Good amp for ATC speakers


Any thoughts on a good amp for the ATC SCM19 or 19a speakers? Both have rather low sensitivity. Prefer solid state leaning from neutral to just a bit on the warmish side.
jaybe

Showing 1 response by admranger

I have the SCM 19v2’s and am in the same boat.


I imagine if you have the 30.x pass amp you’re not gonna have the slam needed for these inefficient (86dB) speakers.

I’ve been looking in the 250w/ch solid state arena and am not sure that’s going to be enough for the large space I have my speakers in (WAF is stand mounts only).

Some of the newer class D amps are interesting (Merril Audio, etc.) but so are the NuPrime ones if one wanted to do this on a budget.

Have you thought about just getting a Pass X350.8 or something in that range? Plenty of oomph and neutral enough for our very revealing speakers. It’s way outside my budget or I’d strongly consider one.

Now, I have heard the SCM 19v2’s with ATC’s own 150w/channel dual mono amp. It was really nice, but something didn’t gel with me so I passed on it.  It did have plenty of slam though.