ATC SCM19 V2 Recommendations.


I recently purchased a pair of ATC SCM19 speakers and I just wanted to pick some brains.

I am not interested in advice on different speakers or very expensive options.

I am recently retired, on a fixed income and buy mostly used.

What I would like to get is some options for speaker cables, speaker stands, speaker placement and synergy with my current components.

My room is 12' x 18' x 9' and the speakers need to be placed on the 18' wall.

My current setup includes the following:

Musical Fidelity M6si integrated (220 w @ 8 ohms)

Tellurium Black speaker cables

Lumin D1 Streamer

Denafrips Ares II DAC

Distributed bass array with (2) Rel T5, (1) Rel T7i and (1) SVS SB2000 subs

 

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@tony1954 

I also have the ATC SCM19v2 speakers.They are my final pair of speakers.

Have just bought a used pair of Sound Anchors stands. Looking forward to what they will do.

Was looking at a set of Isoacoustic Gaia as well.

But found a review of Stack Audio Auva by Hans Beekhuyzen, who rates them better. They get back to you quickly.

https://stackaudio.co.uk/auvaisolator/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saGfGSdLwZg&ab_channel=TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel

Late last year I bought a used pair of Auditorium 23 speaker cables. The jumpers were harder to find, so had to buy them new.

@jerrybj 

Even if the Auva is better than the Gaia's, I could never get past the idea that I paid over $1,000 USD for eight hockey pucks.

Maybe if I wasn't Canadian?

Yeh, it is a little crazy.

I'm nearing the end of upgrading my system. Probably wouldn't consider them if just starting the upgrades. 

I would try these.  A set of 8 from Amazon will only set you back $54, and 4 of them will support a weight up to 119 lbs so should be fine for your purposes.  They’re even adjustable by simply removing or adding springs (apparently the springs should compress to half their length for best performance).  If they don’t make a significant improvement just return them.  Well worth a try I’d think.  Best of luck. 
https://www.amazon.com/Tertullus-Isolation-43mm%C3%9738-5mm-Aluminum-Turntable/dp/B09QC1DJXT/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3O9WPNIK3HIXK&amp=undefined&keywords=speaker%2Bisolation%2Bpad%2Bspring&qid=1680557813&s=electronics&sprefix=speaker%2Bisolation%2Bpad%2Bspring%2Celectronics%2C143&sr=1-6&th=1