I had cherry finish, when I had 40 passives. If the 50 has the same properties in a cherry finish, then they will fade if subjected to small periods of sunlight.
That’s exactly what I thought but the veneer on the Classic range is a higher quality apparently. I’d written Cherry off tbh until I saw the ones at the Dealer which are kept in a dark basement …
Walnut looks good and probably the best option.
I much prefer the appearance of the tower series, and room size notwithstanding, I could not countenance spending practically double on the SCM50aslt.
I believe I have stated elsewhere that the 40’s are great value for money. The 100’s and 150’s look to be real value or money: the 150’s give you a 15" bass driver (Dbl size) and 350wpc…
Mint walnut pair for sale at present, on a well known auction site.
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Thank you , they look very nice. I’ve put them on my watch list . Maybe priced slightly high IMO but definitely worth a watch .
Have you had a home demonstration of 50 asl speakers?
I ran a pair of ATC 7’s for 10+ months with my system when I moved my stereo system down stairs.
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I recently swapped my ProAc D30RS speakers back in but have kept the ATC 7’s.
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Yes before I did my renovations about 5 years ago and my room is bigger now . They were great , I always planned on the 40s back then but tried the 50s as well . After going way over budget on the House I stuck with the 40s … which are brilliant as we all know . I’ve always thought I’d end up with 50s though.
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What type of stands are they SK?
They are GHA speaker stands manufactured by Gig Harbor Audio in Washington State. I picked up a pair from Hawthorne Stereo in Seattle when I bought the pair of ATC 7’s. They are fantastic stands…
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Passive Scm40 in walnut (rare) :
Had the chance to home demo the Scm50 active in oak for 4 weeks this summer, unfortunately a bit too big visually and too much bass for my room (20m2) :
Now wondering if I order the Scm40A in white to avoid the color change due to the sunlight.
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my old pair of speakers, lovely things, regret selling regularly
Looks like Walnut is the way to go !
Is that a yew finish? Lovely
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May I ask how far off the wall are the speakers placed? How large is the room?
My first IMFs were walnut - lovely veneer. But at the end of the day it is the speaker that counts! Successor IMFs were a rosewood ‘Formica’-like laminate - appearance OK but sound better. current PMC bass units are cherry veneer - nice (as is the sound). ATC midded sats are plain MDF - if finalised they will be oak.
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