ATC + Reviews - At Musicraft (Derby)

My experience is a bit different. Boxes are obvious all the time. There is not much going on between the speakers no matter what recording you listen to. If you listen to smaller atc speakers, they disappear easily and image very good.

 

Musicraft is pleased to announce that we should soon be receiving ATC's new CDA 2 CD/Pre/DAC

http://atcforums.co.uk/otherimages/ATCCDA24PPBROCHURE.pdf

RRP £2050

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British Grove Studios Expands ATC Monitoring Options

http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/news2011-2.php


Mark Knopfler



SCM25A Professional Monitors RRP £7156/pair



SCM300ASL Professional Monitors RRP £30329/pair

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ATC SCM150ASL Professional monitors were used as part of a multi channel set up at the RMAF for the first public demonstration of James Guthrie's 40th-anniversary SACD surround mix of Pink Floyd's classic Wish You Were Here.

http://www.stereophile.com/content/pink-floyd-surround


SCM150ASL Professional monitors RRP £12722/pair and £13206/pair (with grills)

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Pictures of ATC's first ever HF drive unit - the SH34-76


http://atcforums.co.uk/otherimages/image001.jpg



http://atcforums.co.uk/otherimages/image002.jpg

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Musicraft is pleased to announce that we have received the first production ATC CDA2 Compact Disc Preamplifier





http://atcforums.co.uk/otherimages/ATCCDA24PPBROCHURE.pdf

RRP £2050

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Good luck to ATC, who are sadly a fraction of the size they were when I sold and used them.. Those new amps look to be well received and popular, but the ott engineering doesn't come cheap sadly.

Re the comments about 100A's and imaging - they're comparatively large boxes and I believe that to get a stable image from ANY box this size, one needs a large room and a good few metres' listening distance. The pair I owned and loved all those years ago didn't image like my trusty Spendor BC's, but they had so much else going for them at the time, although I now admit they were dreadful at low levels, the sound shrinking alarmingly into the boxes, which doesn't happen at all with the passive BC2's. maybe thge SL driver mods would have ameliorated this, although I understand that high level monitoring is really what they're about...

 

Additional information on ATC's new CDA2.

Overview
The new CDA2 CD/Pre-amp/DAC is hand built by ATC Loudspeaker Technology in the UK. As ATC’s first source component the unit comes with added digital to analogue conversion and pre-amp facilities. The CDA2 is housed in a rugged yet elegant chassis, complimenting the rest of ATC’s range of outboard pre and power amplifiers.

The pre-amplifier design is taken from the company’s very successful CA2 pre-amp and uses discrete components throughout to give very low distortion and noise and an extremely wide and flat frequency response. There are two line level analogue inputs and two digital inputs. One analogue input is equipped for RCA/phono connections and the second RCA/phono and 3.5mm jack. Both digital inputs are equipped for coaxial and Toslink connectivity giving a total of 4 digital inputs. Fully differential (balanced XLR) and single-ended (unbalanced RCA/phono) outputs are provided for simple connectivity with a wide range of power amplifiers and active loudspeakers. The discrete output stage is capable of driving 9V r.m.s. (unbalanced) and 18V r.m.s. (balanced) into 100 ohms with no signal degradation allowing the use of long output cabling where required.

The discrete headphone output is specified to drive a very wide range of headphone sensitivities and impedances. It features very low distortion noise and extremely wide and flat frequency response for best possible performance.

The DAC utilises a Wolfson chipset and is compatible with 16 to 24 bit word lengths and sample rates up to 196kHz. Excellent digital clock recovery ensures signal integrity is maintained even with poorer quality digital sources and long cable runs between external sources and the CDA2.

The chassis is constructed from a combination of steel and aluminium and uses constrained layer damping to control panel resonances. The front panel is machined from an extruded section of 13mm/0.5” aluminium alloy with a brushed and anodised silver finish.

Billy Woodman, ATC’s Chief R&D Engineer comments, “the new CDA2 CD/Pre/DAC presents ATC customers with the potential for maximum input flexibility in a single unit, and all the audio and aesthetic benefits of a single brand system.”

Specifications
Pre-Amplifier
Maximum Output Level: Phono 9.2V r.m.s. XLR 18.4V r.m.s.
Line Input Sensitivity (For 2V Output): 640mV
Input Impedance: 13k8 Ohms
Output Impedance: 10 Ohms
Frequency Response (-3dB): < 2 Hz - > 280 kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion: 1 kHz <0.001% (-100dB), 10 kHz <0.0015% (-96 dB), 50 kHz <0.002% (94dB)
Crosstalk (10Hz – 20kHz): >90dB
S+N/N Ratio: > 97 dB (Wide band) > 105 dB (DIN) > 110 dB (IEC “A”)
Overload Capacity: 13dB
Absolute Phase: Phono Zero Degrees, XLR Zero Degrees, Pin 2 Hot
XLR CMRR (100Hz - 10 kHz): > 60dB

CD Player
Distortion: 1 kHz <0.002% (-94dB) 10 kHz <0.003% (-90dB)
Frequency Response (+/- 0.1dB): 20 Hz – 20 kHz
S+N/N Ratio: >100dB (IEC “A”)

Digital Inputs
Distortion: 1 kHz <0.003% (-90dB) 10 kHz <0.005% (-86dB)
Frequency Response (+/- 0.1dB): 20 Hz – 20 kHz
S+N/N Ratio: >96dB (IEC “A”)
Supported Word Lengths: 16 to 24 Bit
Supported Sample Rates: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 192kHz

The unit is supplied with an IR remote control. The CDA2 is covered by a six year warranty (1 year CD mechanism).

RRP £2050

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ATC's latest project - New World Symphony Hall in Miami


SCM150ASL Professional monitors

http://atcforums.co.uk/otherimages/EAF_9164.jpg


to give an idea of scale - the two stage boxes are 12ft in height

The botton sections of the Stage Boxes use -

4 x 15" ATC SL bass drivers

2 x ATC Super Soft Dome

2 x ATC SH34-76 HF Unit

http://atcforums.co.uk/otherimages/EAF_8819.jpg


SCM300ASL Professional monitors are just about visible in the sails

http://atcforums.co.uk/otherimages/EAF_8845.jpg



The top sections use -

2 x 9" ATC SL bass drivers

1 x ATC Super Soft Dome

1 x ATC SH34-76 HF Unit

http://atcforums.co.uk/otherimages/EAF_8884.jpg




SCM300ASL Professional monitors RRP £30329/pair



SCM150ASL Professional monitors RRP £12722/pair



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AVguide/TAS review ATC's SIA2-150MK2 integrated amplifier

http://www.avguide.com/review/tas-194-atc-sia2-150-integrated-amplifier

http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/sia2-150.php

RRP £2838


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avmentor review ATC's CDA2 Compact Disc Preamplifier



http://www.avmentor.eu/reviews/atc_cda2.htm




Overview

The new CDA2 CD/Pre-amp/DAC is hand built by ATC Loudspeaker Technology in the UK. As ATC’s first source component the unit comes with added digital to analogue conversion and pre-amp facilities. The CDA2 is housed in a rugged yet elegant chassis, complimenting the rest of ATC’s range of outboard pre and power amplifiers.

The pre-amplifier design is taken from the company’s very successful CA2 pre-amp and uses discrete components throughout to give very low distortion and noise and an extremely wide and flat frequency response. There are two line level analogue inputs and two digital inputs. One analogue input is equipped for RCA/phono connections and the second RCA/phono and 3.5mm jack. Both digital inputs are equipped for coaxial and Toslink connectivity giving a total of 4 digital inputs. Fully differential (balanced XLR) and single-ended (unbalanced RCA/phono) outputs are provided for simple connectivity with a wide range of power amplifiers and active loudspeakers. The discrete output stage is capable of driving 9V r.m.s. (unbalanced) and 18V r.m.s. (balanced) into 100 ohms with no signal degradation allowing the use of long output cabling where required.

The discrete headphone output is specified to drive a very wide range of headphone sensitivities and impedances. It features very low distortion noise and extremely wide and flat frequency response for best possible performance.

The DAC utilises a Wolfson chipset and is compatible with 16 to 24 bit word lengths and sample rates up to 196kHz. Excellent digital clock recovery ensures signal integrity is maintained even with poorer quality digital sources and long cable runs between external sources and the CDA2.

The chassis is constructed from a combination of steel and aluminium and uses constrained layer damping to control panel resonances. The front panel is machined from an extruded section of 13mm/0.5” aluminium alloy with a brushed and anodised silver finish.

Billy Woodman, ATC’s Chief R&D Engineer comments, “the new CDA2 CD/Pre/DAC presents ATC customers with the potential for maximum input flexibility in a single unit, and all the audio and aesthetic benefits of a single brand system.”

Specifications
Pre-Amplifier
Maximum Output Level: Phono 9.2V r.m.s. XLR 18.4V r.m.s.
Line Input Sensitivity (For 2V Output): 640mV
Input Impedance: 13k8 Ohms
Output Impedance: 10 Ohms
Frequency Response (-3dB): < 2 Hz - > 280 kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion: 1 kHz <0.001% (-100dB), 10 kHz <0.0015% (-96 dB), 50 kHz <0.002% (94dB)
Crosstalk (10Hz – 20kHz): >90dB
S+N/N Ratio: > 97 dB (Wide band) > 105 dB (DIN) > 110 dB (IEC “A”)
Overload Capacity: 13dB
Absolute Phase: Phono Zero Degrees, XLR Zero Degrees, Pin 2 Hot
XLR CMRR (100Hz - 10 kHz): > 60dB

CD Player
Distortion: 1 kHz <0.002% (-94dB) 10 kHz <0.003% (-90dB)
Frequency Response (+/- 0.1dB): 20 Hz – 20 kHz
S+N/N Ratio: >100dB (IEC “A”)

Digital Inputs
Distortion: 1 kHz <0.003% (-90dB) 10 kHz <0.005% (-86dB)
Frequency Response (+/- 0.1dB): 20 Hz – 20 kHz
S+N/N Ratio: >96dB (IEC “A”)
Supported Word Lengths: 16 to 24 Bit
Supported Sample Rates: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 192kHz

The unit is supplied with an IR remote control. The CDA2 is covered by a six year warranty (1 year CD mechanism).

RRP £2050




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Digital Audio Service talks to ATC R&D Engineer Ben Lilly




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ATC Multichannel Series

http://atcforums.co.uk/pdf/MULTICHANNEL VISUAL.pdf



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ATC's new website -

http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/



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As of 1st April 2013 ATC products will have a price increase. More information to follow.



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As of April 1st 2013 ATC products have increased in price by 5%

SIA2-150 MK2 integrated amplifier - previous RRP £2838. As of April 1st 2013 the SIA2-150 MK2 now has a RRP of £2980



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New ATC products. Initial products to be launched -

SCM7 (curved) passive monitors

SCM11 (curved) passive monitors

SIACD (CD/DAC/Amplifier)

More details to follow.


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ATC's new SIACD - Amplifier/CD/DAC



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ATC's new SCM7 (curved) passive monitors - Cherry finish




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ATC's new SIACD - Amplifier/CD/DAC



The new, compact, SIACD expands on, and is styled to match ATC’s range of stand-alone electronic
products for home installation. The SIACD is built to the same design and manufacturing standards as
the company’s internationally renowned professional audio products.

Overview

New class A/B “grounded source” 100W/Ch. power amp stages offering class leading performance
High performance DAC with USB, coaxial and optical digital inputs
On-board CD Player
Headphone amplifier with front panel mounted output
2 x stereo line level analogue inputs
1 x stereo line level output
Black or silver anodised finish options
6 year warranty*
Hand built in Stroud, UK

This new product is designed as a simple yet versatile onebox solution for D-A conversion, CD playback, pre and power amplification duties. The SIACD is housed in rugged yet elegant chassis, only 315mm/12.4” wide. Styling compliments the rest of ATC’s range of outboard pre and power amplifiers and the product is available in both black and silver brushed and anodised finishes.

Whereas many other manufacturers’ favour class-D power amp technology for compact devices, ATC have based the power amp design on the class A/B circuits employed in their highest performance professional, active loudspeakers, thus ensuring the highest possible performance of this vital element of an all-in-one player amplifier. In this revised design, ATC engineers have made further improvements to their discrete MOSFET output stage to give vanishingly low levels of distortion, very wide bandwidth and a reduced idle temperature. Maximum output power 100W per channel, continuous, into 8 ohms with both channels driven. The resolution offered by this approach is simply above and beyond what is available from most ‘high-end’ stand-alone power amplifiers, let alone ‘all-in-one’ player/amplifiers.

The preamp/DAC stage features two, line level, stereo, analogue inputs and three digital inputs. Both analogue inputs are equipped with rear panel mounted, RCA/phono connections. One of the two inputs also features a front panel mounted 3.5mm jack input for simple connection to portable music players. The USB, SPDIF and optical inputs are mounted on the rear panel.

The DAC utilises Wolfson’s WM8740 chipset and is compatible with 16 to 24 bit word lengths and sample rates up to 192kHz (coaxial and optical digital inputs only). Excellent digital clock recovery ensures signal integrity is maintained even with poorer quality digital sources and the SIACD. The USB input is compatible with word lengths up to 16 bits and sample frequencies up to 48kHz and is galvanically isolated from the digital source via a high performance transformer.

The SIACD headphone amplifier is specified to drive a very wide range of headphone sensitivities and impedances. It features very low distortion and noise and an extremely wide and flat frequency response for best possible performance. The headphone output is front panel mounted.

The chassis is constructed from a combination of steel and aluminium and uses constrained layer damping to control panel resonances. The front panel is machined from an extruded section of 13mm/0.5” aluminium alloy with a brushed and anodised silver or black finish. All the user controls are machined from solid aluminium.

Specifications

Integrated Amplifier

Max. Power Output (Continuous Av. 8 ohms, 1kHz, both Channels driven) 100W
Line Inputs: Two, stereo (one with additional front mounted 3.5mm jack).
Line Input Sensitivity: 640mV
Input Impedance: 13k8 Ohms
Line Outputs: One, stereo
Line Output Impedance 10 Ohms
Frequency Response (-3dB): < 2 Hz - > 250 kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion (8 Ohms, -1dB below full Power): 1 kHz <0.0015% (-96dB)
10 kHz <0.002% (-90 dB),
Crosstalk (10Hz – 20kHz): >80dB
S+N/N Ratio: > 100 dB (Wide band)
> 110 dB (DIN)
> 115dB (IEC “A”)
Absolute Phase: Phono Zero Degrees

CD Player

Distortion: 1 kHz <0.002% (-94dB)
10 kHz <0.003% (-90dB)
Frequency Response (+/- 0.1dB): 20 Hz – 20 kHz
S+N/N Ratio: >100dB (IEC “A”)

Digital Inputs – Coaxial & Optical

Distortion: 1 kHz <0.0025% (-92dB)
10 kHz <0.004% (-88dB)
Frequency Response (+/- 0.1dB): 20 Hz – 20 kHz
S+N/N Ratio: >96dB (IEC “A”)
Supported Word Lengths: 16 to 24 Bit
Supported Sample Rates: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 192kHz

Digital Inputs – USB

Distortion: <0.005%
S+N/N Ratio: >96dB
Sampling rate: 32kHz, 44.1Khz, 48kHz

Mains Power

Voltage: 115/230V AC 50/60Hz (internally selectable). 100V AC via dedicated transformer
Maximum Power Consumption: 300VA

Physical

Dimensions (HxWxD) 112 x 315 x 425mm / 4.41 x 12.40 x 16.73”
Weight 9.6kg/21.1lbs

The unit is supplied with an IR remote control. The SIACD is covered by a six year warranty (*1 year CD mechanism).


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