What we know about the measurement:

PMC Twenty 21 is a passive bookshelves that cost around 2000 USD for a pair.

  • Quality of the measurement data is high.
  • Origin of the data is ASR.
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 82.5dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V estimated at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 68.8Hz (resp. 60.1Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to -0.4dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 3.3dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-70.0°, 60.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-20.0°, 40.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 2.3 and would be 5.05 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.608, LW 0.484, SP 0.481, PIR 0.461; SM: SP0.507, PIR0.111; LFQ 0.538, LFX 62Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 5.31 with an EQ and would be 7.97 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.451, LW 0.312, SP 0.294, PIR 0.245; SM: SP0.963, PIR0.928; LFQ 0.538, LFX 60Hz
  • Link to Original review.
PMC Twenty 21
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -3.5dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 158.0 1.27 1.61
3 229.0 2.96 2.98
3 289.0 2.02 -2.89
3 432.0 2.97 1.53
3 965.0 1.12 -1.06
3 1491.0 2.29 2.17
3 1884.0 2.2 2.88
3 6276.0 1.15 -2.22
3 11454.0 1.15 -2.88
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

PMC Twenty 21 filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

PMC Twenty 21 filters_eq_full

Target v.s. EQ

PMC Twenty 21
flipflop@ASR (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -4.6dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 325.0 5.0 -0.6
3 425.0 5.0 2.6
3 480.0 5.0 1.0
3 526.0 4.577 -2.3
3 554.0 3.3 2.3
3 655.0 10.0 -0.4
3 1157.0 1.0 1.1
3 1416.0 5.0 2.6
3 1744.0 5.0 2.4
3 2035.0 2.596 2.3
3 2250.0 19.0 0.8
3 2380.0 20.0 -0.7
3 2552.0 2.69 1.2
3 3335.0 1.0 -3.7
3 3480.0 1.484 4.5
3 6640.0 10.0 -0.5
3 7324.0 1.0 -1.9
3 7530.0 9.0 0.6
3 11506.0 1.83 -2.7
3 16600.0 3.5 1.1
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These EQ is designed by ASR member flipflop.

PMC Twenty 21
Graphic EQ 15 bands
Set preamp gain to: -0.7dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 25.0 2.14 0.5
3 40.0 2.14 0.5
3 63.0 2.14 0.5
3 100.0 2.14 -0.25
3 160.0 2.14 0.25
3 250.0 2.14 0.0
3 400.0 2.14 -0.25
3 630.0 2.14 -0.25
3 1000.0 2.14 -0.25
3 1600.0 2.14 0.25
3 2500.0 2.14 0.0
3 4000.0 2.14 -0.5
3 6300.0 2.14 -0.75
3 10000.0 2.14 -1.0
3 16000.0 2.14 -0.5
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These EQ is designed for a 15 bands graphical EQ.

PMC Twenty 21
Graphic EQ 31 bands
Set preamp gain to: -0.7dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 20.0 4.32 0.0
3 25.0 4.32 0.5
3 31.0 4.32 0.5
3 40.0 4.32 0.5
3 50.0 4.32 0.5
3 63.0 4.32 0.5
3 80.0 4.32 0.0
3 100.0 4.32 -0.25
3 125.0 4.32 0.0
3 160.0 4.32 0.25
3 200.0 4.32 0.25
3 250.0 4.32 0.0
3 315.0 4.32 -0.5
3 400.0 4.32 0.0
3 500.0 4.32 -0.25
3 630.0 4.32 -0.25
3 800.0 4.32 -0.25
3 1000.0 4.32 -0.25
3 1250.0 4.32 0.0
3 1600.0 4.32 0.25
3 2000.0 4.32 0.25
3 2500.0 4.32 0.0
3 3150.0 4.32 -0.25
3 4000.0 4.32 -0.25
3 5000.0 4.32 -0.5
3 6300.0 4.32 -0.75
3 8000.0 4.32 -0.75
3 10000.0 4.32 -0.75
3 12000.0 4.32 -0.75
3 16000.0 4.32 -0.25
3 20000.0 4.32 0.0
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These EQ is designed for a 31 bands graphical EQ.

PMC Twenty 21: comparison between EQs
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Comparison betweens various EQs

PMC Twenty 21

Improvements made by EQ

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