“This is a small and unobtrusive speaker, but it has a significant and appealing level of presence. You don’t have to be invested in acoustics to know that this is a pretty serious bit of kit.”
“It quickly becomes clear that the move to active operation doesn’t change the character of the 23i – instead it serves to frame and focus it even more.”
“The most notable element of this is that the PMC still packs a quite formidable punch for a slender speaker that is less than a metre tall. One of my favourite tests of low-end extension – the huge orchestra swell from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Fink’s Berlin Sunrise – is still something you feel as much as hear. This is a more challenging type of bass than percussive and it shows that the PMC has a low-end that extends beautifully from the lower midrange down.”
“It’s a brilliant update to a well-regarded speaker and PMC deserves to do very well with it.”