I’m very excited about our new business partner, Atoll Electronique, from France. Atoll makes a fantastic, innovative line of gear that carries a 3 year warranty. And yes, the gear is MADE in France.

For openers, I’m happy to be able to offer affordable electronics that aren’t made in China. I am fed up with Asian job houses punching out IC laden, generic electronics (and speakers) with whatever the Hades name on it the customer will pay for.

Further, I don’t like the Chinese stealing our biz while abusing their laborers, stealing our technology and hacking our computers. We can do better! Nobody does a better job than Atoll at making high performing, affordable electronics.

Atoll has a highly intelligent, formulaic design. Atoll delivers music with testosterone, as well as a rhythm and pace that makes the mass imports sound puny.

Integrated Amps

Atoll integrateds are AWESOME! They are my favorites in the biz, bar none. What they do, at such reasonable pricing, should become a model for our industry. Visit our yellow tab, Atoll Integrateds for specifics.

Atoll makes its models on one metal chassis sled. All models have a similar rear panel and jack arrangement. Most have basically the same front panel. This allows efficiency in cost and expeditious manufacturing.

Atoll spends your money where it matters- INSIDE the integrated amp. Atoll doesn’t waste money on gingerbread like fancy feet or heavy remote controls. Those cost real money and have nothing to do with sound quality.

With this QUALITY and efficient architectural platform, Atoll can give you much more hardware WITHIN, than if they made a myriad of shapes/sizes/knobs etc.

CD Players

Atoll CD players are a true cut above pieces that take generic CD performance to a much higher echelon. Just as a better turntable and cartridge improves your vinyl sound, a great Atoll CD player will allow you to appreciate you silver discs more than you ever knew you could.

Our customers are giving us feedback that they had no idea their CDs could sound so good. They have been listening to $300 cheapo Chinese players forever. They didn’t know how much better their discs could sound if played in a sophisticated player like an Atoll. Please dust off your CD collection and give it a chance. There’s a lot more there than you have grown to expect!

Separates

Atoll makes an outstanding array of preamp and power amp values. Their quality and pricing make them the ideal replacements for your separates of yore. In fact, you’ll be shocked that Atoll sounds better than Threshold/Levinson etc of yesteryear.

You may have heard, parts have gotten better and with Atoll’s generous allotment of them, married with large power supplies, at any price strata, what you get for your money is astonishing. It’s a big step above Chinese built competitors like Adcom, Parasound, Cambridge, NAD, Rotel etc.

Transformers

Atoll goes to the trouble to have specific transformers built for them. As mentioned above, they have sturdy steel casing and an absorbing resin to eliminate vibration.

Filter Caps

Atoll goes to the trouble to have specific filter caps made for them by Nipon in Japan (not China). The three least expensive integrateds use one level of cap. The two higher end models use lower ESR caps for faster, cleaner sound. The two higher end models also use shielded Mundorf caps on the PCB which help purvey higher resolution and more distinct imaging than their less powerful siblings.

Through Hole Construction

Atoll uses true through hole parts. Through hole design deflects heat dramatically better than surface mount components. Further, through hole construction is made for much easier and more reliable repairs. With Atoll’s attention to detail here, you get better sound, longevity and the ability to repair a piece many years down the road.

Matched MOSFET Transistors

Atoll takes the trouble to run MATCHED MOSFET transistors in its amplifiers. Why do they need to be matched? Transistors have behavior characteristics like tuning forks. If you run multiple transistors that are not tuned precisely together, you have distortion characteristics. This creates a harsh, or grainy sound. Atoll doesn’t just plug in a pile of transistors pulled from a parts box like virtually everyone else. They take the time and effort to hand match transistors so the amplifier YOU get, won’t have the grainy sound of the masses. Atoll has created its own measuring system to accomplish this. Very few companies, at any price, will take this time and trouble. For Atoll to do this with such fairly priced products, proves their commitment to TLC and gives you smoother sound.

Please Vote For Atoll With Your Wallet

When you buy a flimsy, Chinese built product that’s a pile of chips coming from a job house (regardless of the name on its plastic face plate)- you’re saying that’s good enough. For very little more you can get better sound and support European quality. Atoll gear sounds better and the employees aren’t working at barely a cut above slave labor- often living in the barracks of the job house rushing out piece work.