Welcome. In selecting ATC you have chosen an
example of the finest audio engineering
available. ATC was founded on a principle of
engineering excellence, and that principle still
defines our products today. Given the right
opportunities, ATC products will deliver
exceptional audio performance, but the
opportunities will only arise from careful and
thoughtful installation and use. Please read the
following manual fully. It will help you
understand the product and to realise its full
potential. We are happy to answer questions
and offer advice on any issues that arise
through installation or use of ATC products.
Contact details can be found at the back of this
manual.
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ATC was founded in London in 1974 by Australian emigre Bill Woodman, who still
heads the company today. An enthusiastic pianist and engineer he was naturally
drawn to loudspeaker design and after a period working at Goodmans, where many
of the names that went on to found British loudspeaker companies began their
careers, he struck out on his own.The premise on which ATC began is a simple one,
and one that in many respects is still true today: hi-fi loudspeakers tend to be
detailed and accurate but of limited dynamic range, while professional monitor
speakers tend to express the opposite character.ATC products were designed from
the outset to offer the best of both. It’s an easy concept to describe, but surprisingly
difficult to engineer.
The difficulty inherent in designing such loudspeakers is one of scale. Hi-fi levels of
accuracy and detail call for lightweight moving parts and delicate engineering.
Professional monitor levels of performance however demand far more robust
components engineered to survive the rigours of high level use for extended
periods.The only way to combine the two is through precision engineering of a class
and scale more often associated with aerospace or motorsport. But the results are
worth the effort and the cost. ATC loudspeakers, with their unique in-house
designed drivers, combine the best of hi-fi and professional to devastating effect.
ATC has become synonymous with active systems. Choosing to offer active
loudspeakers (where the passive crossover network is replaced by active filters and
multiple power amplifiers) is simply a result of the uncompromising attitude to
loudspeaker design.While passive systems still have their place, and ATC engineering
skills can still bring remarkable results from them, “active” is a fundamentally better
solution to the problems posed by accurate, high level music reproduction.The ATC
instinct is always for the better solution. Not cheaper, not quicker, but better.
It was the development of active loudspeakers that first brought ATC into
electronics design and engineering. Active speakers demand multiple power
amplifiers so ATC from the mid 1980s became not just a loudspeaker manufacturing
company but an electronics manufacturer too.The further step from electronics for
active speakers to a range of stand-alone amplifier products was natural and now
means that ATC engineering is available from the recording desk or CD player
output to the ears.
From modest beginnings ATC has grown to become one of the very few
manufacturers successful across both domestic and professional audio. By selecting
ATC you join a group of music lovers, professional audio engineers, studios and
musicians across the World that understand and value the engineering that goes into
an ATC product - and the sound that comes out.
I n t r o d u c t i o n
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C o n t e n t s
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Introduction
Page 3
Section 1
System Configuration
Section 2
Unpacking and Handling
Section 3
P4 Installation
Section 4
Monitor Placement
Page 4
Section 5
System Configuration
Section 6
Signal Cable Options
Page 5
Section 7
Connecting
Section 8
Start Up
Page 6
Section 9
Listening
Section 10
Care and Maintenance
Section 11
Warranty and Contact
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Specifications
