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Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $2200.00 from AudioGON

Summary:
My friend has ATC SCM-20. I have spent a lot of time in his house trying to find a weekness of the speaker. Trying all kinds of music. At last, I brought my Aplifier and CD player to his house, My gear seems to work well. I then purchase a used pair from AudioGON. After a week, the speaker arrived, I called in sick. So I can check the speak, hook it up, and start to listen. It worths calling a day off. I listen to one record after another. Then I realize, I have been turning the volume up a bit more and more. The ATC takes it and performs without holding back. I have reached so loud, I have never done to my old Bose. with 3 other floor standing speaker. I do a blind AB test with my friends. ATC beats everyone else. All my friends agree that without seeing, it sounds like full size speaker set. One of my friend ran back and brought his MK 336. We hook them up. Again, ATC takes it and pushes himself to another level. There is some minimal power needed for ATC. My original HK 8000 is just good enough to make the ATC going. I am now hunting for a big AMP.

Strengths:
There is a big talent hiding in the small 20 Cubic foot. It is a chanllenge to pull that off. It saving me time wondering or asking myself for another upgrade.

Price Paid:  $3500.00 from internet

Summary:
Great speaker with great slam,transparency,details yet quiet awesome deep tight bass(seal box)small speaker with big sound...etc etc yet to discover

Strengths:
lots

Weaknesses:
none so far

Price Paid:  $3000.00 from dealer

Summary:
I was playing with a pair of Wilson5 for few months but find that it sound very hifi.Lacks of emotion,highs are dry not transparent bass boxy so is the lower mid.Music is floating not slam so when to a secondhand dealer to trade it in.So I tell the salesman my problem.He recommended a pair of ugly looking speaker(ATC SCM 20)told me I'll love it.My wife doesn't like the look of that speaker but the shop was kind enough to loan it to try.WOW WOW was my first test on Wilson test disc.My wife and I was amazed so are my friends who are paying much more for their speakers.I end up spend 4 hours a day on music rather than HT.The SLAM,DYNAMIC,EXCELLECT SPEED ,TEXTURE,TIMBRE RICHES,AIRY well the speakers just disappeared.This speaker specs.,I don't have but friends and I it will be around 32-20khz.

Strengths:
ALL

Weaknesses:
can't find any but needs power like 150WPC

Similar Products Used:
Wilson 5,mini Utopia,B&W N805

Price Paid:  $3200.00 from store

Summary:
If you wanna buy a monitor speaker try ATC 10 or 20 U'll not regret.Is the best at its price.Is really one hell of a speaker.

Strengths:
plenty

Weaknesses:
cabinet not very nice

Price Paid:  $4000.00 from Canadian Hi Fi

Summary:
A superlative product that demands the finest ancillaries to sound its best. Incredibly accurate, detailed, dynamic, and with virtually no distortion, these speakers make discs of plastic sound like real music. Expensive, but worth the price of admission.

Strengths:
Best quality materials, rugged, dynamic, transparent.

Weaknesses:
Lacks ultimate bass extension although the existing bass is surprisingly deep & tuneful. Limited product/dealer availability.

Similar Products Used:
Over 25 kinds of speakers over the last 30 years including B&W, Magnepan, 3A, Tannoy, etc.