sideshowbob
Trisha
whereas the actives you really have to turn them up to respond, maybe caus they are voiced to be listened to louder.
One of the things I like about ATCs is that loud or quiet, they sound good. I suspect I listen at lower levels than many here, and the ATCs were the first speaker I'd had here for any length of time that had some real life in them at lower volumes.
I used to run low-powered Sugdens into high efficiency floorstanders, and have now gone the opposite route of lots of power and insensitive speakers. Both approaches seem to offer similar sonic benefits to my ears, it's the systems in between that seem to struggle.
-- Ian