Atlantic Technology 2200C User Manual

January, 2006 • mark smith

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Product Review

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

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