PMC vs. Salk Sound Speakers. Which is better?

Never heard salks but I seriously doubt a boutique brand like that is going to give pmc any real competition. I've owned a lot of speakers and pmc is at the very top of my list. Their i series is superb and worth every penny IMO.

What a joke. All these comments about how cheap the PMC construction is and how expensive the Salk parts are, who gives a flying .... So a gold plated diamond crusted crossover would really be awesome!!! I don't care if the crossover is made if rusty tin cans and bottle caps. Does the $16k PMC IB2i sound like a $16k speaker? Damn straight. If you judge PMC based on sound quality (which in my book counts for 95%), are they still over priced then? Nope, might even make the case they are under priced. All the pmc speakers easily compete with all their similarly priced competition on SOUND QUALITY. And IMO, they beat the vast majority of that competition on sound quality. The REAL rip off is all the boutique speaker companies selling at outrageous prices WITHOUT delivering the sound quality, but justifying the price with fancy crossover parts and expensive cabinetry. I've got a gorgeous coffee table with solid gold claw feet, looks like a million bucks but it just doesn't sound as good as my PMCs for some reason...

It's true, with PMC you are getting way less value in crossover parts and cabinetry than Salk. And I am sure Salk owners take great pride in showing off their Salk crossover quality and gleaming wood finish. At my house I prefer to wow my guests with music. But that's just me...

Schubert, the PMCs do sound amazing with rock music, but I listen to a lot of indie, alternative, acoustic, blues, and folk rock as well. They sound bloody amazing with everything I play. If you have a stellar recording, they sound shockingly lifelike. They are the most accurate mid range I've ever heard (talking about my ib2 here). The bass is full range and has more power than any speaker I've ever heard yet never sounds boomy or bloated. The only down side I can find is they sound best with loads of power. Everyone has different taste, but in my 30 years of enjoying this hobby buying the PMC ib2 has made me happier by far than any other single purchase. I'm a music lover first and an audiophile second. A lot of audiophiles say that, but they are often full of it. If you love music more than buying equipment (and there's no shame if you don't), then I strongly recommend trying PMC speakers.

Laughing at you mrmitch for being so self deluded that you think the other 1000 speakers that claim to sound like speakers "COSTING TWICE THE PRICE" are all wrong, but YOUR speakers REALLY, REALLY DO!!! I swear, they really do! God, how foolish can you be?

And BTW, mrmitch if you knew anything about engineering you would know that having a "custom made" speaker is nothing to brag about. It makes you 10 times more likely to pay a lot of money for a speaker that looks good but sounds like cr@p. Great design and great engineering is process of refinement and evolution. I'd much rather have a speaker that the designer poured over for years slowly improving and refining (like PMCs) than a one off "custom designed " speaker. What makes a speaker sound good is NOT simply quality parts, (what a ridiculous concept)' but the designer knowing the perfect use of just the right parts and that comes from years of investment in a design not a "custom" design. LMFAO!

Totally agree with you wrm57. I just object to the nonsensical attitude expressed by a few on this thread that basically are saying "yeah, sure, PMCs sound great, but just look at those cheap parts in the crossover." A speakers price should be mostly a factor of it's sound quality. If we attach a "rip off" label to every speaker whose price is not justified by the cost of the raw materials we'd have a really long list. If a speaker costs less to make but sounds competitive in its price bracket than I say bravo to that brilliant piece of engineering. It also calls into question the validity that those exotic and costly parts are more than just marketing gimmicks. Apparently they are not necessary. But they do provide something to brag about. "Forget the sound, do you have any idea what type of inductor is inside that cabinet!!!!"

Mrmitch, I can only assume that you read my rebuttal and found yourself unable to refute any of my points since you posted a response but failed to do so. Don't beat yourself up too much about it. We were all young and foolish once. If you continue in the hobby you should slowly gain some wisdom.