Atlantic Technology Unveils 7-Channel Sound Bar for Home Theater

At CEDIA last week, Atlantic Technology introduced the world's first seven-channel sound bar home theater speaker system. The new FS-7.0 Surround Bar is the first loudspeaker that can reproduce all seven channels of a home theater soundtrack in a single 40-inch wide enclosure. In addition to the FS-7.0 Surround Bar, the company also introduced the SB-800, an 8-inch subwoofer designed for use with the FS-7.0.

The speaker includes three 1-inch soft dome tweeters, each of which handles the upper frequencies for one of the front LCR channels. Also on the front panel are a pair of 4x6-inch woofers, featuring dual voice coils which reproduce all three of the front soundstage channels' upper bass and midrange reproduction. The left driver reproduces the left front channel and half of the center channel, and the right driver handles the right front channel and the other half of the center channel. The LCR treble is handled by the three 1-inch tweeters.

A pair of full-range 3-1/4-inch drivers are mounted at either side of the cabinet for surround sound. Each of these drivers features a triple voice coil design to reproduce both the side and rear surround channels, as well as a portion of the front left and right channels. What results is amazing sound compatible with any multichannel receiver or processor on the market.

The addition of a powered subwoofer only makes the home theater experience better. Because of this, Atlantic Technology designed a model specifically for this system. The SB-800 is a compact, 100-watt subwoofer with a long-throw 8-inch woofer that is capable of linear output down to 32 Hz, and output of up to 103 dB in a 2000 cubic foot room.

The Atlantic Technology FS-7.0 and SB-800 compact theater system is available now with an MSRP of $800 for the FS-7.0 and $300 for the SB-800 subwoofer.