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Atlantic Technology System 2200 7.1 Home
Theater Speakers January, 2006 • Mark Smith
Specifications:
2200 LR Front:
• Type: Sealed-box. 2-way D’Appolito Array
• Tweeter: (1) 1” Soft Dome Woofer: (2) 4 1/2” GLH
• Magnetic Shielding: Yes
• Frequency Response: 90 Hz - 20 kHz ± 3 dB
• Recommended Amplifier Power: 10 - 140 Watts
RMS
• Sensitivity: 90 dB
• Crossover Point: 3.5 kHz, 3rd Order
• Impedance: 8 Ohms Compatible
• Dimensions: 12.9” H x 6.4” W x 7” D
• Weight (ea): 7.5 Pounds
2200 C Center:
• Type: Sealed Enclosure. 2-way D’Appolito Array
• Tweeter: (1) 1” Soft Dome Woofer: Two 4-1/2” GLH
• Magnetic Shielding: Yes
• Frequency Response: 90 Hz - 20 kHz ± 3 dB
• Recommended Amplifier Power: 10 - 140 Watts
RMS
• Sensitivity: 90 dB
• Crossover Point: 3.5 kHz, 3rd Order
• Impedance: 8 Ohms Compatible
• Dimensions: 7.5” H x 14.6” W x 7” D
• Weight (ea): 8 Pounds w/base
2200 SR Surround:
• Type: Sealed Enclosure; Dipole/Bipole Surround
Speaker
• Tweeter: (2) 1” Soft Dome Woofer: Two 4-1/2” GLH
• Magnetic Shielding: No
• Frequency Response: 90 Hz - 20 kHz ± 3 dB
• Recommended Amplifier Power: 10 - 140 Watts
RMS
• Sensitivity: 90 dB
• Crossover Point: 3.5 kHz, 2nd Order
• Impedance: 8 Ohms Compatible
• Dimensions: 10.4” H x 11.4” W x 7.5” D
• Weight (ea): 7.5 Pounds
422 SB Subwoofer:
• Type/Features: Powered Subwoofer, Sealed Enclo-
sure, 2”, Four Layer Vented Aluminum Voice Coil,
Vented Motor. Continuous 40-140 Hz Crossover,
18 dB/Octave Low-pass Outputs, Absolute Phase
Invert Switch. Auto Signal Sensing
• Woofer: 12” Long-throw Composite Cone
• Output Power: 225W RMS
• THD (Amplifier): <0.5%
• MFR: 25 Hz - 250 Hz ± 3 dB
• Low Level (line): 20 kOhm
• Peak Output: 103 dB SPL into 2000 ft3
• Dimensions: 17.75” H x 17.25” W x 16.9” D
• Weight: 44 Pounds
System Price: $2,200 - $2,600 (5.1 vs. 7.1)
Introduction
Atlantic Technology produces
home theater speaker systems
that range in price from $900
- $25,000. According to Atlantic
Technology, “The goal of home
theater isn’t to put you in the
movie theater; it’s to put you in
the movie!”
Well, they came very close with
their System 2200. This package
delivers an impressive experi-
ence, while ranging in price from
$2,000-$2,600 depending on
configuration.
The Design
I had the pleasure of reviewing
the 7.1 System 2200 utilizing
various genres of music as well
as movies. Most of the testing
was performed with the 5.1 setup
due to room limitations. However,
some testing was done with 7.1
which I will discuss later in the
article. All of the speakers ar-
rived in perfect condition even
though it appeared the UPS had
been a little hard on the boxes.
They were packaged soundly with
double plastic wrapping around
the speakers along with foam
inserts.
The speakers have excellent
craftsmanship. There are black
high-gloss side panels on all of
the speakers except for the 2200
SR surrounds. Due to the en-
closure design (one woofer and
tweeter angled to the right and
one set angled to the left), there
are no side panels for the high-
gloss back inserts.
The front speakers have two
41⁄2” graphite loaded polymer
woofers and a 1” ferrofluid-
cooled, damped soft dome tweet-
er, while the surround speakers
each have two of the same woof
-
ers and two of the same tweeters.
The subwoofer grille has a plastic
frame, covered by gray cloth. The
volume control is at the upper
right behind the grille. The loca-
tion of the level control was not
very accessible for testing, so
the grille was absent most of the
time.
The rest of the speakers have
metal grilles that attach magneti-
cally to the enclosures, and this
seems to work well. It was very
easy to align them, and they
looked great installed. They have
a semi-transparent quality which
allows one to see the drivers, and
what audiophile doesn’t like to
see the hardware in action?
The front channel speakers (2200
LR) and the surround speakers
all have keyhole brackets as well
as 1⁄4” x 20 threaded posts to
handle most applications. I uti-
lized the keyhole brackets for the
surrounds but did find that the
keyhole size was smaller than my
personal surrounds, so I had to
use a Dremel® tool to grind down
the screw heads a little for them
to fit.
Added Features
There are a several features that
are standard on the System 2200
that are rare in this price range.
The center channel (2200 C) has
two features that help optimize it
according to the room acoustics.
First, it has a “High Frequency