ATC speakers are used professionally in studios by the biggest names in the business; from SACD mastering, movie multi-channel sound tracks to traditional two channel formats. They are used professionally in almost every genre: pop/rock, jazz, country and classical etc.
ATC speakers/driver designs are consistent and do not change very often. ATC speakers can be repaired/refurbished as they support their designs for over 25 years (no danger of a broken driver that you can't replace and forcing you to rethink your entire HT setup to achieve timbral balance).
If you are patient, over several years, you could slowly build a single ATC HT/2 channel system quite economicaly with second hand gear on Audiogon. The only challenge would be to find a second hand ATC sub, having only been in production for 10 years and given the growth in HT markets: these rarely come up for sale second hand.
I have owned ATC stuff for over 10 years so, as a proud owner, I am definitely biased in my opinions on this gear....however, what I say above is accurate. If you can get to audition ATC's and decide you like the sound then it might be the upgrade avenue you are looking for.
ATC speakers/driver designs are consistent and do not change very often. ATC speakers can be repaired/refurbished as they support their designs for over 25 years (no danger of a broken driver that you can't replace and forcing you to rethink your entire HT setup to achieve timbral balance).
If you are patient, over several years, you could slowly build a single ATC HT/2 channel system quite economicaly with second hand gear on Audiogon. The only challenge would be to find a second hand ATC sub, having only been in production for 10 years and given the growth in HT markets: these rarely come up for sale second hand.
I have owned ATC stuff for over 10 years so, as a proud owner, I am definitely biased in my opinions on this gear....however, what I say above is accurate. If you can get to audition ATC's and decide you like the sound then it might be the upgrade avenue you are looking for.