ATC SCM 40 mk2 vs Salk Song3 Encore

Its only a lot of money to you.  
Your source and dac are very important.  Crap in crap out.

I know theres a difference between a $200 dac, a $500 dac and a $1500 dac because I’ve heard it with my own ears, which happen to be far more exceptional than yours.  My hearing is two to three times as good as yours K.  Its easy to quantify. People have been giving you sound advice for months here and you haven’t heard a thing.  Just goes to show that your hearing sucks.

Awesome, congrats Marc.  When purchasing speakers at this level, buying “used” is not an issue.  You saved $3500 and don’t have to wait 200 hours for them to sound their best!

Please do let us know how you like them so we can better guide people in the future.

I meant to mention it earlier to you tgat the ATC’s are power hungry but your amp should be fine.  I drove ghe Atc Scm7 v2 to satisfying volume levels with slightly less power than you.  I would have ket the scm7’s but they just didn’t have enough bass with that small driver.

either way you’ll want to upgrade your dac.  A used schiit bifrost multibit can be had for $500 or a schiit gungir multibit, like what I have, can be had for $800.  
Those Atc Scm 40 v2’s at $3500 is a pretty dang good deal!

Congratulations!  You sir just got yourself a world class speaker.  Did you go with the 40’s?

Atc’s are unlike any other speaker I have heard.  You’re in for a treat!

Yes, upstream equipment will be important for sure.  Hopefully the op likes them enough to question what is possible with them, since they’re will be some untapped potential due to his current dac.

Throw em on c-list.  Price them $200 less than what they normally sell for.  They’ll be gone in a few days, with little to no haggling.  State the condition of them, take good pics, put in ad cash and carry due to covid.
If you want to get full resale price, be prepared to spend time haggling, Spend time demo’ing ( only to have them burn through an hour of your day to not purchase or then offer $100-$200 less.

Buyers on c-list are a pita.  List low, sell fast and easy.  Thats my advice