Thanks to the measurement efforts of sound and recording as well as stereophile this wasn't a big surprise... but I still think it's insane that they think asking 2k for this is reasonable. And worse yet - a lot of people probably buy this. That being said, one can get used to almost anything, so I'm sure the owners of these speakers are very happy.
Let me attempt to defend... or rather... rationalize this price/performance
- PMC was formed in 1990 by Peter Thomas (previously of the
BBC) and Adrian Loader (previously of FWO Bauch, an audio distributor)
- PMC sold studio monitors to BBC
These speakers were probably born out of requirements back then, and probably had good performance back then. And hence also commanded good price back then.
However speaker technology progressed. By early 2000s we already have brands moving away from boxy edges, and even a few experimenting with rudimentary waveguides. Oh and ports became the standard.
But consider the situation. We have a big studio with a long history (BBC and etc.) using speakers with a long history. (PMC, and even Rogers...) It is just not possible to tell people to change speakers, especially when the newer speakers sound so different.
What would a person in this situation logically do? Reject the newer sounds as inferior products, embrace the "British sound", and
give an Emmy Award, of course.