Almost every time the story of PSB Speakers is told, the tale begins with an anecdote about the childhood of company founder and chief designer Paul Barton. He is the P and the B in PSB, while the S was added in the middle for his high-school sweetheart Sue, woven into the logo he had doodled during geography class at school. P & S ended up marrying, so forming their own P & S B, which should be no surprise, for who could resist being tagged in a loudspeaker brand name!
Through his later high-school years the young Paul Barton worked part-time at a local hi-fi shop, where despite his youth the owner allowed him to build and sell speaker kits to local university students. Barton then launched his company PSB straight out of school, co-funding the start-up money with two friends.
