About
twenty series
The twenty series is the next generation of simply elegant, handcrafted British loudspeakers
that follow in the lineage of world-wide acclaimed PMC designs. With PMC’s innovative
ATL™ technology they provide an effortlessly natural, rich, room filling sound that
would suggest a cabinet far greater in stature, making the twenty series ideally
suited to all styles and sizes of interior.
The holistic design philosophy is akin to the globally acclaimed fact® range, with
the understanding that all the elements have a bearing on the sonic and dynamic form
of a loudspeaker. Every component used is judged for sound quality and longevity;
hence our confidence in knowing you won’t find a higher performing product as well
as offering our unparalleled 20 year warranty.
When you hear the twenty series, you will realise just how much you’ve been missing.
The twenty series are available in Oak, Walnut, Amarone and Diamond Black.
Freq response - 28Hz – 25kHz
Sensitivity - 90dB 1w 1m
Effective ATL™ - 3.0m 9.8ft
Impedance - 8 Ohm
Drive units
LF PMC twenty series, lightweight doped 6.5”/170mm cone with cast alloy chassis
HF PMC/SEAS®, 27mm twenty series, SONOLEX™ soft dome, Ferrofluid cooled
Crossover freq - 1.8kHz
Input connectors - 2 pairs 4mm sockets (Bi-amp or Bi-wire)
Dimensions
H 1028mm 40.47” (+25mm spikes)
W 184mm 7.25”
D 419mm 16.5” (+6mm grille)
Weight - 21kg 46.2 lbs
PMC loudspeakers has teamed up with AudioQuest to offer the US cable giant’s Dragonfly
USB DAC to all UK purchasers of its acclaimed twenty series free of charge from 1st
October until 31st December 2012, giving them a flying start with computer-based
audio.
By registering the purchase of their twenty series via the PMC website, UK customers
will be able to choose whether to have the Dragonfly mailed to them, or whether they
would prefer to collect it from their local PMC retailer.
The very detailed output of the PMC twenty series is ideally suited to reproduce
the highest quality digital music files stored on a computer-based audio system,
allowing listeners to enjoy every nuance of the performance. AudioQuest’s Dragonfly
is a compact digital to analogue converter (DAC) that bypasses the internal, and
often-poor quality, sound card that is built into the computer being used to playback
the music. Connecting to the USB socket of the computer, the dongle-sized Dragonfly
takes the digital output from a Mac or PC to turn any computer into a true high fidelity
music source.
Whether the customer uses an iTunes library of downloads or has ripped their CD collection
to a hard drive or purchased high-resolution music, the Dragonfly will make the output
of the computer sound better. Together with this improved output, it is necessary
to have the best reproduction equipment in the rest of the audio chain. PMC’s critically
acclaimed twenty series has been designed from the ground up to produce a contemporary
design with a truly high-end audio performance.
As with all PMC loudspeakers, the company’s Advanced Transmission Line technology
(ATL™) produces a very low distortion bass that goes much deeper than is possible
with any other type of loudspeaker design. The reduced distortion enables the critical
midrange information such as vocals to be heard with outstanding clarity, making
them the ideal loudspeaker for use with high-resolution computer audio systems.
Mike Picanza, PMC head of sales, said, “Our friends at AudioQuest showed us the Dragonfly
earlier in the year and we were impressed by what a simple and elegant solution it
is to the issue of achieving better sound from a computer. We subsequently lent AudioQuest
a pair of twenty series speakers for its demonstrations, as they required a speaker
that was capable of showing off the Dragonfly’s superb sound quality.” He added,
“With such a combination of products it was the obvious next step to find a way to
work more closely together and so I am delighted to be able to bring this outstanding
product to our customers to help them get the best out of their systems and to allow
their twenty series speakers to really shine.”
