PMC vs. ATC

Active ATCs are bass light - in the latest versions ATC deleiberately upped the bass balance to address this but they still dont have anywhere near the weight, extension or quality of pmc bass. Classical on atc is fine - but play rock and the treble is like fingers down a blackboard. I have heard them half a dozen times in different systems and the result is always the same.

Brizonbiovizier
A half a dozen times?!? That's amazing. I know lots of Audiophiles and have heard lots of systems, but I don't know anyone who has ATC active speakers. I guess I live in the wrong part of the country.

At different dealers over quite a few years.

Dear Inpieces: If you really like the active loudspeakers you have to take a look to the Pass Rushmore from www.passlabs.com

I already heard the ATC and the Pass ( never the PCM ) and the Rushmore beats easily the ATC, at least to my music/sound reproduction priorities.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

I use my PMC MB2's triamped - this is a big leap forward from monoblocks. According to PMC going fully active adds about another 5-10% performance in a treated room. I plan to convert to active using a custom crossover when the warranty runs out.