Yeah, I got to hear an Electocompaniet amp and I can definitely understand why you’d like their amps given your sonic goals.
Recommendation for ATC SCM150 Amp/Pre
I ordered SCM150 passive speakers and awaiting shipment in about 2 months.
Looking for an amp/pre amp combination that would best work with these speakers.
I have a large pretty well treated room, 45' x 16' x 8'
My taste is classical large scale symphony, piano, cello etc.
Dynamics are very important but so is tone and instrument timbre.
I love harmonically rich tube sound but understand that I will be limited by power.
Front end: Technics 1200G with umami red cart, luxman eq500 phono, Aurender A100 streamer/dac.
I am open to Bi-amping options if anyone can recommend from personal experience.
budget 20k for amps, 10k preamp, used market ok.
possibilities : Electrocompaniet AW 300M, single AW800, Audio research Ref 250 or possibly 750, luxman m10x, etc.
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@ei001h with the ATC passives? Audia Flight FLS-9 Integrated amp ( has the horsepower), Moon 641 integrated. In prior systems have had many amps (as an EE, I have a passion for power amps) In no particular order: Luxman M-900u, Simaudio 870Av2, Pass x350.8/250.8/ INT 250, INT 60, XA30.5, X250.5, Simaudio 330A, 760A, Coda CSIB, ARC 100.2, ARC VT100MKII, Primaluna HP , Octave V110, Octave V80SE, Cary SLI-80, Sugden A21, Marantz PM-14S, McIntosh MA-6900, Ayre VX-20, Benchmark HPA2, Bryston 4BSST2, 4B3, McCormack DNA 0.5, DNA1, DNA 125, DNA225, Luxman 509x, 595, 590mkii, 507uxii, Hegel H190, H390, H590, H30; Aragon 8002, Parasound A21, Rogue Audio St100 and the Integrated forget model number; there are more but it’s been a long day. |
Have you ever read ATC reviews comparing the active version against the passive version. The active version wins quite clearly every time. The biggest problem driving a speaker is the lousy reactance of a passive crossover. That's why really good 6 figure amps with what seems like ordinary specs sound better, expensive power supplies that can drive a lousy load. A good active design solves this much less expensively. Change your order to the active version and save money and get better performance. |
Op we were electro dealer for many years the aw 400s are excellent however the best combo we eve heard with our atcs was the Coda 16 power amplifier which had even better bass control and slam while also having a rich well fleshed out midrange, and a much wider sound-stage,then the electro amplifiers and we combined that with the awesome zesto leto line stage the sound was incredibly life like and vivid we were talking about that particular demo for weeks after wards.
Dave and Troy Audio intellect NJ Atc, Coda and Zesto dealers |
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