Definitive Technology AW5500 User manual

Legendary Definitive Performance — Outdoors!
Now you can enjoy the incomparable sound of Definitive
Technology anywhere around your home with the ground-
breaking new AW5500 and AW6500 All-Weather loudspeakers.
These technology-packed wonders feature high excursion active
drivers pressure-coupled to racetrack-shaped Low-Bass Radiators
to give you more than double the bass output while maintaining
aweather-tight seal for ultimate placement flexibility, reliability,
and performance.
With their fully sealed design, aluminum grilles, and rugged
PolyStone enclosures, the AWs can be fully exposed to the elements
and still reliably deliver their indoor speaker sound quality for years
of outdoor listening enjoyment. Their integrated galvanized steel
brackets and unique shape allow a full 360 degrees of rotation
allowing the listener to orient the active drivers towardthe listening
area. Pointing the active driver baffle towards the listener while the
Low-Bass Radiator side faces the wall or ground gives you the ideal
balance of clear mids, extended highs, and thunderous bass even
in the tough acoustic conditions of the great outdoors.
The AW5500 features a 51/4"active driver pressure-coupled to a
5" x 8" Low-Bass Radiator for a total bass radiating area greater
than that of an 8" conventional woofer,while the AW6500’s 61/2"
driver and 51/2"x10" Low-Bass Radiator exceeds the radiating
area of a 10" woofer — imagine all that bass from speakers small
enough to unobtrusively place anywhere. Both AW models
use Definitive’strademark PureAluminum dome tweeter
for unexcelled high frequency extension and detail.
Now you can have it all — the great sound of Definitive indoor
speakers on the patio, deck, garden, or in the sauna.
AW5500 SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions (with wall bracket): 1211/16"Lx73/4" W x 83/16" D
Driver Complement:
–One 51/4"BDSS cast basket bass/mid driver
–One 5" x 8" pressure-driven Low-Bass Radiator
–One 1" PureAluminum dome tweeter
Inputs: Gold-plated 5-way binding posts
Frequency Response: 45 Hz – 30 kHz
Nominal Impedance: Compatible with 4 – 8 ohm outputs
Recommended Amplification: 10 – 175 Watts/channel
Sensitivity: 91 dB
AW6500 SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions (with wall bracket): 147/16" L x 87/8" W x 91/4" D
Driver Complement:
– One 61/2"BDSS cast basket bass/mid driver
– One 51/2"x10" pressure-driven Low-Bass Radiator
– One 1" Pure Aluminum dome tweeter
Inputs: Gold-plated 5-way binding posts
Frequency Response: 40 Hz – 30 kHz
Nominal Impedance: Compatible with 4 – 8 ohm outputs
Recommended Amplification: 10 – 200 Watts/channel
Sensitivity: 92 dB
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AW5500 &AW6500
New 1" Pure Aluminum
dome tweeter
Balanced Double
Surround System
high definition driver
with cast basket
Racetrack Planar Low-Bass
Radiator for exceptional
bass output
PolyStone non-resonant,
air and water-tight
enclosure
Drainage channels
(not pictured) prevent
water buildup around
input terminals
AW5500
AW6500