Opinions on PMC DB1i & DB1 GOLD

I'm listening to DB1S+ on the desktop as I type this and I enjoy them immensely. I also own PMC Twenty.21

I have no experience with lower wattage tube amps (I run Exposure amps), but if the price is reasonable on the golds, I would not hesitate to give them a run. The engineers employing these for professional mixing surely aren't deaf.  

I would, however, advise a subwoofer, even a smaller one as a cushion. I don't expect 5" woofers in dinky boxes to adequately reproduce lows, but some people do ... and then they usually complain :-)

PMC's ratings are generally ambitious, no doubt. For example, the Twenty.21 are rated 87, but someone, somewhere tested them out closer to 84. I'd go with somewhere in between; they require current to open up. But open up they do. Dirty little secret, I suppose.

I think people spewing ASCII should listen to the stuff they dismiss and not rely on mathematics (or other reviews) to influence what ultimately sounds good to many people.