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Tidal vs ATC

Thinking about my end game speaker and seriously considering one from either brand. On the Tidal camp looking at either the Contriva G2 or Agoria and on the ATC camp the SCM150 or SCM300.
Any thoughts on this battle? The tidal I know is a truly amazing speaker. The contriva g2 is the best I've heard and has an amazing finish.  But I see insane praise from ATC for being a very accurate and extremely well made speaker. Only issue is I have no local dealers for ATC in canada. Maybe after the pandemic is over I'll fly to USA to hear them... but honestly even that makes me a bit nervous with all this going on.
Any thoughts?
smodtactical
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mapman
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They are all obviously very good though for a significant cost. The end sound will depend on the whole setup not just the speakers of course so take all that into consideration. 

Everyone’s ears and preferences are different but at least a practical approach can be applied to matching gear and integrating that into the space in which it will be used. In the powered ATC case the amp speaker integration has been addressed by pros so that’s one less thing to have to address.
kenjit
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kanji is #1 audioprofessor .Period.
I would agree with that. Thankyou. 
gregm
3,411 posts
 
For your room, given your equipment and MY taste*, go for the ATC 150 ACTIVE or you’ll be spending unnecessary time & money trying to drive them properly. The Agoria are excellent speakers but the ATCs will give you the excitement of classical, the immediacy of rock, and the beat (?) of techno, in one package. The 300s are too big for your room, I think.
*obviously: it's objective only to the extent of my own preferences!:)
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jon_5912
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I don't have a problem with low bass, I just think it's difficult to impossible to have a speaker excel at everything.  The ones that can play extremely loudly without distortion need stronger, heavier drivers that in my experience aren't as convincing on small scale acoustic music at low/mid volume.  My Thiels are an example of a speaker that is incredible within their capabilities but they won't play anywhere near as loudly as the big ATCs will.  Both speakers are very good at everything but definitely have areas where they are especially outstanding.
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