cliveb;216805 Wrote: > I've been using ATC SCM100A active monitors in my main system for about > 14 years now. They are very clean, with low distortion, well extended > bass, and can go incredibly loud if called upon to do so. Acquiring > them put an end to the constant round of upgrading I had been victim to > over the preceding years. Once they were installed, I just started > listening to music again - never really much bothered to worry about > the equipment any more. > > As Phil says, they're not cheap. I paid just under £5000 for them back > in 1993. I believe they cost about £8000 a pair these days. (My wife > jokes that she married me for my speakers - at least I hope it's a > joke!)
If I was to install a 2-channel system instead of the 5.1, the SCM100A's would be in my top 3 choices - I'm jealous Clive!. I've used various Tannoy's in the studio over the years, and also I used to use my old active Bariks (just like Linn themselves used to!) Amusingly, when "pro audio" (yuck - horrible term) gear is reviewed in audio mags it is often criticised for mediocre imaging (or rather constriction of height and depth...dunno why... bit odd really when you consider what these things are actually being used for...) Also, "analytical" is a term often used in a perjorative sense with this gear. The point they seem to miss is that these things are first and foremost tools of the trade. They need to do things that domestic speakers don't (like not blow up when given a 1,000w sine wave by mistake... or play all day at full volume). They also need to be very consistent from day to day, unaffected by humidity etc. There is a school of thought that these speakers need accoustically well behaved rooms (like control rooms...) to sound at their best - but I would argue that is true of ANY speaker. Digital RC always works well with these speakers in my experience, for some reason. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some very expensive cables ;o) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37059
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