@ianellis I love the PMC Fact series. The BB5 XBD is one of my favorite sounding speakers of all time. But you don't get a lot of bang for your buck. You have to spend considerably more $$ beyond the Fact series to get reference performance out of the PMC line. They're great, they're just not "giant killers" which is what most of us are searching for. Unless we already own the giant in question :)
I have always believed that you're going to buy top tier reference speakers, they should outclass speakers costing far more. I've represented several speaker manufacturers over the years but Legacy always seems to be the brand that causes peoples jaws to hit the floor or get that "goosebump" factor. I decided to rep them after leaving RMAF absolutely floored by their performance and usually regard them as best in show year after year.
But the real secret to getting any of the speakers in the Legacy lineup to have the magical sound signature you hear at the big audio shows is to pair them with the Legacy Wavelet. Yes it's a $5k preamp/dac that does room correction. But once you hear Legacy/Bohmer's implementation of frequency and time domain room correction in the wavelet, you'll never go back to listening without it. I prefer it over Dirac or Room Perfect. Adding a Wavelet to a system is the auditory equivalent of upgrading your speakers and preamp. It's that drastic. Just for kicks, try toggling the wavelet correction on and off during a listening session and you won't believe you were ever able to tolerate the sound before correction.
PM me if you're interested in any of the Legacy products, I'm extremely competitive with pricing for Agon forum members. Best of luck on your search!
I have always believed that you're going to buy top tier reference speakers, they should outclass speakers costing far more. I've represented several speaker manufacturers over the years but Legacy always seems to be the brand that causes peoples jaws to hit the floor or get that "goosebump" factor. I decided to rep them after leaving RMAF absolutely floored by their performance and usually regard them as best in show year after year.
But the real secret to getting any of the speakers in the Legacy lineup to have the magical sound signature you hear at the big audio shows is to pair them with the Legacy Wavelet. Yes it's a $5k preamp/dac that does room correction. But once you hear Legacy/Bohmer's implementation of frequency and time domain room correction in the wavelet, you'll never go back to listening without it. I prefer it over Dirac or Room Perfect. Adding a Wavelet to a system is the auditory equivalent of upgrading your speakers and preamp. It's that drastic. Just for kicks, try toggling the wavelet correction on and off during a listening session and you won't believe you were ever able to tolerate the sound before correction.
PM me if you're interested in any of the Legacy products, I'm extremely competitive with pricing for Agon forum members. Best of luck on your search!