Atlantic Technology AT-2 Pro Reviews

As a surround-oriented magazine, we rarely review speakers in stereo. But when Atlantic Technology offered a pair of its AT-2 H-PAS speaker, we couldn’t resist a listen. This loudspeaker uses an intricately constructed stand-mount enclosure to deliver bass comparable to that of an equivalent conventional floorstander. Does anyone want it? Market researchers say stand-mounts are hot: The category rose 15.7 percent in unit shipments and a whopping 72 percent in dollar sales in the first nine months of 2011, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, whereas floorstanders rose only 0.4 percent in shipments and actually dropped 3.3 percent in sales. So the timing of the AT-2’s debut is almost eerily perfect. It’s arriving into a world where more listeners are demanding smaller speakers, while many of them still demand high performance.