Active speaker comparison

[Lone Mountain Audio]

On 11/3/2020 at 12:02 AM, Alpha Audio said:

We wanted to compare apples to apples... the ATC doesn't have a digital input. 

Plus digital in is listening to another DAC permanently overlayed on the sound of the speaker.  As every DAC has a sound of its own and grows obsolete with nearly every [annual or semi annual] chip development cycle, this limits a speakers's life [we can have a 10-20 year life.  ATC is of the mind the DAC is better left to owner to choose to keep his speakers current across time.  One of the foundations of ATC Engineering is the speakers must stay current (be upgradeable) over time if at all possible.  

 

Brad

[Alpha Audio]

2 hours ago, Lone Mountain Audio said:

Plus digital in is listening to another DAC permanently overlayed on the sound of the speaker.  As every DAC has a sound of its own and grows obsolete with nearly every [annual or semi annual] chip development cycle, this limits a speakers's life [we can have a 10-20 year life.  ATC is of the mind the DAC is better left to owner to choose to keep his speakers current across time.  One of the foundations of ATC Engineering is the speakers must stay current (be upgradeable) over time if at all possible.  

 

Brad

That's a good philosophy!