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Definitive Technology SuperCube II Supplementary Manual

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BY DANIEL KUMIN

Definitive Technology

StudioCinema 350 Home Theater System

SOUND & VISION

off the top cap and undo the grille, like a drawstring-

pajama bottom, to reveal the drivers.) The C/L/R 2002

center speaker is substantially larger than its flankers. In

fact, it’s about twice the size of two StudioMonitor 350s

laid end to end and has two of the same woofers on either

side of its tweeter.

For the surround speakers, Definitive reverted to form

with the wedge-shaped BP1.2X, a bipolar design with a

woofer and a tweeter on each of its angled faces. When

mounted on (or near) the sidewalls, the speaker radiates

sound toward the front, middle, and back of the room,

creating a somewhat more diffuse sound field. Rounding

out the bottom octaves is Def Tech’s newest subwoofer, the

ridiculously tiny SuperCube II. This new-generation sub

cheats the laws of physics and gets big bass from a “too-

small” enclosure by using very-long-throw drivers,

advanced cabinet-venting techniques (dual passive radia-

tors in this case), and an ultra-high-power amplifier with

built-in equalization. The SuperCube II’s sophistication is

evident on its control panel, too (photo below). There are

no heat sinks thanks to its super-efficient, cool-running

Class D amplifier. And there’s a complete set of connectors,

including stereo input/output for both line- and speaker-

level signals plus a single LFE (low-frequency effects)

input for a receiver or processor’s sub output. Controls are

unusually complete, too, with continuously variable knobs

for level, both low-

and high-pass crossover, and phase.

This rather rare high-pass control lets you fine-tune the bass

that’s sent on to the satellites via the line-level outputs.

There’s high-pass filtering on the speaker-level outputs,

too, but it’s fixed at 80 Hz.

I set up the StudioCinema system with the Monitor 350s

on the 28-inch-tall stands and the C/L/R 2002 on top of my

30-inch Princeton Graphics HDTV monitor. The BP1.2X

surround speakers went on sidewall shelves just behind the

listening position and about 6 feet off the floor.

ounded in 1990 when Sandy Gross left Polk

Audio to start a speaker company with a

different design philosophy, Definitive

Technology quickly established a reputation

for building tower speakers that deliver

spacious, full-range sound at reasonable

prices. The big sound that defines Def Tech

speakers is achieved using a bipolar configuration, with

rear-firing, in-phase drivers added to the usual front-

mounted drivers. When I first set eyes on Def Tech’s

compact StudioCinema 350 system, the question that came

to mind was whether the company could pull off the same

trick with much smaller monopole speakers.

In a departure from Def Tech’s tower tradition, the

StudioCinema 350 is a subwoofer/satellite system built

around a very small front left/right bookshelf speaker, the

StudioMonitor 350. It’s a shade smaller all around than

a 12-pack of longnecks and has only a 5

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but the side-firing “port” is a passive radiator measuring

a full 8 inches across. Like Def Tech’s tower speakers,

the StudioMonitor 350 has wood end caps, in this case

finished with an elegant piano-black lacquer, and a black

knit grille that wraps around the four sides. (You can pop

“The results were little short of stunning ... a genuine

cinematic experience ... I was impressed”

“very high quality sound for music

and movies”

“Played behind a curtain, the

StudioMonitor 350s would convince

even seasoned audiophiles they were

listening to larger speakers”

“they sounded warm and full even on

bass-rich pop music ... tonal balance

through the critical midrange was

nearly perfect”

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