PMC IB1's close to rear wall, is this O.K.?


Any owners of these use them say within 2' feet of the wall behind them?
I've seen a pair locally and they might be the possible answer to my Proac 3.8 rear porting issues.
alun

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Sashav,

May I know what is your friend's room dimension, and the IB2's are on the short wall or long wall?

Thanks.
Sashav,

Thanks for the tip. I knew the IB2's were too huge for my room. Your friend's room is still much larger than mine. Since I can only place my speakers along the short wall, there is no way the IB2's can fit into a width of 11'.

I am not surprised that you felt the bass was tad boomy in that smallish room as the IB2 really pumps out prodigious bass. When I listened to these at low volume in a very large room(about 20'x50'), the bass is full and controlled with a sound that's well-balanced from top to bottom. I never felt anything was lacking with that setup and my perception towards PMC speakers had changed since then. I ended up with the LB1 Sigs though as these would fit perfectly in my room dimensions. I thought these sounded better than the FB1 but the IB1's just blew these little speakers away. Nevertheless, I have my speakers high-passed with a subwoofer and this takes the system to a higher league. I cannot imagine listening to any monitors without a subwoofer now.

Do let us know in your other thread if the 7B-SST's were a huge improvement over the 4B-SST when you get them.