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| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers Active speakers properly engineered, designed and built with top parts should sound great at home or the studio. The is nothing about a studio that is different other than lower noise floor and perhaps more absorption. The problem is a"better" ... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers ATC does build passive because some folks just want a passive. We know this is the reality of the market. But we spend a lot of time talking about active because its genuinely a step forward (and it costs the customer less for higher performanc... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers jon_5912:Whoever told you passive crossover (a static device with lots of lots of loss through wire) offers more precise control than active crossovers (where the crossover is before the amplifiers; an electronic circuit with very precise control)... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers Theophile! Wow, you should write a paper! Very well put. The only thing that convinces some people that the idea of engineers endlessly fussing over mixes cannot be true is some pop mixes sound absolutely awful. I have heard mix engineers comp... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers I think the major reason for active has not been said yet: linear phase. You can adjust the phase of each driver electrically, before the amps and within the electronic crossover, where this is impossible with a passive crossover. All the loss i... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers jburidanAre you thinking "plate amps" are Class D amps or some design that is somehow different than a "normal" rack mount amp? The circuit design and parts inside an ATC amp pack are identical to 3 of our stand alone Class A/B power amps, sharin... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers Active speakers will break your heart when the plate amp fails. Then you'll prolly have to throw it away unless you know how to repair it. Huh? I'm not sure why one would through away amplifiers? Why not repair them? We have amp packs that have ... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers Ok canibefrank when you pull just those words out I see my mistake and creating confusion. Thanks for asking for clarity! I meant you have the "ability to control phase" at the crossover points of the system. There are two adjustment points wit... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers Some interesting posts here.....the first two active speaker companies the I know of were Genelec (which I represented years and years ago) and ATC (which we now import to the US as lone mountain). Both companies have a long history of "how its d... | |
| Advice about Tekton: replace ATC SCM20 SL with Tekton Electron? The ATC 20SL passive, right? ATC 20s have an extremely high resolution driver that shows off amps and cables to a very high degree. The do start rolling off around 90-85Hz or so, but have the ideal 12dB/octave sealed box LF which can produce qu... | |
| How many brands use own drivers? I think you have to understand why they build their own. Some do it because they need to drive the price down on certain products or product lines. Some do it because they build so many different types of speakers its easier to build these slight... | |
| Your thoughts about ATC loudspeakers itzhak1969I guess you could say ATC speakers like power, as greater dynamic range with low end = the need for higher system gain. However, last I looked, there are plenty of used Brystons and used PASS Labs and other excellent larger amplifiers av... | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana Sarah Jarosz is recorded by one the best engineers in the business. Follow him for great records, Gary Pacozsa. His records are ridiculously good. "Follow Me Down" (her #2 album) and Build Me Up from Bones (#3) both got Grammy noms. Her latest ... | |
| Where to hear ATC speakers That was something special we did for Absolute Sound so they could compare active & passive approaches in one loudspeaker. It required a fair amount of labor during the review to make the switch! It's a pretty amazing thing to hear a high re... | |
| Where to hear ATC speakers BTW, regarding dealers in your area, the pro guys do not sell the consumer models and vice versa. The level of customer service of the two different types of dealers is completely opposite. Pros only sell flat black painted monitors, no woods, v... |