ATC SCM50 (passive) v. Devore O/93

If you pick the ATC50, I advise you to go for the active version, especially since you said you're also getting an amp. The active ATC 50 is noticeably better than the already fine passive version and you'll probably save money.

For what it's worth Gordon Holt, the founder of Stereophile purchased the active ATC 50 speaker as his last speaker choice. He told me that the active ATC 50 made the many live recordings he did sound more like the actual performance than any other speaker he ever heard.

I like them both for different reasons, atc is a rocknroller and o96 is jazz 😁

If you pick the ATC50, I advise you to go for the active version, especially since you said you're also getting an amp. The active ATC 50 is noticeably better than the already fine passive version and you'll probably save money.

Big +1 @dynamiclinearity  I should’ve mentioned that in my prior post because it’s big from both a performance and value perspective. 

ATC 50 active is simply a screaming deal when you factor in the amp cost/matching as part of the deal and done. And yes, I own them. And yes, I’ve owned enough equipment to fill a Listen Up store.

A few things to know: They hate bad recordings. They hate bad source. They like XLR preamp out and not RCA to XLR conversion at the speaker end. They like Gaia footers, they love Townshend platforms. They love Furutech 4.1 power cords.

I could not optimize performance with tube preamps. They were too slow. Class A Sugden preamps and my current Luxman C 900u preamp filled the bill.

Best of luck slaying the dragon.