PMC vs. Salk Sound Speakers. Which is better?

A friend has Salk Songtowers and they're well built and sound nice. I would never buy that particular speaker because I don't like floorstanders but they do sound very nice. Salk is a young company but they have a good following. Nothing wrong with that.

PMC is in an entirely different league.

PMC is a great speaker at used prices,not MSRP....
IB2s are incredible stand mounts and mate best with Sound Anchors but with a retail of nearly $16,000 is insane.
I hade a pair of IB1 that were built in 2000 and they sounded great even after 10yrs and some AB1 that were 13yrs old and sounded great.
..IB2 with that BIG mid can reproduce some great vocals and $7750 is alot better than $16,00+$1000 for stands

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...

I've heard the best Salks, a very natural sound, I've read that PMC, which I've never heard, are first and foremost rock speakers, Do you agree Jaxwired?

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.