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ATC Loudspeakers SCM16A (pair)
The ATC Loudspeakers SCM16A is an active, robust monitor designed for the accurate reproduction of stereo and multi-channel audio in small to medium sized studios or in remote locations.
ATC engineer Ben Lilly has advanced the art and science of loudspeaker design by defeating a design trade-off that has heretofore been considered inescapable, allowing the high-end manufacturer to reduce the price point on its next generation of loudspeakers, which will take advantage of Lilly's innovation.
Conventional loudspeaker design recognizes that stiff driver cones generate a desirable extended on-axis frequency response. However, it comes at a price: a poor off-axis frequency response and multiple resonances that color the sound. The conventional "fix" is to damp the motion of the driver cone, but this makes the loudspeaker dramatically less efficient. Thus, with the exception of the ATC SCM16A, every loudspeaker that has ever been designed in the genre in the history of amplified sound was virtually either acoustically compromised or inefficient.
Lilly's innovation is called Constrained Layer Damping (CLD): two lightweight driver cones sandwich a constrained damping layer. CLD is dramatically more efficient than conventional damping because of the way it shears when the cone flexes. The shearing causes unwanted vibration energy to dissipate as frictional heat, instead of as acoustic distortion. Thus, Lilly's CLD design reduces harmonic distortion between 300Hz - 3kHz, creates an extended resonance-free axial frequency response, improves the off-axis frequency response, and, if all that weren't enough, causes a huge increase in loudspeaker power response. As a consequence, the ATC SCM16A is a better sounding loudspeaker that requires much less power to generate a given SPL.
In addition to the CLD-designed 150mm mid/bass driver, the SCM16A features a neodymium 25mm soft dome tweeter. The SCM16A's upgraded on-board amplifier pack provides 200watts to the mid/bass driver and 50watts to HF driver. Operating in Class A up to 2/3rds of output, this ultra-low distortion design is capable of continuous sound pressure levels greater than 108db. The electronic crossover offers an exceptionally smooth and even frequency response. Controls include bass level EQ and high frequency attenuation. Dimensions (HxWxD) : 448 x 270 x 330mm (17.6½ x 10.6½ x 12.2½); Weight : 17.5kg / 38.5lbs
About ATC Loudspeakers' PRO series monitors
Manufactured in-house to exacting tolerances, ATC's drive units are legendary for their many design innovations. Hand-wound, short voice coils use only high density edge wound, flat OFC wire and operate in precision long magnetic gaps. Front and rear magnetic venting not only reduces airflow noise, but increases power handling and long term reliability. Massive, motor assemblies offer no-compromise optimisation for each voice coil diameter.
The unique "Soft Dome" technology in the form of the latest SM-150s was originally developed by ATC in 1976 and is featured in the SCM 50, 100, 150, 200 and 300. Its arrival revolutionised professional studio monitoring for all time. Remarkable today, as then, it remains the only mid-range devise capable of giving ultimate performance. The "Super Linear Technology" found in the professional range is equally ground-breaking. It has long been recognised that the detrimental effects of magnetic hysteresis is a significant factor in the production of distortion in drive units.
With clever use of revolutionary materials developed for the communications industry, the problem has been solved for all time in the form of ATC "SL" drive units.They are unique not only in their ability to accurately reproduce piano, but also in precise manner in which they articulate male voices.This is hardly surprising given the reduction of third harmonic distortion by 10-15 dB between 100Hz and 3kHz achievable with this system.
Each drive unit in ATC professional monitors is powered by its own grounded source amplifier, optimised for its relevant bandwidth. Each amplifier, working substantially in Class A, features an even order filtered active crossover individually aligned and phase-corrected for unmatched stereo imaging. Each professional product is backed by a 6 year warranty, 24 hour spares turn round and factory technical support.
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