My time spent with this PMC sextet was pretty eyeopening, as there haven’t been many other 5.1 systems. I’ve heard with such a revealing, detailed and allencompassing
soundfield.
Of course, in the world of loudspeakers different sonic signatures appeal to different ears. There’s none of the warmth here that some big floorstanders engineer, and some might consider the purity of PMC’s treble handling lacks an element of attack. The subwoofer, meanwhile, is
fast, responsive and never flustered, rather than aggressive and overtly largescale.
None of that means this system isn’t ‘exciting.’ Far from it. With movies and music it never seems to put a foot wrong, and that makes it it top of the class n