Yeah, they're my pride and joy.
Truly, some of the best standmounters out there. I spent MONTHS listening to dozens of different high end standmounters and the two that really grabbed me were the Dynaudio Contours and the ATC Active 10's. The only catch was, at the time the Contours were £300 dearer, and the Active 10's were, well, active.
My amplifier at the time wouldn't have done justice to the Contours, and I couldn't afford a nicer one, so I was happy to go for the active ATC's with their 250-watts of seriously nice amplification built in.
I somehow managed to scrounge up enough cash to get the matching CA-2 pre-amp for £750 (ouch!), which is perfect.
The coolest thing was, I got my Active 10's for £995, and two weeks later ATC bumped up the price by £300!
But yeah, my next step is to get a subwoofer, and although I loved the stunning Velodyne HGS-12, it's a bit too steep for me, even on Power Buy... If I could only get a demo of the Concept 2 sub, I would snap it up - I'm sure it sounds great, but I would always hesitate to shell out £1100 for something you haven't heard before!
I would also love to get my hands on the matching centre speaker (which is actually the Concept 4 centre), but it costs so much - £1800!!
I've demo'd an AV setup consisting of Active 10's for fronts and rears, the C4 centre, and the Concept 4 subwoofer (a 50kg 650-watt goliath) and it was the most amazing thing I've ever heard...
One day... one day...
Dunc