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s there any home-theater component
sexier than a big flat-panel HD monitor?
According to industry analysts and my
own unofficial polling (friends,
family, and other lovable
eccentrics) the answer is a flat
N-O! And this in spite of the
unanimity among TPV’s crack video
writers that the boxless panels
remain a few pixels short of imag-
ing perfection. No matter, the mar-
ket has spoken — and thin is most
definitely in. In response, loud-
speaker companies, feeling the
pressure to nip and tuck,have been
thinking inside the box. For
industry veterans like Definitive
Technology,the challengeis design-
ing a speaker consistent with the
svelte pac
kaging of plasma and
LCD flat panels, while maintaining
a broad envelope of performance.
Sound reproduction involves pow-
erful physical and acoustic forces,
all of which are influenced by
transducer size and enclosure con-
struction and volume. Definitive
Technology is answering the
challenge with its Mythos lineup.
As rail-thin as a Parisian super-
model, Mythos is not just a
hollow-cheek poseur. There’s
genuine substance beneath its
aircraft-aluminum good looks.
The gleaming aluminum fuselage of the
Mythos Five Tower slides out of its packaging
with the heft and feel of a part fabricated for
a classified project at Lockheed’s Skunk
Works.The curvilinear sides and back of the
40" front left/right floorstander are a single
continuous section, mated to matching
aluminum top and bottom caps. The
PolyStone front baffle is remarkably narrow.
A thick plate-glass base secures to the bot-
tom,and spikes are included to
ensure stability. The Five is a
three-way configuration with
dual midrange drivers brack-
eting the aluminum dome
tweeter, D’Appolito-style, at
the top.
Directly below are dual
woofers and passive radia-
tors,which are fully isolated
in a separate
internal compartment.
The Mythos Seven center channel employs
an identical array of drivers and radiators,
with the exception of the two bass units —
once again in D’Appolito arrangement. For
surround-sound duties the Mythos Gem
employs a unique twin-angle baffle design
for its dual 3.5" mid/bass drivers, to achieve
the dispersion of a bipolar while retaining
the Mythos’columnar style. The Gems offer
mounting alternatives that include wall-
mounting with the included steel plate, a
pivoting wall-mount option, and finally the
graceful aluminum-and-glass GemStand
for floor mounting — a real beauty that
integrates seamlessly with the speakers
and includes channels to neatly dress the
speaker cables.
The SuperCube III subwoofer is the
fourth iteration of Definitive Tech’s premier
subwoofer, reduced to near-miniature
dimensions. No larger than a squared-of
f
medicine ball, it’s a micro-marvel that uses
650 watts to dr
ive its single 7.5" woofer and
two passive radiators to impressive depths
and output in smaller rooms. Connectivity
is good with speaker-level inputs/outputs,
line-level inputs, a high-pass filter, and an
unfiltered LFE input,as well as variable level,
phase,and low-pass controls.
The complete system as reviewed sells
for $2504.
Definitive, Redefined
The character of the Mythos Five Tower con-
veyed a tangible sense of midrange purpose
with good balance and a lighter overall tonal-
ity. Vocalists,from baritones to mezzos,sound-
ed lively and upfront.In the lower mids,some
resonant heft was subtracted from the vocal
character of a bass baritone like Nick Cave
or Tom Waits, but not distractingly so. Less
appealing was a slight upward tilt in the
lower treble that added a trace of extra
sibilance, revealing the tweeter’s generally
brighter personality. At the frequency
extremes,a female vocalist or solo violin could
both sound a little dry and clinical at times.
AUDIO REVIEW | Neil Gader
Definitive Technology Mythos Five
Loudspeaker System
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Think you have to sacrifice sound quality for speakers to match your flat-panel display?
Definitive Technology doesn’t, and proves it with its new Mythos series.
“e
xceptional dimensionality
... plays big yet disappears”
“it’s a micro-marvel”