What’s new at Len Wallis Audio.
This industries hottest new release in decades has been Revival Audios speakers out of France. Their Atalante 3 and Atalante 5 models have been an extraordinary success – winning awards and garnering glowing awards worldwide.
We have just received their new Atalante 4. This largish floor-standing speaker is a departure from the earlier models in this range, which are both standmount speakers (albeit the Atalante 5 is a large example of the genre). The Atalante 4 also exhibits a slight departure sonically.
First and foremost, this is an excellent loudspeaker, one that offers exceptional value at $7,700. During my initial listening sessions I found myself making mental comparisons with speakers costing three times as much!
The Atalante 4’s displays all the hallmarks that have made the ‘3 and ‘5 so desirable – including their meticulous approach to build quality. Their much lauded ‘imagery’ is evident, as is their sense of tonal ‘balance’.
Where I do find the Atalante 4 a slight departure sonically is the pure grandeur of the performance. This speaker presents a very large, and very involving, sound field. While not losing any of the pin-point imagery that Revival is renowned for the Atalante 4’s creates a sound stage extending way beyond the speakers themselves. While they will work in a smallish room (my listening was done in a room 5mts x 3.5mts) they will easily fill a far larger listening environment.
You are going to hear a lot more about the Atalante 4 in the coming years – value such as this does not come our way often.