ATC Announces New SCM20ASL Limited Edition Loudspeaker

In celebration of the beginning of its 50th Anniversary initiatives, Acoustic Transducer Company (ATC) announced the forthcoming release of an exclusive new active stand mount loudspeaker, the SCM20ASL Limited Edition. The ATC 50th Anniversary Limited Edition SCM20ASL Loudspeakers feature an exclusive ATC blue high lacquer finish with hand-upholstered royal blue full-grain Napa leather front baffle and can be paired with a matching C4 SUB MK2 Limited Edition with silver anodized amp hardware.

Originally published in audioXpress June 2006, this interview by Paul Stamler is a unique document detailing the work of Peter Bartók (Budapest, July 31, 1924 – Florida, December 7, 2020) as a pioneering recording engineer and one of the best of the early LP-era engineers, involved in remarkable recordings with his New York City label Bartók Records, and working with Moses Asch’s Folkways Records. He also worked with Caedmon Records, a pioneer in recorded poetry, as well as disk-cutting for early-era Elektra Records and other small NYC area labels.

I completed the design and construction of an archival phono preamplifier, which provides variable equalization along with several other operational necessities for playing vintage records (78-rpm discs, pre-RIAA LPs, lacquer transcription discs, and so on). When it came to selecting topologies for the balanced inputs and outputs, I ruled out transformers due to high cost, physical bulk, and weight. The most practical choice, in terms of size and cost, are the balanced line driver and receiver ICs made by THAT Corporation. This article was originally published in audioXpress, June 2010