PMC result6 Monitor Review

[Multicore]

"Consistent tonal balance" I guess

"Consistent" is an interesting word in this context. Not "even", or "uniform", or "flat", but consistent ... with something unspecified. Consistent with PMC's other products? Idk.

 

[Ajax]

"I can't recommend the PMC result6. It is an embarrassment for the company."

So, what did you really think?

 

[ROOSKIE]

Yes, but they haven’t been British for a long time. All design and manufacturing is in China. Peter Comeau moved there 10 years ago I think. And good for them, it allows them to make great speakers at sensible prices.

The Dovetail, which is fairly pricey, is made in Britian. According to Wharefedale they have '25,000ft2 of office, lab and manufacturing space.'(including an Anechoic chamber) there. It is in, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
So it looks like they are trying to spread the wealth again.

 

[peniku8]

At double the price, one may expect so...

Even at half the price one may expect far better performance than this...

 

[crappypanther]

Ahaha. all PMC speakers have approximately the same ****** measurements. the labyrinth is, of course, the main problem

 

[GXAlan]

B&W 805 D4

"Consistent" is an interesting word in this context. Not "even", or "uniform", or "flat", but consistent ... with something unspecified. Consistent with PMC's other products? Idk.

PMC fact.8 signature loudspeaker

www.stereophile.com

“The PMC fact.8 signature's measurements do correlate with the sonic character Kal reported, I feel.—John Atkinson“

The Wilson TuneTot wasn’t neutral but the bass boost and inert cabinet probably helped make the sound enjoyable.

 

[uwotm8]

all Dynaudios I have heard and seen measured are quite far from such bat curve voicing

They are better on graphs for sure, I love Dynaudio but know their tuning. I didn't hear any PMC.
Checking GearSpace leaded me to a few threads, some messges were about selling their KH310s after buying Result6 as a second pair.
Individual preference is individual BUT at lest it tells me that PMC are not on a jblkali "overall level" - if those messages are real ofc.
However, the fact that PMC still exists and Result6 are on market for many years tells me it's not that simple and not that bad.
That said, I have nothing with PMC, simply not interested and never was, but... for great justice!

 

[crappypanther]

result6 is much worse than the $100 Micca MB42X

 

[jools]

"Consistent" is an interesting word in this context. Not "even", or "uniform", or "flat", but consistent ... with something unspecified. Consistent with PMC's other products? Idk.

I take it to mean that it's the same every day.

 

[thewas]

They are better on graphs for sure, I love Dynaudio but know their tuning. I didn't hear any PMC.
Checking GearSpace leaded me to a few threads, some messges were about selling their KH310s after buying Result6 as a second pair.
Individual preference is individual BUT at lest it tells me that PMC are not on a jblkali "overall level" - if those messages are real ofc.
However, the fact that PMC still exists and Result6 are on market for many years tells me it's not that simple and not that bad.
That said, I have nothing with PMC, simply not interested and never was, but... for great justice!

Just anecdotal opinions (even more of non blinded listening tests) and the long existence of a company doesn't tell anything about the qualities of their products, the audio market (and not only) is full of companies and products which were sucessful in the market despite being objectively poor.

 

[uwotm8]

B&W 805 D4

I listened all the graphs! You nicely put them in order from the best to worst sounding lol.

Almost 60-20000 +-3 dB but V-tune. Will please a lot of people with clean sound! However, those two hi-mid peaks I ignored might be audible. I hate B&W.

Again +-3 dB whole spectrum, unjokingly good HF
No comments on MA, simply a stupid speaker for that price

Simply awful tune and heavily colored

 

[Herbert Shooler]

The Chord Dave of speakers? lol....thanks goes to Amir for another nuclear thunderbolt of revelation and truth!

 

[Koeitje]

The Chord Dave of speakers? lol....thanks goes to Amir for another nuclear thunderbolt of revelation and truth!

There is nothing wrong the the Chord Dave (apart from the price). This loudspeaker is bad regardless of price.

 

[uwotm8]

Just anecdotal opinions (even more of non blinded listening tests)

Sounds sort of rude. A little bit.

products which were sucessful in the market despite being objectively poor

I'm more worried about something praised as "objectivtley good" while being a subpar product.
My top pick of those (or rather anecdotic cases of hype vs result) would be AKG K361 followed closely by JBL 305P.
K361 meausre at least as good if not "better" than my 6xx while sound like a cheap trash in comparison (and this is not open vs close cans thing).
Somehow a lot of people seem to be unanecdotally happy with those, and I'm OK with it.

Anecdotes off, a serious question: why ATC, PMC and I think ProAc as well are that much hated while being just "not great, not terrible"? I don't get it.

 

[JohnBooty]

I like a lot of speakers, even studio monitors, that others consider ugly.

This really is ugly, though. (Of course, for studio use, that shouldn't matter)

 

[heraldo_jones]

Loads of reviews recently - huge thanks @amirm , very much appreciated.

Nasty measurements, especially when the price and brand is considered.

Any chance that response is deliberate? Difficult to understand otherwise.

Yes, is the classic BBC curve. Lot of Harbeth and LS3/5 clones measure like that. Is what was preferred back in the days for broadcast engineers (and still today for some of them). Dip in low mids to tame desk resonances and another one in upper mids to make vocals a little bit more recessed. Also helps when using them at high SPL levels.

 

[Heinrich]

The price is insulting.
More expensive than the Neumann KH 150s or Genelec 8050s.
A beginner DiYer could do better.

Ja, but not every monitor is meant for mixing. If I were to monitor in a studio a vocal recording, I would happily chose the AKG K702 not in spite of its coloration, but just because of it. The critical listening then doesn't adjust focus on tonal balance. It could be that an emphasis here or there is beneficial for the task, e/g to detect finer analog overload, to much wetting in a voice (he, he) and so on.

But better do this reversible in the digital domain, and at least point to the 'feature', which isn't done here. Looks strange, indeed.

 

[JeremyFife]

Yes, is the classic BBC curve. Lot of Harbeth and LS3/5 clones measure like that. Is what was preferred back in the days for broadcast engineers (and still today for some of them). Dip in low mids to tame desk resonances and another one in upper mids to make vocals a little bit more recessed. Also helps when using them at high SPL levels.

So, optimised for vocal (especially spoken vocal which was the BBC requirement at the time). Is this meant to be a specialised studio tool to help fine tune elements of a mix, not for actually listening to music on? Interesting if that's the case, but not for me.

 

[GWolfman]

The bat population seems to be getting out of hand

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Holy crapy FR Batman!

 

[GXAlan]

Just anecdotal opinions (even more of non blinded listening tests) and the long existence of a company doesn't tell anything about the qualities of their products, the audio market (and not only) is full of companies and products which were sucessful in the market despite being objectively poor.

I dunno -- not everyone loves B&W speakers, but I don't think their success is purely marketing or random. Same is true with Focal. Their inverted dome gives you more of an on-axis sound when off axis.

Dip in low mids to tame desk resonances

But look at how Meyer Sound does this. On axis is flat but reflections are shelved. Low distortion at high SPLs.