Calling ATC owners

06-24-12: Adry
"So is the ATCs midrange..more important for me ;-)"

Yep, concur, and their current tweeter isn't bad either.
Uhhh, okay... and their woofers, too! Oh, and.....

~F

Ok, have you heard both Focals and ATCs. I haven't heard the ATCs in a long time. I heard the Focals @ this year's CES.

Sorry, no comparison, the ATC is a lot more natural sounding than the rather hifi-sh sounding Utopias. Moreover once you go active it is closest to the real thing that you can get on reproduced music. You are lucky to have the resources to get so really close, please don't miss it.

Ok, thanks for that. I wish I could compare side by side. The only thing I'm worried about is a dull treble on the ATCs due to the antiquated soft dome tweeter.

Dave, two things:

1. ATC doesnt have any roll off, hence you will never see
anyone calling ATC dull at any frequency. The choice of silk
vs metal dome is purely based on what sounds more true to
the timbre.

2. With ATC one doesnt hear bass, treble, midrange
separately, they are so coherent and sound as one driver you
normally listen to one whole instrument than frequencies.