Sorry @spoutmouzert Sort of looked like I picked on you when I didnt mean to do that. I meant to take issue wirh the idea that pro people are clueless and have no idea what sounds good. While one can find plenty of examples that support this, one can also find plenty of examples of home audio people being clueless too! I think its more that the "low end" of both markets have some embarrassing aspects to them.
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Depending on the design, actives can be the fulfillment of design intent by an active crossover implementation + hand picked power amp sections, all in one box from the engineer. In such a case, the engineer still lets you tweak your linestage, dac, phonostage, turntable, whatever all day long. He only took away your freedom of choice on the power amp. However, some audiophiliacs might think they know more than the guy who designed the stuff and have more tools in hand for execution. Hence, it’s a "hard sell’".
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And to add to what @deep_333 just said, I think there is far more sonic variations to discover in what's BEFORE the amplifiers: preamps, linestages, DACS, phono cartridges, arms and turntables, cables , streamers, etc. Brad |
My gate swings both ways. I run ATC active and passive....and love them all! ATC 50 and 40 actives, ATC SCM 20 and 7. Why not? I feel as if the only 'fault' ATC transducers have, is an unforgiving nature towards everything in front of them. They sometimes scream "you lied to me, you said you would feed me only the cleanest signal and recordings". Every system change I make is reflected truthfully, for better or worse. Sound Anchor stands with Herbies Fat Dots under ATC 20s, thumbs up. Improved cabling on ATC 50 actives, thumbs up. Expensive is so subjective. I foresee keeping my loom of ATC transducers for a very long time.
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