{"id":24567,"date":"2021-07-27T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intek-hifi.com\/?p=24567"},"modified":"2021-09-05T18:31:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T17:31:38","slug":"atc-scm-50-p-classics-excitingly-honest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intek-hifi.com\/en\/atc-scm-50-p-classics-excitingly-honest\/","title":{"rendered":"ATC SCM 50 P Classics > Excitingly honest!"},"content":{"rendered":"

NATURALLY!<\/strong>
\nThe ATC SCM50PSL play astonishingly unspectacular – as long as there is only porridge on the recording, the British only serve bland soft food. A spectacle for the sake of a spectacle is not what the SCM50PSL does, they claim to be too civilized, too neutral, too correct on the whole.\u00a0But woe, the canned clay has tonal flavor – then it gets fiery.
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With their famous mid-range speakers, the ATC SCM50PSL prove that correct does not have to mean without irritation.\u00a0These broadband drivers lift several veils in front of the voice of\u00a0Jarvis Cocker<\/em>\u00a0in \u201cBelle Boy\u201d on the mega album\u00a0Room 29<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Chilly Gonzalez<\/em> (thanks for the tip goes to Armin Kern from ATR).\u00a0They reveal even minimal sound details so effortlessly and unobtrusively that I wonder how I could have missed them so far.\u00a0And that’s what I say as the former owner of\u00a0Lansche No.3.1 <\/a>(from 18,500 euros), whose weightless plasma tweeter plays clearly down into the presence and upper mid-range, but does not achieve this level of sparkling transparency.\u00a0Even in tracks that are not necessarily audiophile, such as\u00a0Moloko’s<\/em>\u00a0\u201cPure Pleasure Seeker\u201d (album: Things to Make and Do), the ATC simply reveal more.\u00a0More creaking of the saxophone, more creaking of Wurlitzer, more clicks of electronics.<\/p>\n

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GROUNDED<\/strong>
\nThis almost uncanny attention to detail is not all that defines the transmission range of the “bear nose” of the ATC SCM50PSL. They accompany the airy dissolution with an acoustic solidity that may seem contrary to the terms lightness and openness.\u00a0It is exactly what defines real voices and instruments: They neither emphasize nor neglect one or the other aspect.\u00a0The extremely dynamically captured piano strokes by\u00a0Chilly Gonzales<\/em>\u00a0on the album mentioned have a sparkling and intentionally hard quality without any discoloration, dynamic limitation or rounding off of the transients in the\u00a0presence area<\/a>.\u00a0And with all openness, the SCM50PSL also serve voices<\/strong> (David Bowie, Patricia Barber, David Sylvian) or snare drums<\/strong> (Porcupine Tree, “The Sound of Muszak”) with exactly the right substance and energetic vehemence.<\/strong>\u00a0Mind you, tonally everything stays in the lush green area;\u00a0the ATC SCM50PSL do not sound, so they do not \u201cconstruct\u201d the sound with accentuation or break-ins, but simply let it through unhindered<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The result is a realism of the midrange and presence reproduction, an effortless naturalness of this musically essential area, which I would neither expect nor expect from speakers of this league in such high quality.\u00a0I wouldn’t have thought it would, but with the ATC SCM50PSL I even listen to audio books with passion and fascination.\u00a0Not only to follow the story with excitement, but also to experience the fantastic level of detail of the voice reproduction with goose bumps on the upper arms – not to mention the aura of the space that the ATC spans.<\/p>\n

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CONCLUSION
\n<\/strong>A prerequisite for the optimal operation of these loudspeakers is, of course, to serve them a lot of power: The amplifier can deliver three-digit amounts to 8 ohms per channel in order to explore the dynamic capabilities of the ATC SCM50PSL, and more than 200 watts does not hurt to slow down To reach the maximum.\u00a0The ATC SCM50PSL pass through the tonal character of the playing partner without comment and sometimes mercilessly.\u00a0Neutral cutlery is certainly a good choice.\u00a0And as far as the size of the room is concerned: the ATCs should feel most comfortable in 20 to 50 square meters.<\/p>\n

Yes, I admit, the ATC SCM50PSL turned me on quite a bit.\u00a0For me they not only embody something like the archetype of the dynamic loudspeaker, they also combine everything that I would like from such a loudspeaker.\u00a0At a high level and at a more than fair price.\u00a0But not only that – it also made me fall in love with my electronics anew and learned to appreciate their capabilities even more.\u00a0What that means is clear: The ATC SCM50PSL will move in with me permanently.\u00a0Naturally chic in wood veneer.<\/p>\n

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The ATC SCM50PSL …<\/strong><\/p>\n