Question Suggestions for foundational parts of a longer term vinyl setup

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

Gotcha.
I’m finding the ATC incredibly transparent, it’s scaling well and is a beautiful combo with the N50.
I’d love to try the petites but nobody up here in the wild tundra does them.
Richer SOUNDS have offered me a pair with a good discount and I could try at home with all that faff or just stick with the ATC which I am enjoying a lot

 

[nopiano]

Gotcha.
I’m finding the ATC incredibly transparent, it’s scaling well and is a beautiful combo with the N50.
I’d love to try the petites but nobody up here in the wild tundra does them.
Richer SOUNDS have offered me a pair with a good discount and I could try at home with all that faff or just stick with the ATC which I am enjoying a lot

You can’t go wrong with ATC in my book. The SCM40 easily showed up its ‘rivals’ when I auditioned them in 2017. I still have them, and hanker for the Active version which I had to forgo when I got the chance to buy the ‘barn find’ Sonus faber Guarneri Memento.

The SCM11 has the same tweeter as all the modestly called ‘Entry’ series. All the drivers are made in sunny Gloucestershire. Transparent is indeed the word! 🙂

Pic of mine getting the unboxing treatment!

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

Heading off thread but I am considering replacing my prodigy 5 now with SCM19 as well!

 

[nopiano]

Heading off thread but I am considering replacing my prodigy 5 now with SCM19 as well!

You’re sounding like an ATC convert! They are excellent speakers, though some find them too revealing I think. Can you run to SCM40s though it might be worth looking for used or ex demo?

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

You’re sounding like an ATC convert! They are excellent speakers, though some find them too revealing I think. Can you run to SCM40s though it might be worth looking for used or ex demo?

I can run to 40s but not needed.
The 19s would be fine in my snug.
I’m going to try the 11s in here tomorrow.
My big room has some TX9 s. They’re a hybrid I suppose of ATC and PMC. Big buggers!

 

[RTHerringbone]

Gotcha.
I’m finding the ATC incredibly transparent, it’s scaling well and is a beautiful combo with the N50.
I’d love to try the petites but nobody up here in the wild tundra does them.
Richer SOUNDS have offered me a pair with a good discount and I could try at home with all that faff or just stick with the ATC which I am enjoying a lot

How were you able to demo the Mystique Classics but not the Petite's? I had to wait about 4 days for Audio-T to get hold of the Petite's and had assumed that if you're near a Neat dealer, they should be able to get hold of the whole range?

I'm looking forward to the audition now. Have settled on a five-track playlist to test out the sort of things I'm looking to hear and I might even give the Meze 109 Pro's a listen versus the 105s while I'm there and see if there is any room to wangle a deal.

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

straight swap possibility RTH at Peter Tyson from the Nait50 for the I9 XR. The i9XR will grip those LS50's like you can't imagine, especially if the LS50 is an ideal fit in your room !!!
might however be a bit too resolving!
but one helluva discount !

 

[RTHerringbone]

No chance! Zero interest in amp swapping or I'll be chasing my tail for eternity.

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

No chance! Zero interest in amp swapping or I'll be chasing my tail for eternity.

that's hi-fi; dragon chasing.......

 

[Al ears]

that's hi-fi; dragon chasing.......

Is that a Nakamichi Dragon? 🙂