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PMC IB1 and room size

I just put a down payment on a demo pair of these. I still have not yet heard them, but the price was so good, I'm not worried about getting my money back if I don't like them (tho it's interesting I've never heard anyone say anything bad about them!). They seem ideal for my needs, but I'm a bit concerned they may be a bit much for my room.

My room is a specially-constructed trapezoidal room -- about 225 square feet. Short ceilings, but heavily bass-trapped. Any IB1 owners here want to chime in regarding whether or not this is too small a room for these speakers? Do they play well against the wall (I've heard they do)?

Thanks!
Carl
carlsaff
carlsaff OP
11 posts
 
How would you characterize the improvement moving from ST to SST?
jethro
14 posts
 
The bass was less boomy (not that I found them real boomy with the ST) with the SST and perhaps reached deeper, although this may have been masked with the ST. Mids and highs were a touch fuller, but not too full. I've recently also added a Bel Canto DAC3 to my system (analog bypass input to the SP-1.7) and the bass is just crazy good. For more comments you might want to look at audiocircle's Bryston/PMC newsgroup (I moderate this newsgroup but have no no financial relationship with Bryston nor PMC). I also bought my IB1's without listening and they are the best speakers that I have heard to date.
carlsaff OP
11 posts
 
Interesting. My chain will be Benchmark DAC-1 -> 4BST -> IB1s

What's the address of that group?
brizonbiovizier
124 posts
 
Sounds like a good combination. Try to get hold of a pair of 3b-st or a single 8b-st (4 channel) and use that to trimap the speakers - it makes a huge difference.
ryder
1,687 posts
 
Hmmm, 225 square ft. is pretty small for the IB1's but since Jethro even had a single IB1 as the center speaker I had no further comments.

Jethro, out of curiosity what is the width of your room, and what are the measurements of your main speakers from the side walls? I believe the IB1's need at least 15' width of space to sound optimum.
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