High Tech - High Value!
Simple Connections
System Set Up - I've heard it's difficult?
Textile Tweeters
Give me some Deep Bass!!
Can I place these speakers where I want to?
The Micra 6 system utilizes much of the same design thinking, and technology that athena TECHNOLOGIES® is famous for. The tweeter design utilizes our proprietary "Teteron" dome in a ˝" format, for clear, and accurate high frequencies without the distortion of typical designs. The woofer is a 3-1/2" long throw design in a vented enclosure that improves power handling, and provides deeper bass response. The entire system utilizes technology to ensure high performance, long life and always, great sound!
The athena TECHNOLOGIES™ Micra 6 system was designed to be simple to connect and operate. The speakers feature strong connectors with well marked terminals, and the subwoofer has both an RCA subwoofer input (the industry standard) as well as a pair of speaker level connectors for use with older receivers that you do not incorporate an RCA type subwoofer output.
Setting up a subwoofer-satellite speaker system can be tricky. Getting the right sound can be very difficult. The Micra 6 was designed from the initial stages to be simple to use, and almost impossible to set uo incorrectly. The Micra 6 includes the exclusive and patented SCT System (System Creation Technology) by athena TECHNOLOGIES™ Our engineers have eliminated all of the confusion with set up. The M225 subwoofer features a complex crossover system that "blends" the output of the subwoofer to perfectly match the output of the speakers.
Simply connect the speakers, and then connect the sub with a single RCA cable. Set the volume to around 5 (it's a starting point - you'll need to adjust it after) and the system is now perfectly blended and ready to play.
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It's important that the subwoofer and speaker "hand off" the sound duties from one frequency area to the next properly. If a system sounds poor, usually it's this blending between subwoofer and speaker that is the culprit. Minor adjustments to the subwoofer level will be needed as acoustics vary from room to room, but essentially that's how easy it is. All of the guesswork of selecting the correct "crossover frequency" are removed by predetermining the correct frequency in our engineering facility.
The Micra 6’s textile tweeter is based on the award winning Teteron tweeter in the Audition and SCT lines, and it’s what allows athena TECHNOLOGIES™ products to sound as great, play as loud and be as efficient as they are. The tweeter is arguably the most important element of a high performance speaker. Inefficient, or technologically inferior tweeters often force manufacturers to produce speakers that could be better if only the tweeter could keep up with the woofers' capabilities. The athena TECHNOLOGIES™ tweeter designs produce loud, clear and accurate highs that are dispersed from the unique faceplate in a very wide window. The wider the window of sound, the easier and more flexible your speaker placement is. There are huge acoustic benefits as well, with massive improvements to stereo imaging, and just plain better sound! The Micra’s textile dome tweeter is a durable synthetic material in a dome shape, specially contoured to reduce distortion, and to fit into the custom designed bezel, which amplifies and controls the tweeters dispersion. The unique cone material is impervious to moisture, so it is durable and won't change over time. It also has huge sonic benefits over metal type tweeters, which have inherent ringing problems, and much work needs to be done by the speaker designer to overcome the tweeters' characteristics.
The woofers used in the athena TECHNOLOGIES™ products are designed for high performance, high efficiency, durability, and of course great sound! These cones are comprised of Injection Molded Polypropylene designed to stay rigid during the most extreme excursion. Yet it is light enough to enable fast movement, which means accurate and tight bass response! The rubber surrounds utilized in all models are the best available, and provide quiet woofer movement and durability.
| The biggest problem with building a Home Theater system, is to ensure that the speakers will not only perform to your expectations, but also that they are designed to integrate anywhere in the room. Traditional speakers need to be kept many feet away from the TV due to magnetic interference problems. If not, there is a possibility the TV might be damaged. The MS and MC speakers in the Micra 6 system from athena TECHNOLOGIES™ are magnetically shielded, so close proximity to your TV shouldn't cause any problems. |  |
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The MS and MC speakers also come with a durable metal mounting bracket that mounts to your wall easily, securely, and allows for adjustments of the speakers position and angle.
Another reason all athena TECHNOLOGIES™ products are easy to place in your room is due to the wide Dispersion pattern. The wider the dispersion, the wider the "listening window". This allows a much wider sound-field, and better stereo image when playing music.
The benefit of wide dispersion is that the whole room gets to hear clear, full range sound. This allows the speakers to integrate with your lifestyle, by being able be more flexible in your placement options.
