- Apr 21, 2009
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Hi,
I'm looking for an interim solution for a pair of speakers. After a healthy amount of online reconnaissance I have pretty much narrowed down the vast field to ATC or PMC (I know both are highly regarded).
My budget is a maximum of £1,600 (excluding cable and stands) and I don't want to spend more as these speakers will be a stop-gap solution for about one year, but would be happy to spend less without significant depreciation of performance. I thought I may get more performance value £ for £ if I went for bookshelf speakers instead of floorstanders, i.e. electronic components to casing materials ratio. Typically, but not surprisingly I can’t find a dealer in the London/South East area who stocks both ATC and PMC for demo purposes. I can easily demo the PMCs, but not the ATCs, so need some valuable input from anyone who has had the opportunity to listen to both brands.
I mainly listen to rock music so the speakers need to have convincing bottom end capability; I sometimes listen to soul, blues and classical as well.
A key point to consider is my CD and Amp are Marantz Pearls, which have a warm, smooth sound.
Option 1
ATC - SCM 11 or PMC - DB1i.
Option 2
ATC - SCM 19 or PMC - TB2i Signature.
Option 3 (outsider)
B&W - 683 or Monitor Audio Silver RX6 and possibly Spendor A5 floorstanders (I have heard their A6s and Statements before)
Cheers,
SonicD
I'm looking for an interim solution for a pair of speakers. After a healthy amount of online reconnaissance I have pretty much narrowed down the vast field to ATC or PMC (I know both are highly regarded).
My budget is a maximum of £1,600 (excluding cable and stands) and I don't want to spend more as these speakers will be a stop-gap solution for about one year, but would be happy to spend less without significant depreciation of performance. I thought I may get more performance value £ for £ if I went for bookshelf speakers instead of floorstanders, i.e. electronic components to casing materials ratio. Typically, but not surprisingly I can’t find a dealer in the London/South East area who stocks both ATC and PMC for demo purposes. I can easily demo the PMCs, but not the ATCs, so need some valuable input from anyone who has had the opportunity to listen to both brands.
I mainly listen to rock music so the speakers need to have convincing bottom end capability; I sometimes listen to soul, blues and classical as well.
A key point to consider is my CD and Amp are Marantz Pearls, which have a warm, smooth sound.
Option 1
ATC - SCM 11 or PMC - DB1i.
Option 2
ATC - SCM 19 or PMC - TB2i Signature.
Option 3 (outsider)
B&W - 683 or Monitor Audio Silver RX6 and possibly Spendor A5 floorstanders (I have heard their A6s and Statements before)
Cheers,
SonicD