Happy with the 25's over here..

Are you using a sub?

Happy with my 25's over here as well.. I have a sub, but rarely use it..

Same over here. I have two Focal CMS Subs with the cutoff frequency set to 60 Hz and I barely use them as well. Usually the 25's give you a full Picture even if they don't go that low.

Luuurve my SCM25s!

Only once in a while, the 25's work well in my room without
a sub - wish I had space for the 110's though.

Make space. You won't regret it.

Right on.

I listened to the SCM100 few times. I like their mid range & bass response. I'll love to hear what the 150s sound like!

Exactly the same, only more low end!
Brad

Got mine ATC110 2 days ago wooohooo!

And im guessing The SCM300 even more low end right Brad? Really interested In a pair of them!

Congrats man. Loving ours here.

Chiming in on the SCM 110 love. Just got mine set up last week and have been having a blast listening and reviewing past mixes. I can hear things I never heard previously and have a new appreciation for mid-range detail.

Yes, more low end and even more output (118-119 db SPL or so max level). Uses ATC built P4 amps, which are fan cooled three way amplifiers, one per 300.
Brad

Yes, more low end and even more output (118-119 db SPL or so max level). Uses ATC built P4 amps, which are fan cooled three way amplifiers, one per 300.
Brad

Yes, more low end and even more output (118-119 db SPL or so max level). Uses ATC built P4 amps, which are fan cooled three way amplifiers, one per 300.
Brad

In a properly treated room, how low can you expect the 110s to go? Assuming the room is designed correctly and they are soffit mounted, can they reach down to 30hz?

I just want to make sure they will have the low end reach my SM9s do - as they go pretty absurdly low!

bbindon - I'm curious about the low end you get from SM9's.
When I tested them the passive radiator didn't perform well under 40hz.
I had them next to my 150's and its just not a fair fight. The physics of a big box with a 15" woofer was obvious. The 110's reach a smidge lower than 150's so using my experience its not a contest. Not only do they go lower but they do it so smoothly along the way.

I liked a lot about sm9's and certainly could do good work on them but the ATC vibe is my preference.

Well that it certainly good to know. I figured as much - I feel like ATCs specs are a bit on the conservative side!

My SM9s are great actually - flat right down to 30 hz! I find them to be a bit picky room wise, speaker position seems to play a big part. Not sure if it's due to the passive radiator or what, but took some massaging for sure.

anybody using the scm45s? Im demoing the amphion two18s right now, and then will move on to the scm45s

Summed up in one word: Perfection

IMO I think they completely blow every other speaker out of the water. Particularly the 100s. Especially in terms of the realism, the translation to other systems, and just the general WOW factor.

Two remarkably different speakers yet they are two of my favorites.
I have two18's next to my 150's in my mastering room and I often take them home to my composing room to sit next to my 25's (tonight they are side by side).
I often consider risking divorce and moving my 25's up to 45's ........

haha, yeah - the ol' upgrade act of the new gear "just appearing" and that it "was a good deal" and "not much more expensive" with "renewed warranty"

well versed in that dance!

You referring to the 45s?

What are the strengths of each in your opinion? I'm using these to mix/produce. One thing I like about the amphions is I feel really confident making decisions on them.

amphions are the most useful - real world translating 2-way I have found.
I spend less time sweating small details on them as "just make it sound good" gets you a well balanced mix quickly.

The ATC thing is all about the small details, especially in the midrange.
The mid dome will give you information that you will address that will in fact make you mix much better but it will be subtle. Awesome but subtle.

I work both ways - mix on two18's - tweak on atc and the reverse.
both end up in the same place.
Can't live without the atc midrange at this point. It's been almost a decade on them.
But I have continually looked for a 2-way reference speaker an amphions won that contest for me easily.

No, the 100s. Sorry, should have clarified.

That has been my impression in my 2 days on them. They area lot of fun to mix on. I was previously working on equator q10s which were the polar opposite of fun to work on. The stereo imaging and depth on them is pretty fantastic though. Any and all compression artifacts are absurdly obvious on them, and it made it extremely difficult to make a pop mix - anything compressed to the extent of pop music sounds pretty horrible and is not a decision I would willingly make, except to reference a pop song and hear more compression and try and bring my mixes closer to it.

I'm kind of thinking that the amphions with my equators might be a good mix (the equators also feel like they go wayyyy lower than the amphions, which at first I thought I hooked up wrong because of how much smaller they sounded). When people here say "I've heard stuff on the amphions I never heard before!" I can't relate at all. The equators are far more clinical, but at the expense of being wholly uninspiring.

I'll still try the ATCs of course... And I expect to be blown away with the midrange clarity. It's hard for me to imagine a speaker allowing me to make more confident decisions than the amphions atm. They are fun to work on and coming from the equators, I need fun desperately.

Which ATCs do you own? Also, which (if any) do you think is more fun to work on?