Awesome Powered Subwoofer

The rest of the system

I agree with Dennis. Other than the subwoofer Atlantic makes, I will never buy anything with the AT logo. The sound is LOUD no doubt, but totally trecherous to my ears. I would call them super bright with no bass extension. A definite no-no for audio enthusiast. I bought a set of Optimus LX-10 pro towers and matched them with the Atlantic subwoofer (which is a clear winner).
I only give this set a 3 b/c the sub is a fiver!!

Will the owners of this interesting looking set please come out of the closet and post some reviews please? I'm about to slap down an order for this set along with a Harmon Kardon's AVR75 and a Toshiba 2108 for $1900(shipped) from OneCall. Tell me that I can't go wrong..
I'd love to hear from you..

Ralph

I received the 250.1 system over a week ago. The rest of my set-up includes a Harmon Kardon AVR-75 Receiver, Toshiba 2108 DVD player and a Sony KV32XBR100 TV.
These speakers sound absolutely fabulous for the price...$1049 shipped at www.onecall.com. The base is extremely clean and deep. My home theater is truly the BOMB.. if you know what I mean.

These speakers also sound great for music. Listening to Maxwell's latest album, I was able to pick up some low frequency sounds off of track 12 that I never heard before on my older speakers.

My living room is 20x12.5x10 with a big opening on the left into a den and on the right into a dining room. Despite the open space, these speakers still kick out some great bass and great sounding music.

Ya can't lose!

To Ralph, I bought the complete sistem 250.1 around 8 month ago, for the price of $1200 , I can not be any happier with the excellent sound that these speakers give to my hometheater. You may get the system by mail order for around $1000 which I thing is a steal for the sound that you can get from these speakers, I just start getting into the hometheater fiver a year ago,not kowning much about audioequipment I bought a Sony A/V,Yamaha speakers at sears,ohh boy if I was wrong,Yamaha makes excellent receivers but their speakers are not that good,2 month after I went to a local retaler and listen a boston acustics speakers that were on sale for $2000. They were using a yamaha recever and the sound was spectacular. Then I though $2000 that is some money for me, So I did some rearch and I end at another audioretaler which had an Atlantic Technology System 250.1 for sale at $1200. Then I thougtht $1200,but I never hear about these brand of speakers. So I ask if I can listen to the system which was driving by a Onkyo receiver. I tell you the sound of the System 250.1 was better than the boston acustics system costing $800 more. For the money the sound was superb. So I bought them the same day. The sub has even a bigger amp 150 watts and the base was tight and precise,It makes the windows of my house shake. The center speaker dialogue was clear, and the sorroud dipoles speakers give a spacious and realistic sorround effect. as for the main speakers they mach perfectly in tonal balance with the center speaker, and giving a good image between eachothers. These speakers are very smooth for move or music,they do not have the graine or bright caracter that other speaker have. When I connected to my sony A/V the sound was a lot better than before, even do my sony receiver is not that good. The next project is to get a better receiver perhap Yamaha,Onkyo or Pionner Elite. As for HK receiver I do not Know much about them but for what I understand they will sound better than any sony. To get more information on the system 250.1 check the review from Home Theater Magazine/Oct 96 by going to archives on their Web Side www.hometheatermag.com.

I have 2/3's of the setup you are looking at Ralph. I purchased the AVR75 and 250.1 speaker setup from onecall.com just a few weeks ago. I'm still playing with the setup and configuration but overall I'm pleased with this package.
HK AVR75 - Nice unit with great sound. The manual is rather weak on substance and clarity and the remote is not very intuitive, but those seem to be just minor annoyances right now. Hopefully, I will learn to operate the system with the ease of my VCR ( which has never had the flashing 12:00 syndrome ... ;~) )

Atlantic Technology 250.1 - In my 15'x 20' living room, I have the fronts mounted on the wall behind my 52" rear projection TV, at the 5 foot level. The center channel is on top of the TV and the subwoofer is against one wall between the TV and component rack. ( I have yet to mount the surounds - they are just sitting near the back wall. The powered sub certainley does pump out the BASS - and I generally tone it down somewhat for stereo listening ( jazz, rock, pop and new age are all fair game at my house ). I have the crossover set at about 70-80Hz on the sub ... any higher causes the bass to overpower the rest of the music. The sound is quite good - not as warm or crisp as the Paradigm towers I almost bought, but quite close for their size ( which was the deciding factor in this room ). On movies the speakers work quite well as a team and give a very good impression of being "in the action". For the price, I think these were a good investment.

To give some perspective, before I chose this package, I listened to Cambridge SW, Polk, Energy, Bose, Boston Acoustics, H-K, Infinity and Paradigm speakers and Onkyo, Yamaha, Marantz, Sony-ES and the AVR85 + AVR55 receivers.

Guys,
Thanks for your reviews.. you sure act fast! I placed my order yesterday at OneCall and am expecting the set tomorrow. I'll be sure to give my 2cents once I've had a chance to try them out.

Can't wait!

peace,

Ralph

I just received this speaker setup from onecall.com for $932 plus $90 shipping and handling. I was kind of skeptical about buying these since the only way that you can buy them is through mail order. But, I found alot of reviews for this setup and didn't find anything negative about them. I must say, for the size of the speakers, they kick pretty good. I don't have the sub-woofer yet since it was on back order, but playing the others through my Technics SA-AX6 receiver, movies sound great even without the sub! So, imagine what it will sound like with the sub! I have compared other brands such as Polks RM7300 series and a Technics THX speakers system which both sold for $999. The Technics sounded very good and the Polks did too, but the main reason I didn't go with either one is;1. the Technics are very bulky. This package comes with 2 subwoofers ((2) 8" woofers with (2) 10" passive radiators and 120 watt amps in each), left and right, center, and 2 di-pole surrounds. Like I said, sound good but to bulky for my application.
2. the Polk RM7300 - another very good sounding package, compact, but, I'd rather have di-pole surrounds and these weren't.
The Atlantics have surprisingly good bass for such a small woofer in the front left and right and center, and the highs are clear and not harsh. For the price, you cant go wrong. They give you the flexibility of smaller package with great sound that doesn't take up alot of space.
Just remember though that everybody hears sound differently, so let you ears be the judge. What sounds good to you, might not sound good to somebody else. So just don't make a decision by these reviews alone. Take a good quality CD with you when you go to sample spakers. I use one that was made for car audio competition and recorded by Sheffield. Works great!

P.S - my advice for shopping for these speakers is to go to onecall.com. These guys are great and you will get it in 2 days!

I bought this system from One Call about 3 weeks ago. They had just received more after being out for a short time. I love this system and have it set up with a HK AVR75, RCA DS5451 Satelite system, an older 35" Toshiba TV and a Kenwood DP-R4430 Cd player. I listened to many other speakers. Started with the Bose, (my wife wanted something unobtrusive), not enough life and too pricy. Then listened to Klipsch, Polk, Boston, and NHT. I liked Boston and NHT too, but when all was said and done it was between the NHT and the Atlantic's. I couldn't justify the difference in price, with tweeking my ears can't tell much difference, the NHT's are sweet for sure, but hundred's more for the system ruled them out. These speakers are smooth and tight and the 10" powered sub shakes my large room (my setup is at one end of a combination kitchen, dining room, family room area 15 x 45), very well! I also love the HK receiver. Yes the manual is weak on information, but with a little fiddling I've become comfortable with the setup and the remote which allows you to adjust speaker levels individually for each component used, i.e. CD, Vid 1, Vid 2, etc., great especially for the sub output difference I like for movies compared to CD's. Overall I am very pleased with my speakers and system. The speakers look good, (pleased my wife) and sound great! I give them four stars for performance, five if price is considered.

Average to poor sound for home theatre. Musical reproduction is absolutely horrible. Bought from Sound City and they were nice enough to trade out the 2 main speakers for NHT Super Ones for a small additional cost. Bought a NHT Super Center to match. The difference is amazing. Go with the NHTs and don't make my mistake.

I got the AT 250.1 speaker system from www.onecall.com for $932 plus shipping on a closeout. I assume they are all gone by now. I have not compared other speakers, but I can say that these give a wonderful experience. I'm only giving four stars out of five, because I assume that there may be something better out there, although I have not personally heard anything. I suspect that anything better would also be significantly pricier. FYI, I drive these with Sony DVP-S7700, SONY STR-DA50ES, and DH Labs speaker cable. I will soon be taking early retirement and I am confident of being a happy camper for a long time, audio-wise.