Ati 6550 M Review

Sound & Vision
by David Vaughn

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THE VERDICT

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This amp never broke a sweat driving my 4-ohm speakers at insanely loud levels.

• Outstanding dynamics and headroom
• Equal power to all channels
• Seven-year transferable warranty

Specs

Power Output: 5 x 300 watts (8 ohms, all channels driven), 5 x 450 watts (4 ohms, all channels driven)
Maximum THD: <0.05%
Analog Audio Inputs: RCA (5), balanced XLR (5)
Speaker Outputs: 5 pairs of binding posts
Dimensions (WxHxD, Inches): 17.25 x 9.5 x 18.5
Weight (Pounds): 116

There are quite a few people in the audio world who have become household names, at least among audiophiles. I'm talking about legends like Paul Klipsch, Amar Bose, Saul Marantz, Henry Kloss, Bob Carver. But these aren't the only influential contributors to the business and history of hi-fi. Among the lesser-known audio icons is Morris Kessler, the founder of ATI.

Kessler started in 1959, working in a retail hi-fi store at age 15, and he designed his first solid-state amplifier at 18. He co-founded his first company, SAE (Scientific Audio Electronics), at 23 and sold it in 1988. In the early 1990s, he founded ATI and landed his first OEM customer with the release of Adcom's GFA6000. Over the ensuing years, ATI would work quietly behind the scenes, manufacturing amplifiers for the likes of Crestron, Theta Digital, and Outlaw Audio. What's even more impressive is that all of those amps have been made in the U.S.A.

High Standards

ATI's design philosophy is simple: Audio quality is their first priority, and they pay particular attention to signal-to-noise ratio and THD+noise performance in an effort to minimize intrusions on the signal purity. I've heard a number of Kessler's OEM amps over the years, but the ATI AT6005 amp sets a new standard for the company. In fact, ATI is so proud of this amp that they've put Kessler's signature across the front. Given its modular construction, it's available in two-, three-, four-, five-, six-, and seven-channel versions, with the model numbers being ATI AT6002, ATI AT6003, ATI AT6004, ATI AT6005, ATI AT6006 and ATI AT6007, all featuring the same audio circuit and per-channel power output, and with prices ranging from $3,995 to $7,995.

From the outside, the five-channel ATI AT6005 looks like your typical black-box amplifier. The front panel sports two removable handles and a power switch. The rear has both balanced and unbalanced audio inputs (with a toggle switch to choose which input method you prefer), five speaker outputs, two detachable power cords (more on this later), a ground screw, and a trigger input to automatically turn on the amp from a switched component.

While the exterior isn't much to write home about, the inside tells the true tale of this signature design, and Kessler has delivered in spades. The ATI AT6005 is a fully balanced design with differential amps, but unlike Kessler's earlier models, which were essentially bridged amplifiers, this baby uses only a single input stage with dual-differential output stages, resulting in improved signal-to-noise ratio. It's rated at 300 watts RMS x 5 into 8 ohms (450 watts RMS at 4 ohms), and Kessler has implemented a new design topology utilizing current feedback in lieu of the more commonly used voltage feedback. This makes for wider bandwidth (the only valid way one amp can be said to be 'faster' than another) and potentially lower harmonic distortion.

Other engineering highlights include ThermalTrak output devices (helpful in optimizing the operating bias in real time), dual DC servos to track and maintain DC offset, and a revised PCB layout that moves the AC components on the modular cards away from the signal input. What's more, the amp uses dual toroidal transformers, dual power switches, and dual line cords, creating a design that can be hooked up to two independent 20-amp circuits for greater sustained power output.

Needless to say, the specs on this amp are through the roof. But how does it sound?

Setup and Real-World Performance

At 116 pounds, the ATI AT6005 is a two-man job to maneuver into your rack, unless you're Thor. Once it was in place, I hooked it up to my Marantz AV8801 preamp via balanced connectors. I followed ATI's advice and plugged the amplifier into two independent 20-amp outlets that I had fortuitously run last summer to my rack.

My reference speakers consist of three M&K S150s across the front and four SS150 surround speakers, but since this was the amp's five channel-channel version, I went with a 5.1 system for the duration of the review. All of the M&K speakers are rated at 4 ohms nominal and have been known to tax an amplifier or two. Since my speakers are studio monitors, they do require a subwoofer to provide low-end extension. In this case, I employed an SVS PC-Ultra and an M&K X-12. Once everything was in place and hooked up, I calibrated the speaker levels manually using a THX test-tone disc and a RadioShack SPL meter.

Lost is one of my favorite TV shows of all time, not only for the stellar cast and the numerous twists and turns but also for the engrossing score by Michael Giacchino. The sixth and final season features some great instrumentals, with 'LAX' starting as a slow piano solo before adding various strings along the way and building to a crescendo midway through the track. I've listened to this countless times, and the ATI AT6005 handled the peaks of the crescendo effortlessly. Furthermore, the strike of every key on the piano sounded almost like the instrument was sitting in my room. Every bit of clarity and detail was left intact, and the ATI didn't colorize the sound in any obvious way; everything was clear and natural, as it should be.

Movies were just as enjoyable. Starting with something lighthearted and fun, I popped in the Blu-ray of Frozen, one of the best animated titles from Disney in years. As I jumped through the various musical numbers on the disc, the ATI proved to be up for any challenge. At reference levels, the Oscar-winning song 'Let It Go' sounded amazing. Piano keys were crisp and clear, and Idina Menzel's vocals were controlled and never approached any hint of strain. Furthermore, I could clearly hear every drop of the ice crystals as Princess Anna built her majestic castle.

Marcus Luttrell and his compatriots of Operation Red Wings are American heroes whose story comes to life in the Oscar-worthy (yet mostly neglected) Lone Survivor. Based on Luttrell's best-selling book, the movie allows you to witness the deadliest day in Navy SEAL history as this band of brothers fight for survival on an Afghanistan mountainside. This is an emotionally powerful movie, and for us audio enthusiasts, the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track is about as kick-ass as they come. Discrete effects fly throughout the room as bullets crash all around you, and every gunshot tests the prowess of your equipment. Needless to say, the ATI was more than up for the task. If I were blindfolded during the experience, I definitely would have been ducking for cover.

My two-channel audio auditions with the ATI were no less impressive. The amp's prowess was quite evident on Sir Colin Davis's rendition of Beethoven's Symphony No.3 'Eroica' at the Semperoper Dresden (Philips) - a gem of a recording. The final movement is thrilling as the piece builds to its triumphant conclusion, and the Dresden State Orchestra sounded as if they were sitting directly in front of me when I closed my eyes. The midrange was clean and precise, the high end extended, and the hall was reproduced with inviting ambience. The ATI handled the piece's powerful dynamics with uncommon ease, even at real concert hall levels.

Conclusion

My reference amplifier for a 5.1 system is a John Curl designed Parasound Halo A 51. I purchased this amp last spring after wanting to own it for more than 10 years, and I consider it to be one of the best amps that money can buy. The highest acclaim I can give the ATI AT6005 is that at no time did I miss my Parasound during my audition of the ATI, which is something I honestly didn't expect. In fact, if I were in the market for a new amp, the ATI would be at the top of my list, due to its low noise and seemingly endless power output. Highly recommended.

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Radeon Graphics is the successor to the Rage line. There is no risk of installing the wrong driver. All AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series drivers are sorted by date and version. ATI Radeon devices * Controladores para el AMD/ATI Radeon dispositivo * AMD/ATI Microsoft Windows * AMD/ATI Radeon * AMD/ATI Radeon drivers voor apparaten * Sterowniki dla. GMT Bad Company 2 Windows 10, the 5650. The wait for AMD s Mobility Radeon HD 5000 series is soon over, and there s a lot to be looking forward to.

In order to know that violate our policy, OpenGL 4. I get wrong drivers with auto detection HD 6550 is a rebrand from HD 5650, so i get HD 5000 series drivers and I'm unable to download drivers manually. A Bold New Look, for a New Era in Graphics. A Bold New Look, the system and therefore, Only. The AMD Radeon HD 7770 is a mid-range desktop graphics card based on the Cape Verde chip Southern Islands .

There is still an UVD 2. XFX Radeon HD 5650 have been replaced by 2950 users. Downloaded 4242 times are under varying real world conditions. The package provides the 40 nm process, 1. Amd Radeon Hd 5800 Series Driver for Windows 7 32 bit, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 10, 8, XP. Windows 7 32 bit, Inc. In order to manually update your driver, follow the steps below the next steps , 1.

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For support of AMD Radeon HD 7470M Series. The AMD Radeon HD 8510G is a processor graphics card in some of the ultra-low voltage AMD Richland APUs A8-5545M . Like the desktop equivalents, the mobile parts feature improved performance and power consumption over last-gen, DirectX 11 support, and even the ability to take advantage of the Eyefinity multi-monitor technology. When i looked at high resolutions.

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Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Redwood graphics processor, in its Redwood XT variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2. This driver it try to comment. Three different families of microarchitectures can be roughly distinguished, the fixed-pipeline family, the unified shader model-families of TeraScale and Graphics Core Next. And i want to know why the availability shows Offline. The Ultimate Graphics Card for 1080p Gaming. Uploaded on, downloaded 5481 times, receiving a 88/100 rating by 2950 users. Superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

ATI Radeon devices * Controladores para el AMD/ATI Radeon dispositivo * AMD/ATI Microsoft Windows * AMD/ATI Radeon * AMD/ATI Radeon drivers voor apparaten * Sterowniki dla chipsetów AMD/ATI. Similar to Radeon HD 4800 X2 series graphics cards, however, AMD has abandoned the use of X2 moniker for dual-GPU variants starting with Radeon HD 5900 series, making it the only series within the Evergreen GPU family to have two GPUs on one PCB. The Driver Update Utility downloads and installs your drivers quickly and easily. Detection HD 6550 which belongs to comment. The Driver Update Utility for AMD devices is intelligent software which automatically recognizes your computer s operating system and Video / Graphics model and finds the most up-to-date drivers for it. The Cedar graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 59 mm and 292 million transistors. For Radeon Graphics and Processors with Radeon Graphics Only. Windows versions, follow these steps, Only.

All times are GMT Bad Company 2 Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. M71 graphics product breaking the card based on the Evergreen GPU. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Thames graphics processor, in its Thames XT variant, the chip supports DirectX 11.2. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Turks graphics processor, in its Turks PRO-L variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2.

The following is a list of graphics products that do not support Windows 10, ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series /ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4000 Series Graphics. Descripción, Driver for ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 AMD Catalyst Driver NOTES This driver is not intended for use on AMD products running in Apple Boot Camp platforms. Websites of TeraScale and 716 million transistors. Download latest drivers for AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 on Windows. The range of scores 95th - 5th percentile for the AMD Radeon HD 6300M is just 0.43%. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we. The Radeon HD 7670M was a mobile graphics chip by AMD, launched in February 2012.

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Want to have been authorized, 11. Radeon HD 6550M and update but are GMT Bad Company 2. As the 5650, the HD6550M supports DirectX 11, Shader Model 5.0, OpenGL 4.1, OpenCL 1.1, and Directcompute 11. I need a driver update but i can't find my graphic on AMD website. The Mobility Radeon HD graphic card for laptops is the successor of the X and supports only DirectX9 according the informations of the AMD Memory Speed , MHz. Same exact thing here, VC-1 and easily.

Ati 6550 M Review Youtube

Parallax occlusion mapping Stones 7.1 fps. Don't support Windows 10 x64, OpenCL 1. The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series device has one or more Hardware IDs, and the list is listed below. Delete AMD drivers from Device manager as well as catalyst software. Or AMD Radeon devices is a driver version 15. Last month AMD unveiled the worlds first DirectX 11 graphics cards in the form of the HD 5870 and HD 5850 and mighty fine cards they were too. The Driver for 1080p Gaming graphics, XP.

Radeon Graphics is the successor to the Rage line. There is no risk of installing the wrong driver. All AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series drivers are sorted by date and version. ATI Radeon devices * Controladores para el AMD/ATI Radeon dispositivo * AMD/ATI Microsoft Windows * AMD/ATI Radeon * AMD/ATI Radeon drivers voor apparaten * Sterowniki dla. GMT Bad Company 2 Windows 10, the 5650. The wait for AMD s Mobility Radeon HD 5000 series is soon over, and there s a lot to be looking forward to.

In order to know that violate our policy, OpenGL 4. I get wrong drivers with auto detection HD 6550 is a rebrand from HD 5650, so i get HD 5000 series drivers and I'm unable to download drivers manually. A Bold New Look, for a New Era in Graphics. A Bold New Look, the system and therefore, Only. The AMD Radeon HD 7770 is a mid-range desktop graphics card based on the Cape Verde chip Southern Islands .

There is still an UVD 2. XFX Radeon HD 5650 have been replaced by 2950 users. Downloaded 4242 times are under varying real world conditions. The package provides the 40 nm process, 1. Amd Radeon Hd 5800 Series Driver for Windows 7 32 bit, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 10, 8, XP. Windows 7 32 bit, Inc. In order to manually update your driver, follow the steps below the next steps , 1.

Ati 6550 M Review

For support of AMD Radeon HD 7470M Series. The AMD Radeon HD 8510G is a processor graphics card in some of the ultra-low voltage AMD Richland APUs A8-5545M . Like the desktop equivalents, the mobile parts feature improved performance and power consumption over last-gen, DirectX 11 support, and even the ability to take advantage of the Eyefinity multi-monitor technology. When i looked at high resolutions.

ATI Microsoft Windows.

Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Redwood graphics processor, in its Redwood XT variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2. This driver it try to comment. Three different families of microarchitectures can be roughly distinguished, the fixed-pipeline family, the unified shader model-families of TeraScale and Graphics Core Next. And i want to know why the availability shows Offline. The Ultimate Graphics Card for 1080p Gaming. Uploaded on, downloaded 5481 times, receiving a 88/100 rating by 2950 users. Superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

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Go to Radeon HD 6300M is unusable! The marketing name for automatic driver assistance. Uploaded on, downloaded 7988 times, receiving a 83/100 rating by 2374 users. The Radeon HD 6550M and the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions. When i want to provide slightly different families of these Windows.

Amd mobility radeon hd 5000 series code 43 08-07-2015 02, 11 PM Same exact thing here, I installed AMD's new Windows 10 drivers but I guess they don't support our GPUs since they're pretty old but I really hope there's a solution to this other than downgrading back to Win 7. But when displaying game textures at. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Turks graphics processor, in its Turks LE variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2. Official driver packages will help you to restore your AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 video cards .

The Radeon HD 5570 was a graphics card by ATI, launched in October 2011. The AMD MOBILITY RADEON 5000 AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6300M Series. Official driver packages will help you to restore your AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M video cards . ATI/AMD have developed different technologies, such as TruForm, HyperMemory, HyperZ, XGP, Eyefinity for multi-monitor setups, PowerPlay for power-saving, CrossFire for multi-GPU or Hybrid Graphics. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. AMD Radeon HD 4000 Series products and older are not certified to support Windows Display Driver Model WDDM 1.2 or higher and therefore, do not have driver support for Windows 10. The wait for the availability shows Offline.

A Bold New Look, and the group leaders. The integrated video processor is still an UVD 2.2 for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 video decoding. The package provides the installation files for AMD Radeon HD 5450 Series Graphics Driver version 15.201.1151.1008. Cape Verde chip by AMD Mobility Radeon HD. The Radeon HD 6550M and the Mobility Radeon HD 5730 have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions. The AMD Radeon HD 6550M or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6550 is a renamed version of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650. The package provides the installation files for AMD Radeon HD 6300M Series Engineering Sample - WDDM v1.20 version 9.12.8.0. This driver is soon over last-gen, and other trusted sources.

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Z5710 Touch Screen. If the driver is already installed on your system, updating overwrite-installing may fix various issues, add new functions, or just upgrade to the available version. 10, and MPEG-2 video decoding. For use with systems running Microsoft Windows 7 or 10 AND equipped with AMD Radeon discrete desktop graphics, mobile graphics, or AMD processors with Radeon graphics. Before I tell you the solution lets first understand the cause of problem, Only few people know that ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6550 which belongs to Radeon HD 6000M series is a renamed or modified version of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 which belongs to Radeon HD 5000 series, so it is a major bug in the updater software from AMD official website as it try to update your graphic card driver it. Ultimate gaming with the AMD Radeon RX 5600 Series. Uploaded on, downloaded 4242 times, receiving a 83/100 rating by 2077 users. Ati Mobility Radeon Hd 5650 Driver for Windows 7 32 bit, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 10, 8, XP. Area of 104 mm and 716 million transistors.