Definitive Technology Mythos ST 120v Supertower Speaker (Single, Black)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 9.5 x 51.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 85 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B000V43E0S
• Item model number: VDUB
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #58,710 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Mythos ST SuperTower: Right Power at the Right Price

The Mythos ST SuperTower combines stunningly beautiful cosmetics and precision fit and finish with jaw-dropping ultra high-end performance. No loudspeaker before them has achieved the balance of beauty and brawn at anywhere near their modest price. The Mythos ST's magic starts with a sleek and sexy polished black or silver aluminum cabinet mounted on a beautiful polished granite base and continue with our most advanced components and technologies. Topping off the ground-breaking design is the incorporation of SuperCube™ powered subwoofers right into the enclosures. With two built-in 300 Watt powered subwoofers you’ll enjoy double the bass while saving floor space and enhancing the beauty of your room.

The Case for Integrated Subwoofers

Real granite bases lend stability as well as beauty

Besides eliminating the need for a floor space hogging separate subwoofer, integrated subs offer dramatic performance benefits. First is the obvious benefit that you’ll have two subwoofers in the room instead of just one for simply more bass output. Most importantly the subwoofers are perfectly integrated with the mid/high section. Audiophiles often spend dozens of hours moving and adjusting their subwoofers’ crossover and phasing controls in pursuit of perfect subwoofer to main speaker "blending." With the Mythos ST you won’t have to go through that kind of hassle to get audio perfection. Definitive’s engineers have perfectly adjusted the crossover and phase between the subwoofer and main speaker sections to achieve seamless blending and life-like sound. All you have to do is set the bass volume to match your room and taste then sit back and enjoy audio perfection.

Enclosure

The Mythos ST styling emanates from a parabolic form, grounded as much in technical appropriateness as visual beauty. With emphasis on a narrow, deep column, the parabolic theme is repeated in the lines of the cap and granite base. There is an unabashed acknowledgement of classic "American Streamline" principles in the ST, communicating motion, direction and clean utility.

The slim, curved shape of the enclosure reduces diffraction contributing to the ST’s remarkable imaging that is truly startling in its ability to float utterly lifelike sonic images across a broad and deep soundstage. The granite base combined with the heavy Toroidal transformer mounted on the bottom plate of the enclosure provides a low center of gravity for superior stability. The base incorporates 5 adjustable-height metal feet that may be fitted with either smooth furniture glide tips for wood or ceramic floors or spikes for carpeted floors.

The enclosure is extruded Aluminum with internal ribs for stiffening purposes. Strips of damping material are adhered to the inside of the extrusion to suppress ringing. The baffle is "Polystone" a dense and non-resonant mineral-filled Polymer material that is slightly oversized and is force fit into the extrusion "mouth" to prevent the Aluminum from ringing. The midrange/tweeter array is isolated from the woofer enclosure by two pieces of MDF. Both woofer and mid/hi enclosures are sealed.

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Technical Specifications

• Dimensions: 51-1/2" H x 9-1/2" D x 6-3/4"W
• Frequency Response: 14 Hz – 30 kHz
• Efficiency: 93 dB
• Nominal Impedance: 4 – 8 ohms
• Driver Complement: Two 5-1/4" high-definition cast-Aluminum basket polymer upper midrange drivers; One 1" pure aluminum dome tweeter. One 6" x 10" long-throw racetrack subwoofer coupled to two 6" x 10" long-throw racetrack radiators
• Recommended Associated Amplifier: 20 – 350 watts/channel
• Built-In Subwoofer Power Amplifier: 300-watt digitally-coupled Class D amplifier
• Product weight: 80 lbs.

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Choosing Definitive Technology Speakers for Your Home

Definitive Technology offers many quality speakers that are just right for your home. Which speaker, or set of speakers, you choose depends on how much you are willing to spend and which features you prioritize in a home theater environment. All of Definitive Technology's speakers are audiophile-engineered, designer-styled loudspeakers intended for musical reproduction and home theater systems of the highest quality. Thousands of man-hours of critical listening and engineering utilizing the most advanced computer loudspeaker development programs available--along with fundamental research at the world's most advanced loudspeaker research facility--have combined to create unmatched instruments for the reproduction of music or movies in your home.

	The Mythos Gem XL Speakers are yet another excellent breakthrough for Definitive Technology and today's state-of-the-art home theater. The Gems make the distinctive Mythos look -- an internally braced, hand-polished, aircraft grade Aluminum enclosure -- available in superbly designed high performance compact loudspeakers. Because they are voice-matched with the complete Mythos Series, they're perfect for use as compact, convenient surround speakers in a system made up of larger Mythos main speakers, or as a complete Gem-only compact high performance home theater system when combined with a Mythos Seven Center Channel Speaker and a SuperCube or two. Use Mythos with any other loudspeaker system at all -- Mythos Gem Speakers are the most flexible Mythos ever! Mythos Gem Speakers feature an easy-to-use keyhole slot bracket (and mounting screw) for simple wall mounting that looks amazing next to your wall mounted flat screen television. Or use the custom GemStand, with its flowing lines and hidden wire guide, for a superbly coherent and elegant modern look with the convenience of floorstanding speakers.
	Mythos Ten On-Wall Loudspeakers are the ultimate in beauty and sound on your wall. This is where the real on-wall magic of Mythos takes place. Nothing complements your new high definition flat screen television with more style, versatility and sheer performance than the beautiful Mythos Series Table- and Wall-Mounting models. Each one comes with easy-to-install mounting hardware that allows them to hang effortlessly on the wall astride your new television, as well as an unbreakable Tempered Glass Base (same as the Mythos Floorstanding Speakers) to give them stability and style when placed next to a table-top television. Build a home theater system using Mythos Ten Loudspeakers as front main speakers and other Mythos Speakers as surround elements. And there's nothing stopping you from using four Mythos Table- and Wall-Mounting Loudspeakers as your front main and surround elements - combined with a matching Mythos Center Channel Speaker and a SuperCube Subwoofer or two - for a high performance multichannel sound system
	The ProSub 1000 Subwoofer Speaker produces true state-of-the-art bass performance thanks to such features as a built-in, high-power, high-current amplifier, sophisticated electronic crossovers, and a high-definition 10-inch woofer with a polymer cone coupled to a single 10-inch infrasonic radiator. All of Definitive's ProSub powered subwoofers incorporate the company's patented, digitally coupled Infinite Power Source amplifiers--300 watts RMS in the case of the ProSub 1000--with high-current direct coupled power supplies and discrete MOSFET output devices helping ensure perfect high-definition resolution and reproduction. The sub's construction quality is also topnotch, with only the highest-quality components used, including mil-spec glass epoxy circuit boards and precision resistors and capacitors. The powerful high-definition drivers, meanwhile, were specifically engineered by Definitive to deliver rock-solid low-distortion bass that reaches down to the lowest subsonic frequencies, with an outstanding quality of superior transient response unequaled in the world. Add in a continuously adjustable low-pass filter control--which allows you to choose a roll-off from 40 to 150 Hz for the high end of the subwoofer--and you have an ideal subwoofer to blend into your ProCinema system.
	The Mythos ST SuperTower combines stunningly beautiful cosmetics and precision fit and finish with jaw-dropping ultra high-end performance. No loudspeaker before them has achieved the balance of beauty and brawn at anywhere near their modest price. The Mythos ST's magic starts with a sleek and sexy polished black or silver aluminum cabinet mounted on a beautiful polished granite base and continue with our most advanced components and technologies. Topping off the ground-breaking design is the incorporation of SuperCube™ powered subwoofers right into the enclosures. With two built-in 300 Watt powered subwoofers you’ll enjoy double the bass while saving floor space and enhancing the beauty of your room.
	The Mythos STS SuperTower combines amazingly beautiful cosmetics and precision fit and finish with jaw-dropping ultra high-end performance. The Mythos STS's magic starts with a sleek and sexy polished black or silver aluminum cabinet mounted on a beautiful polished granite base and continue with our most advanced components and technologies. Topping off the ground-breaking design is the incorporation of SuperCube™ powered subwoofers right into the enclosures. With two built-in 300 Watt powered subwoofers you’ll enjoy double the bass while saving floor space and enhancing the beauty of your room.

Product Description

The Mythos ST SuperTower combines stunningly beautiful cosmetics and The Mythos ST's advanced technologies and superior materials bring you sonic perfection precision fit and finish with jaw-dropping ultra high-end performance. No loudspeaker before them has achieved the balance of beauty and brawns at anywhere near their modest price. The Mythos ST's magic starts with a sleek and sexy polished black or silver aluminum cabinet mounted on a beautiful polished granite base and continue with Definitive Technology's most advanced components and technologies. Topping off the ground-breaking design is the incorporation of SuperCube powered subwoofers right into the enclosures. With two built-in 300 watt powered subwoofers you'll enjoy double the bass while saving floor space and enhancing the beauty of your room.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy ST owner, November 30, 2008

By	David E. Pomper - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've owned my STs, along with a Mythos 10 center and a pair of Gem XLs for about a year. They are powered by a Denon 4308ci. They are beautiful, and really complement the black frame on my Pioneer plasma. Very high WAF.

But the sound is the important thing, right? I listen to a wide variety of music, from classical to alternative rock to folk. These speakers shine at reproducing the human voice. It's easy to fool someone with a rock guitar or synth, but everyone knows what a voice should sound like. Clarity, balance, and presence are all outstanding with these speakers. Listening to Norah Jones singing "Turn Me On" with these speakers will floor you.

One complaint I have is that there's a pretty narrow sweet spot where you have to sit (at least in my room) for listening perfection, especially in stereo. Everyone else thinks the sound is perfect until they sit in my seat!

I also use this system for my home theater with excellent results. Sound clarity and positioning are the most noticeable traits. The subwoofers work well and amount of bass is adjustable (mine are set on about 1 o'clock - 60%), but I still kept my 12" Sunfire for that little extra 1kW kick at the really low end. I suspect most folks wouldn't miss it.

These speakers replaced my big old Infinity towers with the rotting foam surrounds. They don't seem to move as much air - that feeling in my chest just isn't the same - but the trade off for balanced, unmuddied, tight, focused sound was more than worth it.