BasX A-100 made a profound difference in sound and extension. These little speakers ROCK! This will be my end-game for years to come.

11 people found this helpful

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Edd

Valió cada maldit* centavo

Reviewed in Mexico on November 5, 2023

Color: Black AshVerified Purchase

Empezaré con lo primero: estas son mis primeras bocinas de calidad. Las compré porque vi reseñas que eran las bocinas calidad-precio del mercado. Cuando me llegaron, fui a un local de audiofilia para probar amplificadores que hicieran match con mis bocinas.

Las probamos con un ampli Yamaha de unos 1,150 dólares (prestado y no estaba en venta), un Onkyo y un Technics de los 80's en una sala especial de audio, y con los 3 sonaban demasiado bien, un mundo totalmente diferente a lo que yo estaba acostumbrado, la calidad era impresionante. Las dos personas del negocio de audiofilia me dijeron que las bocinas se escuchaban brutal para su precio y les encantaron mis bocinitas. Al final me decidí por el Technics ya que según mi apreciación, la música se escuchaba más orgánica y el de la tienda me dijo que posiblemente se debía a que era un ampli clase A analógico.

Al instalar todo en mi cuarto, pensaba que no se iba a escuchar tan bien como en la sala de audio, ya que mi cuarto no está adaptado con paneles especiales ni nada de eso, pero mi sorpresa fue muy grande al escucharlas, no había tanta diferencia y la calidad era excelente!!! Los agudos suenan bien sin que chillen o molesten, los medios están muy bien nivelados y los bajos... ufffff. Tal vez también tiene que ver el amplificador, pero con mi Technics de los 80's los bajos están brutales, hasta parece que tengo un subwoofer instalado, en serio sorprende la calidad que saca la combinación del ampli con estas P5.

Al final creo que tengo un gran equipo de audio que según los de la tienda de audiofilia normalmente costaría mucho más $, y estoy muy contento con mi adquisición.

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AKM

Fantastic speakers

Reviewed in Canada on February 13, 2024

Color: Black AshVerified Purchase

I have these speakers on my desk and use them almost daily. They sound fantastic. I have them paired with the NAD 3020.

Jiehong

Punch above their grade!

Reviewed in Germany on May 30, 2021

Color: Black AshVerified Purchase

In short, I'd buy them again right away!

Very well built, and very strong and clear sound.
It's very hard to found a fault to those speakers, really.
I like the very strong magnets that hold the grill in front, making them good looking with or without the grill.

Also, the tweaters are protected, so nobody can push them in with their fingers.

I personally didn't like the logo on the speaker grills, but it was easy to remove. The remaining adhesive came right off with a bit of cleaning alcohol. They look even better like that.

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Boom

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2020

Color: WalnutVerified Purchase

Love them

Michael Yoong

Outstanding Bookshelf Speaker

Reviewed in Singapore on December 2, 2021

Color: WalnutVerified Purchase

First the build quality is excellent with well finished wood grain vinyl wrap and the metal material magnetic grill is really impressive. It has a premium feel, very nice looking speakers.

I must say that it surprised me with the sound quality produced from this compact size speaker.
It just makes me wanting to listen to more songs which has not happened to me with other speakers, the sound is just well balanced for treble - midrange - bass.
Treble is clean and transparent, mid-range is clean and natural, bass is well controlled and balanced.
The bass is outstanding not that it would give you a ton of punch but it is just the right amount of low frequency respond that you feel nice overall balanced sound. It is impressive to have the type of bass for the size compare to some of the similar driver’s size speaker.

Near field listening is excellent, I enjoy listening, l can listen to it all day without getting fatigue.

PSB Alpha P5 is really value for the money, highly recommended if you are looking for a good pair of bookshelf speaker for your small room.