Seeking opinions on PMC IB2

I listened extensively to these speakers and the smaller floor-standers in a showroom in Los Angeles about two years ago. I agree with Jaybo. They are absolutely superb (the smaller floor standers are too). I heard the IB2 in a large acoustically-treated room and they filled that room without any sense of strain. They are very neutral but with a very slight warm balance. They are very transparent and detailed but without sounding overly analytical. Images are correctly propotioned, and imaging and soundstaging are very good but not the best I've heard. I was very impressed by their ability to play at reference levels without a hint of compression. I would disagree with Jaybo regarding their performance against the Harbeth, which I like very much also by the way. I believe the IB2 to be superior, especially in terms of bass extension and resolution. The only reservations I have about the IB2, and the main reason I didn't buy them at the time was that I could never bring myself to like the way they looked (very industrial). I guess I could have overlooked this but my better half would not like looking at them in our living room. Other than the looks, the IB2 speakers are truly superb in every other respect.

I have a pair of the PMC AB2. I would tend to say go wiht the higher stand, unless you are sitting very low.

I used blue tac between the stand and speaker and that seemed fine.

PMC speakers do best with SS amps with high damping factors

Sim Audio, Bryston, McCormack etc. I would say you want 200w at 4 ohm minimum as the IB2s can take it.

take a look here for some info
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/pmc2/ib2.html

i should have stated that in this catagory, the harbeths and spendors not better, but a better 'value'. my apologies....for the money though, theres a lot of great ones out there

Congrats those IB2's are great speakers.

I would go 20" stands and a good powerful SS amp. Good luck!

FWIW, I just bought PMC IB1 speakers (same form factor as the IB2) with 14" stands. One of the speakers is in the shop (buzzing bass driver... damn it!), but I set them up long enough to know that I wish I had 20" stands! I think that you'll want the tweeter at ear level, which doesn't really happen with 14" stands. I'm using cinder blocks to bump them up until I can afford 20" stands.