![]() ![]() Visually, the Atria IIs are a thing of masculine beauty. Transparent Gen 6 Cables-Ultra speaker cables, Reference interconnects The system used for this review included:Īudio Research LS28 SE tube pre amplifier The Atria IIs, which debuted in 2017, are the second in Rockport’s line after the new Taurus centre speaker, with the Avior IIs after the Atria IIs, followed by the Cygnus and ending with the mighty Lyra. Repertoire for the review was streamed via Qobuz. We placed the IIs for the review in similar fashion, a slight toe in, with this listener sitting at ear/tweeter level. I’d like to thank Josh for his patience with this particular review process. You can see/hear his efforts in a short video we did here. I observed as he took extra care positioning his speakers under show conditions. I first met Josh Clark, the very amiable and musical owner of Rockport Technologies (based in Maine and started originally by the legendary Andy Payor) at the 2019 Toronto Audio Show. The speakers are quite forgiving, but pinpoint placement in your room will give you the dialled in effect you require. Small changes create obvious differences, so, in your small/medium sized room, experiment a little and have fun. In addition to the associated components’ synergy, positioning the Atrias is deserving of some time and effort. Stars, all, and they were a perfect match to bring out the qualities of this very fine loudspeaker. Only recently allowed to fly within Canada, I made it to Toronto where I had the chance to audition these gorgeous speakers at length.Īttached to the speakers were components from dCS, Boulder, ARC and Transparent. Thanks to the Covid pandemic, my review schedule for the Atrias kept changing. This review of the Rockport Technologies Atria II Loudspeaker ( $27,500/pair) has been a long time coming. ![]()
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