12/08/2023
What the IB2 made clear is that, as always, sound is paramount, and when it came to sound, PMC’s IB2 is a beguilingly good-sounding speaker that I found difficult to stop listening to. Night after night, the pair of them had me leaving my B&Ws in the spare room while I sat listening with a grin on my face. The integration of the drivers’ outputs was so good that they reminded me of the point-source coaxial drivers used in such speaker’s as KEF’s Blade. The quality of bass on tap from PMC’s ATL technology and robust carbon-fiber piston driver working as one is also equal to or better than that of most floorstanding bass-reflex designs I’ve heard in this price range. But the real jewel of the IB2 is its exquisite dome midrange driver -- it provided the most neutral, natural, lifelike midrange I’ve heard in a speaker south of $40,000. If you’re in the market for a reference speaker, minimonitor or floorstanding, I urge you to listen to PMC’s IB2 -- it might be the last speaker you ever buy. Highly recommended.