Atlantic Technology has launched its latest in-ceiling line, the AZURE series. It’s a step-up from its IC Series and is compromised of three 6.5” and two 8” two-way loudspeakers that incorporate Atlantic’s latest acoustic designs and drivers.

All AZURE models are timbre-matched to Atlantic Technology’s extensive range of in-room and in-wall speakers thereby providing fresh integration options where high-performance sound for music or movies is the goal. With the launch of the five AZURE speakers atop the eight IC Series the company now offers 13 premium architectural solutions in total.

AZURE’s woofers make use of Atlantic Technology’s new lightweight low resonance formed fiberglass cones – the same material as found in its award-winning flagship 8600 and AT-3 H-PAS towers. The fiberglass provides superior uniformity, stiffness and speed with the cones designed in a new curved shape to reduce distortion from break-up resulting in improved midrange clarity.

The woofers use high-temperature voice coils with a massive magnet structure and a vented pole piece along with butyl rubber surrounds to ensure audiophile performance. The woofer is contained in a new non-resonant enclosure design with a horn-shaped profile for wide uniform mid-range dispersion.

High frequencies are handled by the company’s advanced proprietary, coated silk dome Low Resonance Tweeter (LRT), same as featured in many of Atlantic Technology’s highly rated in-room and in-wall speakers. These wide dispersion tweeters use Ferrofluid cooling and super-efficient Neodymium magnets and have a lower cross-over point (than that of typical in-ceiling speakers) with a computer-optimised second-order network composed of precision audiophile grade components and a resettable polyswitch protection circuit. The tweeters are mounted on a new bridge designed to reduce interaction with the woofer and 30° orbital pivoting allows installers to optimize sound to the listening area.

“Atlantic Technology is leveraging its 30-plus years of design and manufacturing experience with the creation of the AZURE line,” Muto Communications principal Paul Muto says.

“Whether for music use or taking advantage of their timbre-matching to blend with other Atlantic Technology home theatre speakers, the series incorporates the latest in in-ceiling loudspeaker design to ensure the most exciting and accurate listening experiences.”