HIGH-DEF DISC NEWSReceive High-Def Disc News via RSS

Atlantic Introduces First Seven Channel Sound Bar

Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM ET
Tags: Atlantic, Product Announcements (all tags)

High end speaker company Atlantic is one of many companies getting into the sound bar game, and they’re doing it with the world’s first seven channel sound bar.

The Atlantic FS-7.0 sound bar makes use of seven speakers divided up among different sound stages to get full seven channel surround. A pair of full range 3-1/4 inch drivers take care of surround channels, with left center and right channels being divided up among dual 4x6 inch woofers and a trio of 1 inch tweeters.

Pre-Order 'The Muppets'

Hitting Blu-ray on March 20th!

Some higher end companies are still a bit reluctant when it comes to releasing sound bars, but as Steve Feinstein, director of technology and marketing at Atlantic puts it “Single-enclosure surround sound systems have become an important part of the home theater marketplace.”

Atlantic went into this with quality at the forefront of their minds, looking for a different way to do things. “We've never been happy with the digital processing approach that has dominated the category,” explains Feinstein. “We went back to the speaker design drawing board, and fleshed out an all-speaker solution that retains every iota of the original sound information.”

The Atlantic FS-7.0 sound bar is available now from authorized dealers for $800. Also shipping is the companion SB-800 subwoofer, a 300 watt sub designed especially for pairing with the FS-7.0 sound bar.

Source: Press Release

See what people are saying about this story in our forums area, or check out other recent discussions.



» High-Def Digest home page



Like Us!