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Originally posted by Bernd G
<SNIP> if you are concerned about shelling out the incredible dough for the ATC 50s and you are a bit handy (or know someone who is), there is Wilmslow Audio in the UK (wilmslow-audio.co.uk) who sell an identical (ATC approved) kit that costs less than half of the ready-made version (about 3200 Pounds for the active pair, if I remember correctly). <SNIP> |
Bernd:
If what ATC is telling me is true, they do not sell ANY of the finished ATC speaker parts OEM to anyone. Those are reserved only for their own speakers, their own use. They sell similar parts, lower performance versions that look the same, to a number of vendors.
One of the hidden virtues of ATC is that they have a healthy OEM drive unit business, one of the little secrets that enable them to fund building the really good stuff that could never be done as a (finished unit) speaker manufacturer alone. The production volume would be too low to justify their manufacture. You might remember the Boxer speaker? This used an ATC mid dome. Klein and Hummel? Also uses a mid dome, but not the same as they use in their own speakers.
But I will ask them to be double sure. If I find it is true (that wilmslow sells ATC kits), I will post it here.
Brad