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When something called "high fidelity" assumed fad status during the 1950s, many manufacturers climbed on board by the simple expedient of adorning their last year's product with a <i>high fidelity</i> label. The Home Theater bandwagon is a little harder to jump on, because loudspeakers for use with television sets require something "ordinary" stereo speakers don't: magnetic shielding (or, more accurately, magnetic <i>cancellation</i>). Without it, placing the speakers within a few feet of a large-screen set does psychedelic-type things to the color (footnote 1). However, adding magnetic shielding, usually in the form of a second magnet glued to the rear of each loudspeaker's motor magnet, is the <i>only</i> thing that some loudspeaker manufacturers change before slapping a Home Theater label on last year's stereo speakers.
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Atlantic Technology's 250 system, on the other hand, actually looks as if it was designed from the ground up to address <i>all</i> the requirements of a system intended for listening to movie soundtracks, while retaining as many as possible of the things deemed important by high-end audiophiles. That's a tough order. (In fact, there are many who claim that the two are inimical
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/atlantic-technology-system-250-home-theater-loudspeaker-system]
When something called "high fidelity" assumed fad status during the 1950s, many manufacturers climbed on board by the simple expedient of adorning their last year's product with a <i>high fidelity</i> label. The Home Theater bandwagon is a little harder to jump on, because loudspeakers for use with television sets require something "ordinary" stereo speakers don't: magnetic shielding (or, more accurately, magnetic <i>cancellation</i>). Without it, placing the speakers within a few feet of a large-screen set does psychedelic-type things to the color (footnote 1). However, adding magnetic shielding, usually in the form of a second magnet glued to the rear of each loudspeaker's motor magnet, is the <i>only</i> thing that some loudspeaker manufacturers change before slapping a Home Theater label on last year's stereo speakers.
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Atlantic Technology's 250 system, on the other hand, actually looks as if it was designed from the ground up to address <i>all</i> the requirements of a system intended for listening to movie soundtracks, while retaining as many as possible of the things deemed important by high-end audiophiles. That's a tough order. (In fact, there are many who claim that the two are inimical
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/atlantic-technology-system-250-home-theater-loudspeaker-system]