I have a smaller room, with a low ceileing and the 50s sound incredible - they came from an even smaller room in a production studio. ATC sell the 50s as near to mid field listening in the pro world.
Mine are 3m apart and 3m from the listening position.
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What’s your room construction Howard I.e plasterboard or solid walls?
Gary
very interesting - what is your room size?
My comment was as much about looks as performance. The 50/100 especially just remind me of those lovely 1970s style boxes that i have fond memories of.
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Got you and agree the 50’s are a lovely classic design.
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Yes it’s a bigger room but it’s an open concept kitchen + living room so the speakers are asymmetrically on the long wall. I’ve got them to work very well here over the years. Doing measurements with REW and UMIK-1 has been very helpful in determining the perfect spot for speakers and sweet spot. And obviously it’s mandatory if you want to fix anything with DSP. I use a method called virtual bass array.
Lovely space you have there and 20ASLT is obviously a great choice there. I heard the new 20ASL earlier this year at expo conditions here in Finland. It sounded very good.
it is a basement -
4mx3mx2m so a low ceiling
Fabulous system Nick. 222 is excellent on its own and the 50’s are the real deal. Have fun!
Thanks @KJC !
50 ASL is indeed a definitive loudspeaker. Every time i heard them at the end of a top spec LP12 and klimax Linn pre/streamer i’ve been pretty astonished especially with vinyl.
Whenever i’ll upgrade my S600, i’ll probably go for passive 50 standmount, since it would be a pity letting go the 552/500
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Congrats! That is a really good system, enjoy!
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Congrats & enjoy, you’re in for a real treat.
The active 20’s, 50’s and 100’s are the real deal in the ATC range.
They just give so much with everything from a modest to ultra high end front end.
I’ve not heard a speaker system like it in regards to sounding so right with (on paper anyway) a basic set up.
It’s so very forgiving with everything from a very modest set up to a very high end system and it just keeps giving you more and more as you go.
OR if you choose to stay as is, it’ll keep on keeping on without making a meal of it music wise.
That is so rare these days, some speakers DEMAND the best electronics to deliver.
Not so ATC actives - IMHO of course.
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Thanks @Seacat77 . I see from your profile you have the Active 100s with a heck of a front-end - must sound amazing !
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Looks a great set up on paper and love the walnut veneer which suits the style of the speaker imo. A system I’d love to hear for sure. Enjoy.
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It does thanks ! It gives me great joy at every listen.
The point I was trying (perhaps clumsily) was they (and your 50’s, I’ve owned them too) are never, ever the bottleneck or the reason why you’ll grow out of love for music or your system.
They are just about the perfect speaker at this level and even several levels above them.
A true hifi bargain for the performance they give you vs the price you pay, and that’s not said lightly or flippantly.
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Actually I find the transparency and neutrality of active ATCs renders them more rather than less sensitive to source. I’m slumming it with active 40s and Linn Selekt at present, but when compared with active 100s and a set of top Auralic boxes I heard at a recent dealer event, although my setup couldn’t compete with the sheer heft and force of the biggies, I still preferred many aspects of the sound picture created by my system. And in comparison with another system at the event where special edition active 20s and matching sub were fed by Auralic’s S1 DAC/streamer and power supplies, comprehensively preferred mine. I put that down to the Linn streamer and, particularly the Organik DAC. And my taste in music reproduction, of course.
Roger
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Piling on - Congrats on the purchase. You will be a happy camper with miles of smiles in your future!
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In several Youtube reports on ATC, Ben Lilly (technical sales manager) said that the best value for money is the 40A (but of course not the best in absolute terms) and that ATC much prefers active ones to passive ones,
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That rather seems to imply you don’t consider ATC’s amps in their active speakers to be all that good compared with “the best”? The point is that they provide direct drive of each loudspeaker unit, maximising grip, while the amps are chosen and set up to be right for the task.
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