ATC40 Actives on home dem

[darrenyeats]

Hi All, Just collected a pair of Active 40’s to replace my Normal 40’s so to speak. Got them from Rick at Musicraft, He said they’ve only been lightly used.
So my question would be do they need to be run in to sound there best? Compared to the Passive with Nord 252, sound wise it’s obviously different but quite bright, nasally in the higher registers.
With the cable discussion I had my Nord connected with Reference Fidelity Components interconnect’s and Supra XL Annorum.Which made a massive difference.I just bought some average

XM-R4-1 HIFI cable​

from Amazon to get me by.
Thanks for any help

Hi speed, what's your front end?

 

[speed]

Hi ,Now it’s 40a’s and a c3c. Though Rick had a c3cA in the shop! Run out of money now though!

 

[speed]

Was it the cherry pair? I had my eye on those...

Indeed it was, Been looking for awhile but was able to get this trade in pair. TBH like new. With a recent serial number. I do remember my passive did need a little time, these are more expressive through the mids and sound stage has widened, but have noticed some sibilant notes, brighter,higher pitched sounds that sounded a tad crass!
That’s why I asked but I hoped for some differences at this money
Thanks

 

[speed]

Hi speed, what's your front end?

Hi Sorry was thinking you meant speaker wise! I have them to an Anthem 740