All well regarded choices, but it's such a personal choice. I'd be sure to at least hear them, preferably in your room before parting with the ATCs.
If you had to choose...
Hi everyone, I am researching my next little “step up” in my audio journey after 3 years. Upgrading from my current ATC SCM11 v2 speakers to ??
These are my current top 3 contenders. I am sure there should be others on this list…
- Revival Audio Atalante 3 monitors new or used
- Fritz Carrera BE (used or possibly new if Fritz puts them on sale)
- Alta Audio Alyssa used
Anyone have any comparison experiences between any of them, etc? If you were choosing…. which ones would you be going for? (-:🤔
I have been eying the Alyssa for a couple of years now, but they are out of my budget range, unless I could ever find a great deal and leverage a trade-in opportunity. Fritz seemed the way to go for me, but then I was just turned on to the Revival.
Based on what everyone has written about each of these, I am very confident that I can’t go wrong with any of these three. Just curious as to your thoughts and experiences.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
—————————
FWIW, below is my environment:
I have a small 8'x10' room/home office/music equipment pit, with 9'ceiling. I sit at my desk about 7 feet from the speakers. I am relegated to this room for at least the next 4 years…
Mostly low volume listening (65db or lower) with occasional turn it up sessions. So they need to do well at low volume.
Music is alternative e.g. Radiohead/Smile, Mazzy Star, Echo, D. Mode, Simple Minds, Cure, etc. Classic rock, progressive rock, Bowie, TOOL, 60s psychedelic and acoustic/folk. All over the place…
Equipment:
- Black Ice F35 integrated amp w/KT170s and Tungsol 12ax7s
- Black Ice Audio Glass FX Tube DAC w/Dynamo Telefunken 12ax7
- Black Ice SS-X Sound Expander
- Rythmik L12 subwoofer
- Streaming Qobuz via Sonore orendu and SGC i5 ROON server. The server also contains my ripped cds.
- CAT 8 hard-wired ethernet to switches and router
- Verizon FIOS 1 gig internet service
- ...
- 29 posts total
- 29 posts total