ATC for Home Theater???

Charles,

ATC has been well known for their professional sound reinforcement gear for years and has just fairly recently come into home audio. They are very good and I find them more lively and dynamic than Spendor....and I love Spendor. Excellent choice for HT.

i'm using a pair of ATC50's at home, strictly for music. and yes, they are beyond amazing. if they would ever do a wee bit of marketing, i think they would be the next big thing, as well, and well-deserved.

their electronics are top-notch as well.

Ah, such things to dream on. I have an all LINN setup and would trade for ATC if I had the cheese. The midrange is spellbinding.

Wow, K peterso, that's a serious allegation over Linn!!! I haven't heard a Linn home theater myself, but have read many reviews that it was supposed to be the bomb... My ATC's should be arriving in another week and I'm getting so anxious to hear them... I broke down and bought 3 of the ATC active 100's for front 3 speakers of my home theater. I hope that they're as good in my home as they were in the CES show. How, by chance did you get a chance to hear them??? It's nearly impossible to meet anyone that knows almost anything about them, let alone reviewed them!!!

I first heard them in Cambridge, UK about ten years ago; active 50s- the memory is still with me. There is a dealer here in Chicago that currently sells ATC.

Passive 20s with klout[s] are quite nice too. ATC trades a small amount of pace/tunefulness for an equal amount of detail over LINN; perhaps a little dryer too. Dollar for dollar I prefer LINN, since dollar-wise they are a better value. But ATC midrange to me is pretty tough to beat. And, the two match well- e.g. Ikemi front or Kairn pre.

How do you like them now that they are in? Not many subs will match the 100s, though if you need a sub now your room must be a sonic challenge. I would imagine you are quite pleased.

I would take a similarly priced ATC setup over Keltiks without blinking. Lower down, LINN gives the 20s and 10s fair competition. I think many who listen to ATC for the first time may believe the bass to be a little lacking- until the source actually contains some. My initial impressions of LINN were similar until I realized how incredibly faithful the gear actually is.

Cheers