As an all-new design, the SCM12 Pro proffers ATC’s acclaimed performance at a
lower price point without compromising component quality and achieves this in a
more compact, installation-friendly footprint ideally suited to nearfield monitoring
as well as multichannel music and post-production applications.
Though the SCM12 Pro is the most affordable model in ATC’s professional range of
loudspeakers, the monitor makes use of the company’s celebrated drive units for
both the mid/bass and tweeter, both being meticulously hand built at its UK facility.
The tweeter is a 25mm/one-inch soft-dome designed around ATC’s unique dual-
suspension technology. Unlike conventional tweeters, this precision part employs
two suspensions, offering far greater control of the voice coil and dome motion —
especially at higher sound pressure levels. The result is an extended high-frequency
response with much greater clarity and definition due to the reduction in disturbing
anharmonic distortion. Listener fatigue is also greatly reduced, resulting in users
being able to work for longer periods with greater accuracy.
At the lower end of the frequency spectrum, mid/bass reproduction is handled by
ATC’s 150mm/six-inch proprietary CLD drive unit. Using a 45mm/1.75-inch diameter
voice coil, and employing an FEA (Finite Element Analysis) optimised high-energy
symmetric gap motor system, the driver is capable of tremendous dynamic range
with minimal power compression. Cone construction is courtesy of another
proprietary ATC technology that represents another advance in driver performance
— namely, Constrained Layer Damping (CLD), a process that uses multiple
laminated fabric cones to form a stiff, light, and tremendously well-damped
structure. Speaking acoustically, this construction creates a smoother on- and off-
axis frequency response and also a reduction in distortion leading to a more lifelike
reproduction of source material. Meaningfully, judgements and decisions can be
made more quickly, more accurately, and for longer periods of time by busy
working audio professionals.
Discerning audio professionals always appreciate that exceptional passive monitors
require exceptional amplification; as far as the SCM12 Pro is concerned, the best
possible results will be achieved when it is partnered with ATC’s own range of
stereo power amplifiers. As such, the 150Wper- channel P1 Pro dual-mono power
amplifier is the perfect partner — both in terms of power output and its outstanding
resolution, resulting from technology originally developed for ATC’s high-end active
monitoring systems. So customers can comfortably make the upgrade to an all-ATC
monitoring and amplification system, an attractive package price will be offered for
purchasing the two products simultaneously.
Audio professional or otherwise, witness the performance of these two new
products alongside the company’s full professional product range by visiting ATC at
EastWest Studios (Studio Two), 6000 West Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, California, USA
from Friday, September 30 to Saturday, October 1, 2016. ATC and US distributor
TransAudio Group will also be hosting a press-only event from 7.00-8.00 pm on
Friday, September 30 (just prior to the AES Party in Studio One at EastWest
Studios). The SCM12 Pro will also be being showcased Stateside by Vintage King
Audio throughout the 141st AES Convention, September 29-October 1, 2016 at the
Los Angeles Convention Centre, Los Angeles, California.
