Nostalgia. Status. Bragging rights. Beatles albums were mixed and mastered on this brand’s stuff. Makes for a nice story.View attachment 238338View attachment 238339
What makes these ATCs worth double the price of the 8361?
Big studios run by geezers (no offense to anyone - I mean this mentally not physically) who do things today with the rationale “that’s how things have always been done” install these. With a fully treated room i’m sure they’re okay for the job. The mixing engineer can adjust their to cover for them.
Business friendships. So many reasons which do not include state or the art sound reproduction.