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Living Voice vs PMC?

Just about to ship my B&W's and now the question is what to buy. I've been looking at the Living Voice Avatars and could locally get a pair of PMC OB1+'s which I've auditoned before and very much liked them.

As I'm planning on buying a Mastersound Due Venti integrated the Living Voice speakers should be the better choice as they seem to fit a tube amp better, but I've never had a chance to audition these speakers and can only go by reviews and what I can find in the forums.

I did prefer the PMC's to my B&W 703's as they sounded somewhat warmer and the bass was a bit stronger.

Would like to hear from anyone who may have had the chance to hear and possibly compare these speakers as I'll have to take my pick sometime soon and am not sure what to do yet, however, I do lean towards the Living Voice line as they seem to allow me for a bigger choice of amps.

Thanks
krauti

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ryder
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I agree with Shadorne on the bigger PMCs. If you can afford it, you should look at EB1, a 3-way which features a Sonolex tweeter, dedicated 3" midrange driver and 10" woofer. If out of your budget, you might want to look at the Harbeth SHL-5. This speaker may change your life forever. Great transparency and very coherent throughout the spectrum largely contributed by the Radial woofer, a proprietary driver exclusively manufactured in-house by Harbeth that gives the warm and fresh Harbeth sound.
ryder
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Sashav, may I know where did you get the info on the EB1 having the same drivers as the OB1? The OB1 is totally different from the EB1. As a matter of fact, the EB1 is essentially similar to the IB2 since it was developed from the IB1. All drivers in the EB1 are similar to the IB2. The biggest difference between the OB1 and EB1/IB2 lies in the 10" carbon fibre nomex piston driver found in the latter which provides phenomenal dynamics, transparency and resolution. The OB1 only has the normal 6 1/2 inch doped LF driver as found in other smaller PMC speakers.
ryder
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Thanks for the information. I didn't notice any Vifa drivers mentioned in the PMC webpage. I guess that explains the price difference between the EB1 and IB2 in the use of higher quality midrange driver. At any rate, the EB1 is still a significant step-up from the OB1 due to the large Nomex piston woofer and bigger cabinet.
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