ATC are makers of studio monitors. I expect every reader of this review has at least one recording in which an ATC speaker was used in producing it. And we're talking some exceptional recordings, think Pink Floyd, Mark Knopfler, Diana Krall, and great recording engineers, again think Doug Sax, George Massenburg and Bob Ludwig and even Walt Disney Concert Hall. If you're curious, look HERE.

Most ATC speakers are poised below heart attack expensive but well above an impulse purchase.  While ATC's "Elite Domestic" speakers reach up to $70,000, this review samples the top of the HiFi Entry Series, well below that price.  The ATC SCM40A speaker here is at the top of their "HiFi Entry" series. In a passive configuration (SCM 40) you're looking at $6999, this iteration with included amplification (SCM 40A) asks more ($12,999). Well, maybe those figures are not for the tender hearted.

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