First buy without a demo.

Posted by: Mike1951 on 22 October 2017

Since moving to Spain, the lack of hifi provision means that my nearest source is MILES (sorry, kilometres) away in Malaga. Gordon (by name) is also only a distributor not a shop.

My new listening space is considerably smaller than the previous one - only 3.2 metres by 2.9 and my Proac D15's are struggling.

So - new, smaller speakers.

Due to difficult transport circumstances I'm having to take a leap of trust and buy them undemonstrated, something I've never done before.

Gordon recommended ATC SCM19's. All the reviews I've read describe their sonic characteristics as exactly what I'm looking for, with "What HiFi" awarding 5 stars.

My final stop-off point has been last year's thread on here and it all sounds perfecto.

Upstream will be: ND5XS/XP5XS/NAC202/Non-Naim PSU/NAPSC/NAP200/NACA4.

Unless anybody wants to stop me, I'll be on the blower tomorrow to get 'em in.

Posted on: 23 October 2017 by TOBYJUG

I don't see what all this fuss is about. Those SCM19 speakers are bound to sound great. A little on the big size, but having that massive magnet on the woofer, being a sealed box design and with quite a high roll off into the bass output - I can't imagine it creating a troublesome tone in a small room.

Remember that smaller versions of a model designation can be a lot more difficult than the larger ones for the amp to drive.

The present system might not wring out the best of them, but they will be happy with future upgrades. Bigger, better amps and sources might make them sound even more larger though, which should be a consideration.