ATC SCM40A speakers


Considering the purchase to replace my B&W 803 D3 pair. 

Have read nothing but rave reviews about the ATCs.

Would appreciate anyone's opinion who has first hand experience with ATCs, particularly the SCM40A.

Thanks in advance.

tomcarr

A few days ago I came to the realization the only complaint I have with my 803 D3s was a somewhat strident treble. 

So I did the stupidly simple task of reducing toe-in of about 30* to zero (speakers are aimed straight ahead).

Viola! Treble glare gone! Now sounds coherent from bottom to top.

To me, sounds wonderful. Happy camper. Think I'll keep em.

Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread.

The post above is a reat example of how speakers (really most drivers) sound different off axis.  This is almsot a universal, but there are some drivers that are better than others.   Since this is a post about SCM40A, the mid dome driver and the new HF dome driver are specifically designed to sound nearly the same on and off axis - to a point.  Nothing is perfect. 

Some of the driver designs you think would be better are actually worse!

Brad