Tonally it’s a little dry and matter of fact compared with the warmth of the DALI for example, brass instruments don’t quite have the lustre they deserve and cymbals aren’t as delicate as the rivals here with ribbon tweeters. The jazzy strains of The Fox by The Harold Land Quintet shows its downside. The key is the SCM40’s control, precision and musical fluency Only the pricey Kerr Acoustic K320 mk.3 betters it, in fact. It gets its teeth properly around the bassline and bass drum work, rendering them in a wonderfully propulsive way that in some respects is the best here. The SCM40 goes for the rhythm like a terrier, showing its sinewy bottom end to great effect. This is a beat-driven work with swirling analogue synthesisers set behind the drums and Jim Kerr’s ethereal vocals atop. Should not buy anything from AudioAffair. You can support the site directly via Paypal donations ☕. The ATC is subtle and delicate enough to capture both extremes, with dramatically rendered crescendos and a ne sense of space.ħReview earns Amazon affiliate commissions from qualifying purchases. It’s a grandiose and stirring piece of music that starts softly and ends up thundering. This is a solid, robust, powerful and gutsy sounding speaker with plenty of insight and expansive soundstaging. The Lento from Haitink’s beautiful take on Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Symphony No.2 In G major says it all. Round the back, there are three sets of speaker binding posts for tri-wiring, should you so wish it. It can go as close as 25cm from a boundary wall I use it slightly toed-in, but this is a matter of taste. Overall build quality is excellent and thanks to its sealed box – with no bass ports to worry about – it’s easier to position than many here. It’s a tough unit though, and takes some serious punishment with a 300W amplier maximum. The bass driver is as large in diameter as the cabinet will allow. It employs ATC designed and built drive units a 25mm soft dome tweeter, the company’s widely respected 75mm midrange dome and a 164mm bass driver. What is indisputable is that they also make for lower sensitivity in the SCM40’s case the lowest in the group, which means you’ll need a muscular amplier to hear it at its very best. Some people love these innite bafe types, believing them to confer tauter and faster bass. It’s a three-way sealed box design, which makes it unique here the latter being a rare occurrence in domestic speakers. The SCM40 is one of its more compact designs, despite having a sizeable 40-litre cabinet, which is sturdy and businesslike but not quite the height of fashion. It’s not the biggest name, but everyone in the audio industry knows it and respects it. You could say that ATC is the hi- equivalent of, ‘the musician’s musician’.
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