New Monitors Day (almost).

octatonic

With my move back to the UK I've been looking for a second set of monitors to put in the studio that have a different approach to my existing Kii Three's, which are a sealed design with 6 drivers and direct cardioid bass characteristics.
The Kii's are hugely impressive but no speaker is perfect and I've been looking for something to pair with them that has a bit more headroom and a more classic approach to amplification.

After many, many months of auditioning monitors (over 40 sets) I've finally decided on a set of ATC's- the SCM45A Pro's.

They are a hugely impressive spec- class AB, 2x 6.5" bass drivers, 3" soft dome midrange driver and 1" S-spec tweeter.
Unlike the Kii Three's these have no DSP, no digital input, no clever digital interfacing.
They are big, heavy (80lbs each) and just a power connection and an XLR input.
Crossovers are at 380hz and 3.5khz and go down to 45hz.
They are hugely loud too- 112db continuous at 1m.

Delivery time is 6 weeks, which is when I take my studio back- they are being custom built for me.
They will sit outside the Kii's in the mix position and function as midfields.

Very, very excited.

goldtop

I'm not even going to look those up. Every time I get monitor envy, I spend days persuading myself to get something 'proper' but then I get sticker-shock and wimp out. Especially as I spend about 80% of the time with headphones on.

The KH120 seems to be my maybe-next-time set.

octatonic

goldtop said:

I'm not even going to look those up. Every time I get monitor envy, I spend days persuading myself to get something 'proper' but then I get sticker-shock and wimp out. Especially as I spend about 80% of the time with headphones on.

The KH120 seems to be my maybe-next-time set.

They were a bit speedy, but I've wanted a set for years.
KH120's are very nice- budget for a sub with them though.

Stuckfast

We have SCM25s and they are bloody lovely.

Winny_Pooh

More headroom!? holeee fuk! ATCs are amazing though.

You planning to soffit mount them? Otherwise some seriously heavy duty stands. 

sweepy

Good Monitors are a must and they look excellent indeed  

octatonic

Winny_Pooh said:

More headroom!? holeee fuk! ATCs are amazing though.

You planning to soffit mount them? Otherwise some seriously heavy duty stands. 

I have Sound Anchor stands.
Yeah,  more headroom than the Kii’s.