lonemountain
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| 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... | |
| Where to hear ATC speakers I was the one who did that demo at AXPONA. The active advantage is pretty clear, but a lot of folks love those amps and cables! For NYC demo, I would call George at Innovative Audio. They have 19s now and we are in the process of trying to get... | |
| ATC SCM20, Wow what sound.. The 20 is a "pro" number in the US, and home audio model is called the SCM 19. Active is called the SCM 19A. The SCM 19 and SCM 20 pro are voiced differently, in both active and passive versions. The 20 is brighter and set up for highlighting f... | |
| ATC users P2's do drive SCM 19s much better than a P1, I've done that demo many times as the ATC importer to the USA. But a P2 vs P1 is not as dramatic a difference for the money vs a sub. I'd recommend multiple subs at lower level, as opposed to one, if ... | |
| What is the most dramatic way of increasing a speaker's Bass and Low mid? The simplest way for bass boost is use your room boundaries. Using the example of a flat response bookshelf on stand in the middle of a room away from all boundaries, move that stand mounted speaker fully against one wall- this adds +3dB in low e... | |
| Your thoughts about ATC loudspeakers I really don't know where this information comes from, "not easy to drive". ATC has a very consistent impedance curve, does not drop down to super low impedance like many other systems do. Efficiency in the full range sealed box category, say BB... | |
| ATC ACTIVE VS PASSIVE Hi everyoneJust joined Audiogon. I've been importing ATC to the US for almost 20 years in pro, just started in Hi FI and few years ago. Just saw this thread.The real advantage of active is a practical one from the ATC engineering perspective.The... |