Is there now a IB2 Active version...


Thx.

PMC´s latest active monitor, the IB2S XBD-A. Similar to the industry-standard BB5 XBD-A but lighter and more affordable, and aimed at high-end reference monitoring and mastering applications, each IB2S XBD-A monitor consists of two DSP-controlled, Class-D powered cabinets fitted with PMC´s ATL™ (Advanced Transmission Line) technology: a three-way master and a slave XBD cabinet with an extra bass driver. Each channel employs two of the 10-inch piston bass drivers from the renowned IB1S and IB2S speakers, together with PMC’s hand-built 75mm mid-range fabric-dome driver and the 34mm soft-dome tweeter from the BB5 XBD-A. Each active master cabinet offers 960W of power (200W each from the HF and mid-range drivers, 560W from the LF driver) while the slave XBD cabinets contribute a further 560W, making for 1520W per channel of superbly controlled, low-distortion precision monitoring all the way down to below 20Hz. Controllable via an RJ45 remote, with user-adjustable HF and LF shelving filters, per-channel ±8dB input level trims, analogue input sensitivity from +4dB to +20dB and an AES3 digital input as standard, the IB2S XBD-A is scheduled to ship this summer.

Thanks.

You Bet!...

There is another model-The IB2S-A is the activated version of the IB2S, powered by the Bryston Powerpack PP300.

Link for all of PMC Active Speakers

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@Ian, Can we upgrade our speakers to the PMC’s hand-built 75mm mid-range ? Just wondering.

IB2S-A looks good.

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I had asked Ian about this for my eb1i's. His response was.

Hello,

THe tweeters and bass drivers for the IB2i and Eb1i are the same.

Sadly it is not possible to upgrade you EB1i midrange to the PMC 75mm soft dome.... Cabinet structure, crossover structure... It's just not meant to be, sorry to say. I've gotten this question a few times before.

Thanks!

Oh yes Dan !
But I would not choose them in black for my home...
I wonder what this medium driver could do more than the one in the EB1i.
All the friends who listen to them are stuck by their fullness and warm mids.
Of course the bass also let them speachless but as we say, our ears are the most sensitive to the mids.
The PMC mids are the most beautiful ones I ever heard from still affordable electrodynamic speakers.

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Hey Ian, why doesn't the ib2s have the "i" tweeter? Also, does the s version have the same cabinet (minus finish) as the "i" series? Thanks for your thoughts.