Rich, Powerful Stereo Sound for Vinyl, Music Streaming, and More
The Alpha AM5 is a powered two-speaker stereo system that will revolutionize your traditional home audio experience. Featuring trickle-down acoustic technology from PSB’s most iconic speaker designs, the AM5 powered speaker includes a custom designed driver set with a 3/4" aluminum ferrofluid-cooled tweeter and a 5-1/4” midbass woofer that together deliver a rich and detailed full-range sound.
If you love LPs, the AM5 has you in mind. You can listen to favorites on vinyl with a built-in phono preamp. You can also stream music and playlists via Bluetooth in true high-definition with Qualcomm aptX HD. Because the AM5 features legendary PSB legendary sound, everything you listen to and enjoy will sound great.
50 Years of Award-Winning Speaker Design Expertise
Building on PSB's almost 50 years of award-winning speaker design expertise, the Alpha AM5 compact, powered speakers deliver a natural, detailed sound with precision and less distortion. While the Alphas quickly rose to be one of the world’s most iconic speakers and to this day are still a reference benchmark for entry-level hi-fi speakers, today's Alphas combine rare musicality and exceptional value with the latest cutting-edge technologies.
Versatile and Easy to Use
The Alpha AM5 active monitor is effortless to setup and use. There's no amplifier to hook up or apps to download. Stream and listen to your favorite music with aptX™ Bluetooth from your mobile devices. Just pair and play. Connect to your computer or TV for crystal clear, natural sound. The AM5 even features several sound modes allowing you to accentuate dialog, soundstage and more.
Vinyl lovers will appreciate the dedicated RCA phono input and built-in phono preamplifier. If you like, you can use the sub output to add a subwoofer for even deeper bass. The Alpha AM5's flexible design make it perfectly suited for desktop, bookshelf or stand mount placement and can fill your room with impressive sound.
Matched Components, Unmatched Performance
Leveraging amplification expertise from its sister brands provided the PSB design team the considerable advantage of designing a speaker for a known 50W x 2 amplifier. By adding the power of digital signal processing, frequency response, bass extension and output are optimized to a remarkable level of performance. Exceptionally few powered speakers share intellectual resources of this magnitude, making the Alpha AM5 a standout in the crowd of powered speakers. A renowned amplifier company and speaker company perfecting the powered speaker is truly a match made in acoustic heaven.
Simple and Compact
Featuring acoustically transparent detachable magnetic grilles in a choice of matte black or matte white finish, the AM5 offers a timeless design that will seamlessly blend into any décor. The compact size of the AM3 makes it the perfect system for a desk in your office or for a tabletop in your living room or bedroom. Don't let its compact size fool you - the Alpha AM5 with powerful, rich detailed sound punches well above its weight.
Behind the Alpha Series
First designed and manufactured in a small Canadian town in 1991, the Alpha Series started with the simple idea of creating affordable speakers that were focused purely on performance. With passion and dedication in pursuit of a natural sounding speaker, and aided by almost 50 years of research conducted at the Canadian National Research Council, the Alphas are known as one of the world’s most iconic speakers and are still a reference benchmark for entry-level hi-fi speakers today.