A classic ATC Soft Dome Monitoring - Friends around the world (special limited edition print) poster 66/100 signed by ATC's founder and chief engineer Billy Woodman on display here at Musicraft (Derby).
Hi-Fi Critic reviews ATC's SCM50ASL active monitors -
http://atcloudspeakers.co.uk/wp-cont...ic_Sept_19.pdf
"ATC’s active filter crossover use all analogue circuits, company founder and designer Bill Woodman explaining this choice thus: “The (analogue) crossover filters are of the LinkwitzRiley type, are fourth order and critically damped. What is significantly different is that a variable all-pass filter is configured across each crossover point and is adjusted to ensure that the group delay through the crossover region is correct and therefore the loudspeaker system will exhibit a true minimum phase response. This helps to maintain accurate timbre of reproduced sounds as well as stabilizing the location of performers in the stereo sound field."
"The 200W direct coupled amplification in the bass promises excellent low-end power; the mid headroom matches it with a 150W feed, while the high frequencies get 50W, in fact equivalent to 200W headroom in view of the higher voltage sensitivity of this driver and its smaller program share."
"Living up to the performance advantage legend for active loudspeakers, the SCM50 ASL launches powerful dynamic soundstages of precise focus and great stability, allied to seemingly effortless low frequencies, the latter imbued with power, slam, grip and clear tune playing; in these latter respects it sounds rather more like a massive sealed box than a reflex tuned system."
"Like the ATC SCM50 PSL passive version reviewed last year, the SCM50ASL also squarely hits the HFICRITIC Audio Excellence level for sheer all round ability, and not least on grounds of a that truly massive dynamic range delivered by this active version. Without a doubt this is High End Audio on a budget. As befits a true monitor this loudspeaker system has little character of its own preferring to let the music tell its own story. It demands to be heard. I certainly enjoyed my time with it, and it is highly recommended for performance and value."
ATC SCM50ASL active monitors
ATC, Acoustic Transducer Company, is a specialist British manufacturer of loudspeaker drive units and complete sound reproduction systems, including the relevant electronic equipment. ATC designs and manufactures the finest and most accurate of monitors in the world. ATC achieves this by designing and manufacturing loudspeaker drive units and systems to achieve levels of performance far in excess of the industry norm. ATC has kept to its aims of building loudspeakers and electronics which employ the most effective of modern engineering principles. ATC don't respond to competition, instead ATC responds to advances in technology that enables ATC to improve their products. ATC's goal is to have loudspeakers as near perfection in performance as possible by having the lowest possible distortion.
All ATC products are built to meet the challenge of the latest digital recording technologies, while providing nothing less than the best sound reproduction money can buy.
By selecting ATC you join a group of music lovers, professional audio engineers, educators, studios, and musicians across the world that understand the value of the engineering that goes into every ATC product.
ATC’s products are installed at some of the world’s most prestigious multi-channel studios and auditoria. Where ever the best is required you will find ATC.
http://vimeo.com/107575611?from=outro-embed (ATC's 40th Anniversary Celebration video)
http://atcforums.co.uk/pdf/ATC%20CORP%20BROCHURE.pdf (ATC Corporate brochure)
ATC Transducer. Reference monitoring.
ATC SCM50ASL active monitors
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/atc-scm50
What Hi-Fi reviews ATC's SCM50 PSL passive monitors
"We’ve been using ATC’s SCM50 as our reference speakers for well over a decade. Over that time they’ve been connected to just about every piece of electronics that has passed through our test rooms, from budget microsystems (just for fun, you understand) all the way up to monster pre/powers that retail for Porsche money. In all that time, and with those many hundreds of components, they have never once let us down."
"Our chosen reference speakers need to be a transparent window to the sources and amplification we test, and these ATCs fit the bill superbly. In short, they are honest, even-handed speakers that don’t put a significant twist on the signal they’re fed."
"These are no ordinary drive units. The company’s background is firmly planted in the Pro world where reliability and high power handling are essentials. But these things are not ATC’s only aims. The company’s engineers value low distortion and dynamic ability, and have spent years developing these units, only putting them into production when they are sure that every box has been ticked."
"If we had to describe the ATC’s sound in one word, it would be ‘honest’. They don’t flavour or try to make things more exciting by adding a little treble sparkle or bass thump. They simply try to reproduce the signal faithfully."
"These ATCs dig up plenty of information, whether it's a nuance in Jay Z’s rapid-fire delivery or the texture of a bass sound, and render it in a natural and unforced way. These speakers don’t go out of their way to highlight detail. They just present all the information in a balanced, natural and convincing way."
"Yet we haven’t managed to find something that’s as satisfying an all-rounder or as practical to use as a day-to-day review tool. Considering the SCM50 was originally introduced in the mid-80s, that’s quite some achievement. It seems great engineering doesn’t date."
ATC Super SH25-76S Soft Dome Tweeter used in SCM50ASL active monitors
ATC Super SH25-76S Soft Dome Tweeter used in SCM5ASL active monitors
ATC Super SH25-76S Soft Dome Tweeter used inSCMASL active monitors
ATC SM75-150S Super Soft Dome mid range drive unit used in SCM50ASL active monitors
ATC Super SH25-76S Soft Dome Tweeter and ATC SM75-150S Super Soft Dome mid range drive units used inSCM50ASL active monitors
ATC SB75-234 (SC) SL bass driver bass driver used in SCM50ASL active monitors
ATC SCM100ASL Professional Monitors used here at Musicraft (Derby)
ATC SCM100ASL Professional Monitors used here at Musicraft (Derby)
ATC SCM100ASL Professional monitors
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