Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers

Elizabeth, you need to get your backside in a house. Put subs on those 20.7s and they will rock!

ATC make sense to audition if you have a 20K budget. They aren’t cheap but are regarded as a reference by many golden eared folks.

ATC sound is very consistent across their professional series both in various models as well as over the years.

Other actives have more variability - so more specific model dependency and vintage/age variation to their sound.

ATC are highly consistent even when new models come out - great if you like their sound - not good if you don’t as there isn’t a lot of choice as they are all voiced in a similar way.

@shadorne

you seem to extol ATC. Let me guess youre an ATC owner?

ATC all the way. I own the passive ATC SCM12 Pro's (simply couldn't fit any of their active designs on this desktop) and am enormously impressed. Easily the best 2-ways I ever heard.

I read a lot of info from music pros & studio types, where various powered ATC models (SCM20ASL Pro mk2, a sealed 2-way; and SCM50ASL, a ported 3-way) are extremely popular. These are quite large devices, even the 2 ways, but man, what a sound...a rather thrilling combination of great accuracy, particularly in the mids, with a lack of brightness or sonic pushiness (qualities not often found together).