I'm planning on changing my Totem Arro small floorstanders to a standmount and the one I'm looking at is PMC Twenty 21.
On the face of it it sounds a bit strange but hear me out.
My system consists of Rega Elicit amp, Rega Saturn and Rega DAC. I've had the Totem Arros for nearly a year and recently added a REL T5 subwoofer as I'm happy with the Totems but wanted a slightly more filled out sound which the sub has now given me.
I've recently bought a new rack which is oak and now my Totems don't look right as they're mahogany and most of my living room furniture is oak. This got me looking at possible new speakers (any excuse) and now that I have the subwoofer, I'm also looking at standmounts in either black gloss to match my Rega equipment and REL sub or oak to match the rack.
I don't want to spend much and looked at trading in my Totems, I phoned a few hifi shops, initially thinking of buying some Kef LS50s after reading some great reviews. I was told that as good as the Kefs are for the money, my Totem Arro are possibly a better speaker and to look at something like PMC instead which would be an improvement on the Arros. I was told the PMC Twenty 23 floorstander would be a good choice as it would give me everything the Arro could but more dynamics, texture and musicality.
However, the PMC floorstanders are bigger than my Arros and after living with the diminutive Arros, I'm not keen on anything bigger which got me looking at small standmounters. Now I'm thinking of going for the little Twenty 21 standmounter instead of the PMC floorstander which uses the same driver units as its bigger brother, is a lot cheaper even with the stands and would not look so imposing in my living room. Plus I would be able to keep the REL sub to fill in the for the lack of lower end.
So could the little PMC Twenty 21 with the REL sub be just what I'm after? And would it be an improvement on the Arro?
On the face of it it sounds a bit strange but hear me out.
My system consists of Rega Elicit amp, Rega Saturn and Rega DAC. I've had the Totem Arros for nearly a year and recently added a REL T5 subwoofer as I'm happy with the Totems but wanted a slightly more filled out sound which the sub has now given me.
I've recently bought a new rack which is oak and now my Totems don't look right as they're mahogany and most of my living room furniture is oak. This got me looking at possible new speakers (any excuse) and now that I have the subwoofer, I'm also looking at standmounts in either black gloss to match my Rega equipment and REL sub or oak to match the rack.
I don't want to spend much and looked at trading in my Totems, I phoned a few hifi shops, initially thinking of buying some Kef LS50s after reading some great reviews. I was told that as good as the Kefs are for the money, my Totem Arro are possibly a better speaker and to look at something like PMC instead which would be an improvement on the Arros. I was told the PMC Twenty 23 floorstander would be a good choice as it would give me everything the Arro could but more dynamics, texture and musicality.
However, the PMC floorstanders are bigger than my Arros and after living with the diminutive Arros, I'm not keen on anything bigger which got me looking at small standmounters. Now I'm thinking of going for the little Twenty 21 standmounter instead of the PMC floorstander which uses the same driver units as its bigger brother, is a lot cheaper even with the stands and would not look so imposing in my living room. Plus I would be able to keep the REL sub to fill in the for the lack of lower end.
So could the little PMC Twenty 21 with the REL sub be just what I'm after? And would it be an improvement on the Arro?