thread for PMC owners

I am interested in the Twenty.23 model but was told of its cost! wow a lot of money for such a small speaker. Kind of wonder if its justified? 

Yes. Excellent quality drivers. Not your usual run of the mill. However I would be concerned with this model if you listen sometimes at live loud levels. The tweeter is crossed over at 1.8Khz and that means it will sound wonderful but it will work quite hard (big excursion).

Energy Pro 22 used a very similar design in 1982 and that was a great sounding speaker (reference for CBC) but often had blown tweeters.

Thank you for your response. Might look at Focal speakers as they have comparable specs and in-house manufacturing etc. More bang for the buck theory, Do you have any comments on that brand?

PMC and Focal have very different presentations.  As a PMC owner, you'll understand that I prefer its sound profile.  I was able to audition twenty.23, Focal, and twenty.24 on same day/consecutive days.  There's a strong family resemblance between 23 and 24, obviously w.r.t. a few extra db of bass.  I agree that list price imported from Britain they don't represent great value for money.  But things change radically when you look on the used market, where I think they become much more competitive.  As always, basic advice is audition before you buy.

Yes. Thanks for the advice I will audition both of them tonight.