Description
Prodigy1 is a welcome new arrival from PMC.
It’s easy to see and hear that it’s closely related to their compact nearfield monitors, a reference in recording and broadcast facilities worldwide: the prodigy1 is more than capable of resolving detail that puts you in touch with the original performance – no matter the size.
The sweet, open top end and natural midrange brings you vivid vocals and instrumental timbres, with a wide, focused soundstage and nimble, cohesive presentation to draw you into the music and make you smile. And small though the speaker may be, it still contains a full-size Advanced Transmission Line and PMC’s Laminair technology, that delivers deep, fast, hard-hitting bass.
The smooth silk black finish will suit any room, with optional sculpted grilles available if required, and the prodigy1 has been designed to match well with everything from modest amplification to high-end, high-power systems.
The prodigy1 offers exceptional clarity while taking up minimal space and can be used on a stand or furniture. Good quality stands are the solution to realise their optimum performance as they will position them at the ideal height and provide improved stability.
Please note that grilles are an optional extra at £95.
Specifications:
Available Finishes: Silk Black
Crossover Frequency:1.7kHz
Horizontal Directivity:80 degrees
Vertical Directivity:80 degrees
Dimensions:H 320mm 35.7” W 162mm 6.4” D 237mm 9.3” (+10mm optional grille)
Drive Units:
LF PMC 5.25”/133mm natural fibre long-throw LT™
HF PMC 27mm /1” soft dome
Effective ATL™ Length:1.91m 6.3ft
Frequency Response:50Hz – 25kHz (-3dB)
Impedance:6 Ohm
Input Connectors:One pair 4mm binding posts
Sensitivity:87.5dB SPL 1W 1m
Peak SPL:123dB SPL
Recommended Amp Power:20 – 250W
Weight:4.5kg 9.9lbs ea.
Options:prodigy1 grille
PMC’s Prodigy1 is a compact stand-mount speaker, ideal for small and medium size rooms, that delivers the richly dynamic and full sound that is expected of a PMC. Both drive units are professionally proven, with the bass unit featuring in the PMC ci series, which have become the reference for Dolby Atmos music mixing around the world. The soft dome tweeter is a development from the PMC result6 studio monitors, giving the prodigy1 a genuine studio heritage, reinforcing PMC’s ‘from studio to home’ philosophy.
Prodigy5 is a floorstanding speaker that is compact enough to take up no more space than bookshelf speakers on stands and delivers a sound that can fill any room. In common with the prodigy1, its performance is characteristic of PMC’s studio monitors and is packed with the familiar traits of a wide dispersion high frequency response, a very wide ‘sweet-spot’ and exceptional detail.
Both models in the Prodigy series feature the Advanced Transmission Line (ATL™) bass loading found in all PMC speakers. The ATL uses the energy that the bass unit generates in the most intelligent and efficient way to produce a far deeper, tighter and powerful bass than would otherwise be possible from a cabinet of this size and, additionally, through absorption of unwanted frequencies, creates a much clearer midrange. Complementing the ATL is Laminair. This aerodynamically designed vent at the end of the line controls the air as it exits by dramatically reducing resistance, which increases efficiency and eliminates airflow noise. The result is a bass response with precise timing and an excellent dynamic range.
The long throw, natural fibre bass drive unit works hand-in-hand with the ATL as a coherent unit. It is fitted with an inverted dust-cap to reduce unwanted high-frequency reflections and the high-power voice coil and magnet assembly deliver unprecedented output levels for such compact speakers.
In keeping with PMC’s strict quality control procedures, the drive units are measured and listened to prior to assembly. Every completed speaker is measured and then listened to alongside the reference model before being signed off by its assembler before packing.
