Stereonet SCM40 Review

Stereonet reviews ATC’s 3-way passive floor-stander, the SCM40.

Writer, David Price highly rated the SCM40.  Here’s just a little taster of what he thought…..

“I can’t think of any competitor that offers its combination of articulation and precision at the bottom end………Personally, I adore it for its accuracy, speed and insight – the way it strings the rhythmic elements of the mix together…..”
David Price, Stereonet, July 2021

To read the review in full, please visit the Stereonet Website.

To find out more about the SCM40, visit its Product Webpage.

To find out where your nearest ATC dealer is or who handles ATC in your country, please visit the Where to Buy webpage.

ATC CDA2 MK 2 CD DAC Pre-Amplifier receives Roon Tested Certification

17 February 2021: ATC is proud to announce that the CDA 2 Mk 2 CD, DAC Pre-Amplifier has received Roon Tested certification from Roon Labs.

Developed as the ideal partner for ATC’s latest P2 power amplifier and active speaker designs, the CDA2 Mk2 CD, DAC Pre-Amplifier combines convenient USB access to up to 24/384kHz PCM/Quad DSD high-resolution music streaming with an upgraded CD transport and a premium 32-bit DAC. It also offers dedicated headphone amplification and wider input selection, along with analogue circuits redesigned for an even wider, flatter frequency response with very low distortion.

 Made in the UK, ATC’s CDA2 Mk 2 preamp/player is supplied with IR remote control and is covered by a six-year warranty*.

Roon is a rich and engaging way to browse, organise, and listen to music. Artist photos, credits, bios, reviews, lyrics, tour dates, and composers are located automatically, then interconnected by links to build a surfable digital magazine. Roon is also a multi-room, multi-user networked audio platform, it offers features such as bit-perfect playback, DSD and PCM upsampling, multichannel support, and Signal Path display.

What does it mean to be Roon Tested?
All Roon Tested devices are profiled by Roon’s QA Team so that Roon can identify them and automatically configure its settings to be optimized for them.  This means that you can now just plug them in to the CDA2 Mk 2 and know you will be able to enjoy the best in high performance.

About Roon Labs
Roon transforms the experience of browsing music.  Artist photos, credits, bios, reviews, lyrics, tour dates, and composers are located automatically, then interconnected by links to build a surfable, searchable digital magazine about your entire music collection.  Roon also links all of your personal files with the millions of tracks available on TIDAL and Qobuz, so you can start with the music you know, then explore and discover new music from the world beyond your collection. Roon runs on most Mac, Windows, and Linux PCs as a server, with an Android or iOS smartphone/tablet used as a control point.

For detailed information on the CDA2 Mk, please visit the product webpage.

For more information on Roon, please visit the Roon Labs Website.

*  2 year warranty on the CD mechanism.

ATC SCM7 awarded ‘Best of 2020’ by The Ear

Online magazine, The Ear has awarded the SCM7 one of its coveted, ‘Best Hi-Fi Components of 2020’ awards.

The SCM7 was just one of a handful of winners picked from the products reviewed by the website over the course of the year.  The SCM7 is a compact stand-mount loudspeaker, using a sealed cabinet and ATC own hand-built drive units.  Commenting on the SCM7:

” I was blown away by the sheer ability of the diminutive SCM7. A shoebox-sized design, it became truly addictive through its ability to handle an array of material with consummate ease. Their imaging was spot-on and the LF performance surprising given the cabinet volume. The overall balance is slightly warm, and all the more enjoyable for that. At the price point they have to be considered exceptional value-for-money and the ideal starting point for audiophiles on a tight budget or with a confined listening room.”
Jason Kennedy, The Ear, December 2020.

To read the feature in full, visit The Ear website.