Heard the Atc need a fair bit of muscle behind them , is the 250 man enough ?
Thanks in advance
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Ignoring the sexist implications of the phrase man enough. I had a 250DR driving my SCM40s and they worked well together.
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If you haven’t bought the 40’s yet I would counsel you to listen to both passive and active versions before deciding.
A 250 would be up to the job though.
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A thousand apologies , can you ever forgive me ……
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When auditioning active SCM40s a few years ago, I compared them with the passive versions driven by my 250DR. To my ears, the passive/250 setup didn’t quite have the tightness, particularly in the bass, of the actives. I know people run them with a 250DR, but I wouldn’t have done that myself. If looking for an Naim amp to drive the passive SCM40s, I’d have looked at a 300DR. The NC 250 is supposed, by some, to be better than the 300, so that should also be worth a listen.
But if you’ve not yet got a power amp, I’d strongly recommend the active 40s.
Roger
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Thank you guys and er girls , don’t want to be called sexist again 
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The only thing is there’s quite a price hike , I can get a nice pair of passive pre loved for £2,600
Whereas the actives are nearly double that
Sell the 250 and speaker cable and the cost gap really narrows.
I found the actives to be much more preferable to the passives and that was with a 300dr / superlumina
Gary
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