has anyone ever heard of atl atlantis speakers. i cant find anything out about them. are they good speakers. the ones i got are not in good shape the cabinets are beat and the smaller woofers need refoaming the bigger ones look ok. i was wondering fi they are any good and is it worth taking them apart and selling off the tweeters woofers and crossovers the cabinets are junk.
ATL atlantis speakers
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markallen
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After not finding ANY info on the net about this model, thought I'd post this for posterity.
Picked up these small (18H X 11.5W X 8.5D) Atlantis Awards for cheap. As I refoamed them, I was not impressed with the woofer build quality, but was very pleasantly surprised at how good they sound now that they're back together. Well worth the $15 total investment!
Neat styling cue with the chromed steel bar across the front separating the two piece foam grille sections. Surprised to see that the foam grilles are still good, no hint of turning to powder.
Though I don't remember this particular speaker, I fondly remember as a teen visiting TEAM Electronics locally, and wishing I could afford some of the fine stereo gear they sold. Atlantis was the store brand, so finding a pair in good shape was serendipity to me!
After not finding ANY info on the net about this model, thought I'd post this for posterity.
Picked up these small (18H X 11.5W X 8.5D) Atlantis Awards for cheap. As I refoamed them, I was not impressed with the woofer build quality, but was very pleasantly surprised at how good they sound now that they're back together. Well worth the $15 total investment!
Neat styling cue with the chromed steel bar across the front separating the two piece foam grille sections. Surprised to see that the foam grilles are still good, no hint of turning to powder.
Though I don't remember this particular speaker, I fondly remember as a teen visiting TEAM Electronics locally, and wishing I could afford some of the fine stereo gear they sold. Atlantis was the store brand, so finding a pair in good shape was serendipity to me!
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ggregg
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Yes they were. I sold them years ago. Nothing to write home about. Inexpensive drivers, bassy and rather muddy sounding usually. We salesmen like the 50 point margin though. Some guys would sell a nice system and purposely sell the upper versions of these because it would up the profit margin of the sale to the point where their commission would double or sometimes triple. I was probably and idiot, but I couldn't do that. I'd always up sell to a better brand of speakers even though it would usually cut my commission on the sale.
Although I did sell a pair to my old man and they were a upgrade over what he had. Never saw a guy who loved music as much as he did, be so tolerant of mediocre equipment.
Although I did sell a pair to my old man and they were a upgrade over what he had. Never saw a guy who loved music as much as he did, be so tolerant of mediocre equipment.
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mtlmn1971
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What ATL model is it? I have a pair of ATL Oracle 3's that I think sound pretty damn good. Some more on the 3's. http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=127090
speaker lord
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I bought this from a guy in his 60's this set up, Marantz 112 power receiver , Marantz 1070 amp and he bought brand new in the 70's he said they were pretty expensive speakers but the sticker is gone off the back all I see is ATLANTIS on the woofer and the grill and thats it. I bought the set for 100 dollars.The reason why I'm asking is I need to redo the surrounds on the woofer which are foam. I like to know the model name of the speakers! 6/19/2016
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As timsclips and ggregg stated above these were house brand speakers sold at TEAM Electronics. I worked in one of their stores during a summer in High School. As has been stated they were not upper line speakers. They made some interesting designs that sold sometimes because they looked kind of high tech with multiple drivers and such. A couple of the designs sounded pretty good, but most of them were average performers.
mars_volta
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For posterity before they go to the great amplifier in the sky.
These came with a free load of stuff. ATL Award 600F (Atlantis) speakers.
Pretty cheap box - not much weight for as large as they are. Nothing here left to save though I'll probably pull out all the guts. They appear to be survivors of the great flood.
These came with a free load of stuff. ATL Award 600F (Atlantis) speakers.
Pretty cheap box - not much weight for as large as they are. Nothing here left to save though I'll probably pull out all the guts. They appear to be survivors of the great flood.