I think the DB1i may cost as much as £895 these days. I paid £770 about 18 months ago.
A great speaker within their limits. They are a very small standmount after all.
Their high frequency performace is where i found them to really shine, but due to their limited bass output you sometimes find yourself listening to the tweeter, not the speaker as a whole. Having said this, the bass they do produce is very detailed and accurate for the money with good extension but not enough quantity to match the superb tweeter.
I have just replaced DB1i's with a pair of ATC scm19's. I know the 19's are in a different price catagory and are twice size of the DB1i, but if they have put the price of the DB1i upto £895 then i think id be looking at the scm11 or saving up a bit longer for some scm19's.
Also, i managed to blow the bass drivers in my DB1i's. Im not saying this is PMC's fault, i had them up too loud and due to the lack of distortion from the system, they cooked before audiable distortion was evident.
But having removed the 2 drive units from the cabinets, its obvious that the build isn't very substantial of the bass driver and is very light weight.
The whole DB1i weighs only 4.5kg and the bass driver alone in the scm19 weigh's 9kg.