We describe in this paper a “pseudo-double beam” photoacoustic spectrometer using a wide aperture monochromator (F/2) and a very sensitive cell. The double signals required to get the normalized value, i.e., the sample signal and a carbon black reference signal, are obtained by a slow (1.7 Hz) alternating movement of the two cells support, the sample and the reference being alternately placed at the focus point of the beam which is fixed in space and time. The modulation of the light flux is independently ensured by a mechanical chopper. Such an original device associates good performances in resolution (0.7 nm), signal-to-noise ratio (1200 for HO2O3at 450 nm with a 5 nm bandwidth) and normalization in a wide spectral range.