It’s an eclectic mix, but it serves
its purpose.
The Mythos ST SuperTowers
astound us by reproducing
anything we throw at them
with incredible accuracy. From
UB40’s thumping reggae bass
line to the lilting layers of
nuance in Enya’s New Age
notes, Definitive’s speakers
deliver.Even Love sounds spec-
tacular,Ronda agrees, as I
remind her that we’re
listening to it through a $900
integrated audio receiver,
not the multi-million-dollar sys-
tem on which we’d heard
it while seeing the show just a
few months earlier in Las Vegas.
The Mythos ST SuperTowers
do an equally spectacular job of
bringing movie soundtracks to
life. For my demo, Definitive
provided a Mythos Ten center-
channel speaker, along with a
pair of Mythos Gem XL sur-
rounds. The Ten incorporates
the same 1-inch aluminum
dome tweeter and pair of 5.25-
inch midbass drivers as the
Super-Towers, but it includes a
pair of 5-by-8-inch, racetrack-
shaped passive radiators. Each
Super-Tower, meanwhile, sports
apair of similarly shaped, 6-by-
10-inch radiators flanking a
6-by-10-inch carbon-fiber sub-
woofer cone, driven by a built-
in, 300-watt SuperCube ampli-
fier. Each Gem XL has a 1-inch
tweeter and a pair of 4.5-inch
midbass drivers.
It took mere minutes and just
one scene to appreciate how
well these speakers comple-
ment each other and how bril-
liantly the SuperTowers perform
as the heartof a surround sound
system. The five-speaker setup
provides perfectly matched
timbre and flawless imaging
during a challenging scene in
House of Flying Daggers,
in which a protagonist flings
pebbles at drums encircling a
chamber. The whine of pebbles
whipping across the room is
startling in its realism, and the
plunk of each one hitting its tar-
get reveals the speaker system’s
exceptionally accurate imaging.
The beauty and effectiveness
of the SuperTowers’ integrated
subwoofer design is evident
with every pebble-flinging,
bass-drum-thumping interlude.
Because the subs are built
right into the elegantly arched
SuperTower cabinets—which
are so solid, they seem carved
from a single hunk of alu-
minum—deep bass melds
seamlessly with the rest of the
audio spectrum.
That kind of audio perfection
is indicative of the Super-
Towers’ overall performance.
Frankly, their performance,
styling, and astonishingly
affordable price are simply
beyond reproach. While the
Mythos ST SuperTowers may
tempt listeners to immerse
themselves in the Velvet
Fog, there’s nothing hazy about
the question they raise: What
more could anyone want in
aloudspeaker?
■DESCRIPTION
4-foot, 3-inch towers of superb full-range
sound.
■COMPONENTS
MYTHOS ST SUPERTOWER L/R:
Two 5.25-inch polymer upper-midrange
drivers, one 1-inch pure-aluminum dome
tweeter,one 6-by-10-inch carbon-fiber
subwoofer powered by a built-in, 300-watt
Class D amplifier,and two 6-by-10-inch
passive radiators.
MYTHOS TEN CENTER CHANNEL:
Two 5.25-inch midbass drivers, two 5-by-
8-inch passive radiators, one 1-inch pure-
aluminum dome tweeter.
MYTHOS GEM XL SURROUNDS:
Two 4.5-inch midbass drivers, one 1-inch
pure-aluminum-dome tweeter.
■CONNECTIONS
Five-way metal binding posts
■DIMENSIONS
MYTHOS ST SUPERTOWER:
51.5 x 6.75 x 9.5 inches (hwd)
MYTHOS TEN:
34.5 x 6 x 4.3 inches (hwd)
MYTHOS GEM XL:
12.6 x 5.5 x 4.5 inches (hwd)
■PRICE/CONTACT
PRICE: Mythos ST $1,999 each,
Mythos Ten $899 each,
Mythos Gem XL $349 each
CONTACT 410.363.7148,
definitivetech.com
From HOME ENTERTAINMENT magazine, MAY/JUNE 2008.
NEWREVIEWS
Caption: Right: The Mythos Ten
center-channel has a 1-inch
aluminum-dome tweeter, two
5.25-inch midbass drivers
and two 5-by-8-inch passive
radiators. Bottom: The Mythos
ST SuperTower LR.
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“The Mythos ST
SuperTowers
do an equally
spectacular
job of bringing
movie sound-
tracks to life”
“audio perfection
is indicative of
the SuperTowers’
overall
performance”
“their perform-
ance, styling,
and astonishing-
ly affordable
price are
simply beyond
approach”
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