In a room a little smaller than the one we have for testing, at the moment we can think of no better alternative for the money. We suppose the highest praise we can offer ATC here is that it gives our considerably more expensive PMC reference system a run for its money.īy that we don’t mean the two systems are exactly on a par, but that neither is lacking in any department – their characters are equally appealing.
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It’s a wonderfully musical performance, with all you’d expect from so proficient a manufacturer of studio monitors, and one which could only be bettered by adding more stereo-focused components further up the chain. Using the same Yamaha amp, we spin Lou Reed’s Transformer on CD and allow ourselves to be serenaded with tales of New York cross-dressing. If you have a particularly accomplished AV amp, these SCM7s can be enormously entertaining with stereo music. Which all leads us to the point that this is not simply a product for home cinema. It’s exceptionally fast, building anticipation as we head into each battle and firing each arrow with uniform precision. If you’ve seen this 300 sequel, you’ll know much momentum is lost through its ridiculousness, but this package is able to claw some of that back through its presentation of the film's music. We’ve mentioned dynamics, which the C1 package masters both in terms of ‘quiet to loud’ and those more nuanced levels of expression, but the ATC has also refined its unimpeachable sense of timing. MORE: 10 of the best film scenes to test surround sound It’s easy to say the most important aspect of a film is its content, but poor dynamics will ultimately leave all your characters sounding achingly bored which, unless you’re watching some mid-2000s coming-of-age indie drama, is far from what your director intended. We could probably have picked a more difficult film for the C1C’s exam, given the over-acting in 300 is rife almost to the point of secondary-school theatre production, but nonetheless the level of expression is a delight. Btw, my opponent scored a 94-minute draw goal with.
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I dominated all the match but anyway I only scored my victory goal near of the 120 minute (game finished 4-3). Perhaps the most important asset for any centre speaker, though, given it will be handling most of a film’s dialogue, is dynamics. Player ratings / score in the end of the match. ATC says the C1C centre is designed to complement the SCM7s you have in the corners of your room, and it certainly shares their solid, balanced tone.Įven in the heat of battle, with a busy score and even busier list of sound effects, their edges are neither sharp nor smoothed: it’s a balance that has us almost forgetting to listen critically and just becoming lost in the film. In some ways you might have expected us to begin by praising the centre speaker, given its smorgasbord of fortes.