For starters, each speaker comprises no fewer than eight major components: two bass enclosures, one midrange/tweeter enclosure, a large plinth, and four damping side panels that PMC calls planar wings (available in White Silk, Rich Walnut, Graphite, and Tiger Ebony finishes). Along with Toby Ridley, PMC’s research and development engineer, and Elliott Whyte, one of their top electronic design engineers, Thomas was one of three men responsible for the Fenestria’s design and development.įrom the moment I first laid eyes on the Fact Fenestrias, I knew they were something special. Oliver Thomas, son of PMC founder Peter Thomas, told me that this new flagship was almost five years in the making. The Professional Monitor Company (PMC)’s all-new Fact Fenestria costs $65,000/pair USD, and is the cost-no-object culmination of the best technological advances PMC has made since the company’s inception, in 1991. Most of these speakers have been well engineered and built of high-quality materials, with cutting-edge drivers and electrical components installed in dense cabinets designed to optimize driver performance and minimize resonances. Having reviewed speakers and electronic components for almost a decade now, I wholeheartedly agree with both assertions - I’ve experienced their truth first-hand in my listening for reviews of speaker after speaker, and heard how each speaker has interacted with and performed differently in my well-damped listening room. In recent years, many have argued that the second-biggest role is played by the room itself. Chances are that anyone reading this review is passionate about music and sound quality, and that most will agree that the audio component that plays the biggest role in determining the sound of recorded music reproduced at home is the loudspeaker.

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