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PMC IB1 and room size

I just put a down payment on a demo pair of these. I still have not yet heard them, but the price was so good, I'm not worried about getting my money back if I don't like them (tho it's interesting I've never heard anyone say anything bad about them!). They seem ideal for my needs, but I'm a bit concerned they may be a bit much for my room.

My room is a specially-constructed trapezoidal room -- about 225 square feet. Short ceilings, but heavily bass-trapped. Any IB1 owners here want to chime in regarding whether or not this is too small a room for these speakers? Do they play well against the wall (I've heard they do)?

Thanks!
Carl
carlsaff
carlsaff OP
11 posts
 
Interesting. My chain will be Benchmark DAC-1 -> 4BST -> IB1s

What's the address of that group?
brizonbiovizier
124 posts
 
Sounds like a good combination. Try to get hold of a pair of 3b-st or a single 8b-st (4 channel) and use that to trimap the speakers - it makes a huge difference.
ryder
946 posts
 
Hmmm, 225 square ft. is pretty small for the IB1's but since Jethro even had a single IB1 as the center speaker I had no further comments.

Jethro, out of curiosity what is the width of your room, and what are the measurements of your main speakers from the side walls? I believe the IB1's need at least 15' width of space to sound optimum.
jethro
14 posts
 
Carl:

www.audiocircle.com - There's a Bryston/PMC Owner's Circle.
The DAC-1 has really nice mids with the 4B-ST - electric guitar rocks in this setup IMHO. I've tried this exact setup but with the analog bypass of the SP-1.7 as a pre-amp. You may find less bass with the DAC-1 than other DACs such as Bryston's DACs and Bel Canto DAC3. This may work well since you have been using bass traps. I think you will be pleased.
carlsaff OP
11 posts
 
I think the DAC-1 won't be around too much longer. I really hope to try the Lavry DA10 soon. The DAC-1 is a good DAC, with excellent features for my setup, but my experience with Lavry converters is that they come closer to sounding exactly like the source than anything else I've heard.
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