Hmmmm...
Gutenberg has lots of opinions but small amounts of understanding of current advances in speaker/amp designs, in my opinion...which may not be completely accurate either. Such is the nature of opinions.
But, my ATC 50's, active, blow the socks off all the separates I have used over the last 50 years. And that wasn't junk either.
The smoothness top to bottom, the realism, the dead-black background, the clean sound all sold me and continues to this day. As an extra, ATC does manufacture its own electronics as well as the drivers. It makes one hell of an active speaker.
A few years ago when Steve Gutenburg began his dailies, I even joined his Patron (sp) program to support the effort. In a month I dropped out. I was learning very little. Couldn't justify the time.
Gutenberg has lots of opinions but small amounts of understanding of current advances in speaker/amp designs, in my opinion...which may not be completely accurate either. Such is the nature of opinions.
But, my ATC 50's, active, blow the socks off all the separates I have used over the last 50 years. And that wasn't junk either.
The smoothness top to bottom, the realism, the dead-black background, the clean sound all sold me and continues to this day. As an extra, ATC does manufacture its own electronics as well as the drivers. It makes one hell of an active speaker.
A few years ago when Steve Gutenburg began his dailies, I even joined his Patron (sp) program to support the effort. In a month I dropped out. I was learning very little. Couldn't justify the time.