(July 17, 2020) Atlantic Technology has shifted gears to address the outdoor speaker market, releasing three new series of all-weather speaker models. Each series has three variations to suit different application needs, including one loaded with SKAA wireless technology. Easy to drive, these two-way speakers feature titanium tweeters, one of three different woofer sizes, sealed UV and impact resistant cabinets, mounting brackets, and app control (wireless only). Priced from $299 to $569 per pair, models will begin shipping between August and September of 2020. For more information, read the full press release (below).
Atlantic Technology Heats Up a Hot Category This Summer With 9 New All Weather Speakers
Integrators Can Conquer the Great Outdoors with a Comprehensive Set of New Constant Current, Constant Voltage and Active Wireless Speaker Options
Norwood, MA – July 13, 2020 – Atlantic Technology continues to roll out a major expansion of custom install products for consumer and commercial applications in 2020 that now includes extensive new designs with advanced drivers and wireless technology in a versatile line of all-weather indoor/outdoor speakers just in time for a big season of outdoor entertainment. The 100 series models are shipping now with the 300 series shipping in August and the 200 series in September.
The 9 new two-way models come in 3 series, are sold in pairs with options of 3 woofer sizes and 2 colors;
- Constant Current Series: 4 ohm speakers for installations where standard amplification is desired.
- Constant Voltage Series: Externally switchable with a 4 ohm setting plus three impedance/wattage settings with the built-in audiophile grade transformer making them ideal for larger 70/100 volt home and commercial applications where long distances and many speakers are required.
- Wireless Series: Active AC powered speakers featuring superior SKAA™ wireless technology for applications where running signal cable is problematic or installation flexibility and transportability is needed. It’s fast and easy to extend music playback from any audio source outdoors with these new speakers receiving long-range broadcasts of reliable Hi-Fi SKAA audio from any of Atlantic’s extensive line of tiny affordable SKAA transmitters, amps and indoor speaker systems. Each pair comes with a handy remote control and a free “.cmd” app for iOS, Android™, Windows and MAC OS X to manage multi-room transmitter/speaker control. It can be downloaded for free from the SKAA website https://skaa.com/tlc/skaa-cmd/
All speakers use sealed UV, impact resistant cabinets made with heavily reinforced acoustically-inert mineral-filled polypropylene that’s environmentally-resistant plus far more neutral and less “ringy” than typical outdoor speakers to deliver an amazingly musical sound.
Each series features a 1-inch ferrofluid-cooled titanium tweeter with a powerful neodymium magnet to produce extended high-frequencies beyond audibility. A 12 dB/octave crossover delivers a smooth response and high, 90 dB efficiency mating with new woofers in either, 4-inch, 5.5-inch or 6.5-inch sizes. The woofers feature super-stiff lightweight mineral homopolymer loaded fiberglass cones to deliver tight articulate deep bass and a clear mid-range creating a directed sound field with the tweeter.
Available in black or white, the paintable speakers feature aluminum power-coated grilles, one-handed easy install adjustable mounting brackets with passive models featuring spring-loaded gold-plated speaker terminals with posts designed for 16 gauge or larger cables.
“Outdoor entertainment is bigger than ever and it’s the perfect time for integrators to step-up and offer their clients the diverse, flexible installation options this extensive new line of great sounding, high-quality all-weather speakers offer,” says Paul Fredrickson, Business Development Director at Muto Communications, Atlantic Technology’s PR and business development agency-of-record. “Atlantic Technology is really showing their capabilities in 2020 by successfully expanding across multiple product lines rapidly adding new profit opportunities for their business partners.”
Specifications and MSRP Pricing Per Pair
Constant Current Series
- AW-SD100 4-inch woofer, 1-inch tweeter, 4Ω, 10-75 watts, 65 Hz-20 kHz ± 2dB $299
- AW-SD200 5.5-inch woofer, 1-inch tweeter, 4Ω, 10-100 watts, 50 Hz-20 kHz ± 2dB $349
- AW-SD300 6.5-inch woofer, 1-inch tweeter, 4Ω, 10-120 watts, 45 Hz-20 kHz ± 2dB $399
Constant Voltage Series
- AW-TR100 4-inch woofer, 1-inch tweeter, 4Ω, 900Ω (7.5 w), 450Ω (15 w), 250Ω (30 w) 65 Hz-20 kHz ±2dB $329
- AW-TR200 5.5-inch woofer, 1-inch tweeter, 4Ω, 450Ω (15 w), 450Ω (30 w), 120Ω (60 w) 50 Hz-20 kHz ±2dB $379
- AW-TR300 6.5-inch woofer, 1-inch tweeter, 4Ω, 450Ω (15 w), 450Ω (30 w), 120Ω (60 w) 45 Hz-20 kHz ±2dB $429
SKAA Wireless Series – Active speakers with user-selectable L/R selection
- AW-WS100 4-inch fiberglass woofer, 1-inch titanium tweeter, 30 watts, 65 Hz-20 kHz ± 2dB $439
- AW-WS200 5.5-inch fiberglass woofer, 1-inch titanium tweeter, 50 watts, 50 Hz-20 kHz ± 2dB $499
- AW-WS300 6.5-inch fiberglass woofer, 1-inch titanium tweeter, 65 watts, 45 Hz-20 kHz ± 2dB $569
