ATC25 vs. Atc SL50 vs. Quested V3110

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Originally Posted by WunderBro Flo

I have 3110s, love them. However the 25s are a nearfield speaker while the 3110s are midfields which cannot be used in the nearfield, so there is no real comparison - you will ultimately place the atc closer than the questeds.

Patrick has a good point. I remember putting the ATC 25's closer to the listening position in a near-field setup to achieve the best performance. V3110 is a mid-field speaker and needs some distance to really open up. Like Patrick says at least two meters apart, which is quite a lot in a small room.

Originally Posted by WunderBro Flo

Be prepared to invest in some acoustics when going for midfields, the questeds should be placed no closer than 2 meters apart if possible. the rooms modes are much (!) more interfering with your sound at that distance than typical near-field placement.

Room modes are not necessarily more problematic just because you move further away from the speakers. Actually the room modes will affect the sound no matter the distance from the speakers, but you might end up sitting close to half the length of the room which can result in some bass frequencies nulling out a bit. The sum of early reflections does increase with the distance to the speakers and can be problematic if the room isn't acoustically properly treated.

Large speakers like the V3110 will of course produce deeper low-end compared to near-field speakers and "trigger" the lowest fundamental room mode making proper bass treatment even more important.

The position of the speakers will also affect the performance. The V3110 benefits from being position in or next to a wall and when the speakers connects with the wall there will be a natural bass build-up, but compensated for it will result in a more even bass response. The V3110 has a filter setting on the back for bass build-up compensation. Near-field speakers usually end up being positioned with a bit of a distance from the wall otherwise they might not be in near-field position. The distance between the speakers and the wall behind them will affect the lower-mid or bass response. I don't know why but near-field speakers usually don't sound that good when put up next to a wall, bigger speakers do.

I work as a freelance technical writer for a couple of of professional magazines and when I review new speakers I always try to set them up in a couple of different control room. Every time I have the time to do that I'm amazed how different they sound in different rooms. Especially in smaller rooms.

So, when buying new speakers I think it's crucial to try them out in your own control room and see how they works out. Because it's not just the voicing that has to be pleasing, they have to work well in your room.

Originally Posted by WunderBro Flo

however when done right midfields work wonderfully, it is just a different kind of view at your sound.

I totally agree. To me it feels like listening to a wavefront coming straight at me and not the sound of two speakers.

The ATC 25's sounded wonderful and certainly gave me the impression of listening to a wavefront and not two speakers. It was just the price tag and the somewhat lack of sub bass that made me look further.

When I reviewed the Quested V3110 I was totally blown away by the performance. Thick bass, punchy midrange with great clarity and mixes made with them translated very well from the get go. They are fun working with but at the same time makes me work harder than before.
Ultimately the price tag is pretty fair compared to other three-way speakers of that size.


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