I'm not really sure if this is a sensible question or not, but anyway...
The question: Is there a characteristic sound to the (now more conventional) thin, deep-from-front-to-back floorstanding speakers, compared to the (now less favoured) layout which is as wide (roughly) as it is deep?
The reason I ask is that I'm planning to get some new (secondhand) speakers, and I'm considering either ATC SCM50's or PMC Fact12's - the former are very much "fatter" than the latter.
The reason I'm not sure whether it makes sense to ask about the shape is because I suspect that the internal layout (simple ported versus transmission line) may well override any effect that the external shape of box makes?
But I don't know, because I have heard neither, and (because I'm looking to buy secondhand) I won't have the opportunity to listen to the two side by side.
The best comparison I have is that I own a pair of ATC SCM40's - which I like very much, and which will be staying here - and a pair of PMC FB1i's. I don't actively dislike them, but I'm not so fond of the latter. However... I doubt that FB1i's tell me a lot about what Fact12's sound like!
I guess the question I'm ~really~ asking is this: I'm fairly confident that the SCM50's will be similar to something I already like the sound of. Are the "thin" Fact12's likely to hold unpleasant surprises for me?
The question: Is there a characteristic sound to the (now more conventional) thin, deep-from-front-to-back floorstanding speakers, compared to the (now less favoured) layout which is as wide (roughly) as it is deep?
The reason I ask is that I'm planning to get some new (secondhand) speakers, and I'm considering either ATC SCM50's or PMC Fact12's - the former are very much "fatter" than the latter.
The reason I'm not sure whether it makes sense to ask about the shape is because I suspect that the internal layout (simple ported versus transmission line) may well override any effect that the external shape of box makes?
But I don't know, because I have heard neither, and (because I'm looking to buy secondhand) I won't have the opportunity to listen to the two side by side.
The best comparison I have is that I own a pair of ATC SCM40's - which I like very much, and which will be staying here - and a pair of PMC FB1i's. I don't actively dislike them, but I'm not so fond of the latter. However... I doubt that FB1i's tell me a lot about what Fact12's sound like!
I guess the question I'm ~really~ asking is this: I'm fairly confident that the SCM50's will be similar to something I already like the sound of. Are the "thin" Fact12's likely to hold unpleasant surprises for me?