Those are very different speakers so it’s a bit surprising you’d be considering both. What sound characteristics are you looking for? For rock music the ATCs will be more dynamic that would generally be beneficial for that genre.
ATC SCM50 (passive) v. Devore O/93
I am seriously considering purchasing either ATC SCM50 (passive) or the Devore O/93. Any thoughts on one over the other? This is for a new system in a downstairs room that will open to the outside. Room itself is about 15 x20. This is first step in building system. Will make amp purchase based on which speaker I buy. I realize the sensitivity differences and will make sure to have adequate power for either. Also, I will be buying used and price differnce is not as great as retail price difference. So all things being equaly, which to grab. Lot of rock music likely to be played on this system. Thanks.
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If you pick the ATC50, I advise you to go for the active version, especially since you said you're also getting an amp. The active ATC 50 is noticeably better than the already fine passive version and you'll probably save money. For what it's worth Gordon Holt, the founder of Stereophile purchased the active ATC 50 speaker as his last speaker choice. He told me that the active ATC 50 made the many live recordings he did sound more like the actual performance than any other speaker he ever heard. |
Big +1 @dynamiclinearity I should’ve mentioned that in my prior post because it’s big from both a performance and value perspective. |
ATC 50 active is simply a screaming deal when you factor in the amp cost/matching as part of the deal and done. And yes, I own them. And yes, I’ve owned enough equipment to fill a Listen Up store. A few things to know: They hate bad recordings. They hate bad source. They like XLR preamp out and not RCA to XLR conversion at the speaker end. They like Gaia footers, they love Townshend platforms. They love Furutech 4.1 power cords. I could not optimize performance with tube preamps. They were too slow. Class A Sugden preamps and my current Luxman C 900u preamp filled the bill. Best of luck slaying the dragon.
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I've got a set of ATC 50 passive which I upgraded from a set of PMC Twenty5 26i's. The ATC's are likely my end game speakers. I listen to almost every genre and they perform well no matter what I put through them. I am running them with a Luxman Pre and Power combo. I've not heard the Devore's so I cannot compare. |
Lots of rock records built on ATC 50a - I sold some to Tom Petty and all his records after 2004 or so are ATC built. Pink Floyd uses them. Tools most recent record was built in them and I sold the drummer a pair of scm40a ( but in the pro version). Lenny Kravitz, Fleetwood Mac, many more rock bands use them ( and jazz bands and orchestra scores and and and |
