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Anyone use ATC SCM19 speakers? I'm looking for an amp that goes well with these speakers. Solid state only. Currently using the DAC's volume control and running directly to amp. No preamp for now, that's later.

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

The current best practice audiophile speaker solution is:

 

a) Active

b) Full range (20-20khz minimum)

c) Digital input if at all possible

d) Digital X-overs

d) Digital room compensating

e) Anything but a square box

 

CA members should be wise enough to choose modern & predictable, cost efficient technology, based on knowledge and science, rather than bad habits founded the dark 1970ties.

 

Unless you are running a museum for ancient and wasteful technology.

Or if it is your specific hobby to mess around with outdated tech.

 

/Rant end/

Promise Pegasus2 R6 12TB -> Thunderbolt2 ->
MacBook Pro M1 Pro -> Motu 8D -> AES/EBU ->
Main: Genelec 5 x 8260A + 2 x 8250 + 2 x 8330 + 7271A sub
Boat: Genelec 8010 + 5040 sub

Hifiman Sundara, Sennheiser PXC 550 II
Blog: “Confessions of a DigiPhile”

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Or if it is your specific hobby to mess around with outdated tech.

 

Like FireWire you mean? :)

 

 

Good one, kilroy ;-)

 

Technology actually gets outdated in different ways.

 

Yes, Firewire in my Rig is getting dated as we now have Thunderbolt2 & USB3 offering higher transfer speeds = lower latency and more channels.

The quality of the transfers are however the same, i.e. completely lossless and up to 24/192

Converters from USB3 and Thunderbolt to Firewire will be around for a long time.

 

Would I choose Firewire today?

No, I would go with Thunderbolt2 as I'm a Mac (USB3 if I were a PC).

I don't need more channels, lower latency or more channels for now, but I'll likely upgrade the connection when I increase the channel count from 5.1 to 9.1 or 10.1 (My DDC is only 8 channels).

 

A Lynx Aurora 16 with a thunderbolt interface card would do the trick.

The future may offer a better and/or cheaper option.

 

 

Next question would be: "Why still run on AES3 cables".

Predictable & low latency, robust and cheap, lossless up to 24/192 and 100m cable runs, broadcast standard, very EMC resistant all seems good arguments for the time being.

But the WISA standard could become the wireless multichannel audiophile standard of the future.

 

 

 

Square wooden box speakers full of passive X-overs are so extremely outdated, that the above considerations are mere ripples of current technology.

These products are pushed by people ignorant of acoustic knowledge or (worse) by people who don't give a shit as long as they can extract enough money from the consumers peddling whatever crap.

 

The sad truth is:

Most audiophiles are lemmings

Most manufacturers are happy to sell the lemmings underperforming overpriced polished turdes

Promise Pegasus2 R6 12TB -> Thunderbolt2 ->
MacBook Pro M1 Pro -> Motu 8D -> AES/EBU ->
Main: Genelec 5 x 8260A + 2 x 8250 + 2 x 8330 + 7271A sub
Boat: Genelec 8010 + 5040 sub

Hifiman Sundara, Sennheiser PXC 550 II
Blog: “Confessions of a DigiPhile”

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So pleasant, thanks for dropping by.

 

You are welcome :-)

 

This is CA, where we push for the advantages of technology.

 

I'd love to hear your argument as to why I'm wrong.

Promise Pegasus2 R6 12TB -> Thunderbolt2 ->
MacBook Pro M1 Pro -> Motu 8D -> AES/EBU ->
Main: Genelec 5 x 8260A + 2 x 8250 + 2 x 8330 + 7271A sub
Boat: Genelec 8010 + 5040 sub

Hifiman Sundara, Sennheiser PXC 550 II
Blog: “Confessions of a DigiPhile”

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