Speakers to hang on to for LIFE

I believe I'm settling in with my PMC IB2i on custom 18-inch Sound Anchors for the duration. After 7 months, I can't find anything I don't like about them, which is a first for me. Coupling them with Bryston 28B-SST2 amps and a VAC Phi Beta preamp, I think I'm done with changes to "the rhythm section" of my system, which is what I call the preamp-amp-speaker backbone. Frontline components (sources) may change but I don't imagine changing these three slots. The 20-year warranties on the PMCs and Brystons also give me piece of mind.

I have been listening to PMCs on custom Sound Anchors for the past three months too. My AML-1 monitors continue to surprise me with detail and musicality.

Homemade bass traps have helped a great deal. Only have a bit of a bump at 300hz left. Maybe hand these down to a relative, but doubt I'll sell them.

Glad to hear you like your PMCs, too. I have a couple of GIK Tri-traps in my large, oddly shaped room and they help, for sure. I'm continually surprised by the quality and energy of the bass these speakers produce. Visitors look around for a sub! I'm very satisfied, for the first time.

I have a pair of Celestion SL-700s. I bought them 13 years ago - used, of course. They are great stand-mounted monitors. I use them for both music and video in my small master bedroom.

My answer is the Ohm Walsh 3s. Last summer I purchased the S3.3000 upgrade for my 1984 vintage Walsh 3s. It has been several months now that I have begun to listen to the upgraded drivers.

Now I am not reviewer, not like you see on 6Moons. But I can say that I am so delighted with these speakers. I love the detail, the deeper bass response, the overall presence of the sound. I have read that these speakers take time to
break in. I am not completely sure what that means, but I suspect it has something to do with getting the cones in the drivers to loosen up a bit so that they more accurately reproduce the sound. For sure, I noticed over the first
several months that the overall sound became more sensuous, if you know what I mean. Perhaps it will take even longer to get the full benefit from that process. But already I like what I hear.

My musical interests are all over the map. I liken to a lot of jazz, particularly Bill Evans, and folk, like Richard Shindell and Richard Thompson, and rock too, the classics and newer groups, for example, Dawes and Fleet Foxes.
No matter what I put to these speakers, I simply love the sound and the tonal qualities they deliver; I do not fatigue listening to them.

The rest of my system is a Rega RP-3 TT with an Ortofon Black 2M, a Rotel CD player (1072), a Conrad Johnson MF-2500a amp, CJ PV-15 LS and a Whest PS.30R phono preamp. The upgraded 3s sit at the end of all of that.

Bottom line: I hear terrific detail, an excellent sound stage, and beautiful tonal qualities. Love 'em. Simple as that. Speakers so far for life.