Definitive Technology speakers

The speakers that I had been using for my home theater setup for the past eight years or so are starting to show their age. I hadn’t realized how bad they were until I had a chance to test drive a pair of Bose speakers last week, which sounded significantly better than what I had been using.

After deciding against the Bose and doing a bit more research, I made the plunge today and replaced the speakers. Here’s my new, all Definitive Technology setup which I purchased today at Magnolia HiFi:

Front center-channel speaker

Definitive Technology C/L/R 2002

• Dimensions: 21” wide x 6 3/4” high x 12” deep.
• Response: 30 — 30 kHz.
• Nominal Imp.: 4 — 8 ohms.
• Rec. amp: 20 — 250 watts.
• Drivers: two cast-basket 5 1/4” bass/midranges, 1” pure aluminum dome tweeter.
• Finish: Piano-gloss black.

Front right/left speakers

Definitive Technology Studio Monitor 450

• Dimensions: 8-3/8” wide x 13” high x 11-7/16” deep.
• Frequency Response: 24 Hz — 30 kHz
• Driver Complement: 6-1/2” cast-basket polymer coned bass/midrange driver, 1” pure aluminum dome tweeter with a 10” pressure-driven subwoofer
• Nominal Impedance: Compatible with 4 — 8 ohms
• Rec. Assoc. Amplification: 20 — 225 watts
• Efficiency: 90 db
• Finish: Piano-gloss black

Rear right/left speakers

Definitive Technology Pro Cinema Pro Monitor 80 MK II

• Dimensions: 8-3/8” high x 4-3/4” wide x 5” deep
• Compact, inert speaker cabinets molded of high-density, mineral-filled, non-resonant polymer polystone.
• The compound Non-Resonant Optimized Curve (NROC) of the beautifully sculpted enclosures, in conjunction with their non-parallel top and bottom cap design, minimizes internal reflections and cabinet wall resonance for pure sound with greater clarity and low distortion.
• Single 4 1/2 ” long-throw upper bass/midrange driver with butyl rubber surround coupled to a 4 1/2 ” pressure-driven planar low-frequency radiator for clear and natural midrange and years of durable performance.
• 1” ferrofluid-dampened Pure Aluminum Dome Tweeter for clear, natural highs.
• Complex Linkwitz-Riley Crossover Networks make blending smooth and realistic.
• Frequency Response: 57hz – 30khz.
• Efficiency: 89db.
• Nominal Imp.: 4 – 8 ohms.
• Recommended Amplification: 10 – 150 watts.
• Finish: Piano-gloss black.

I’m still using my old Onkyo subwoofer, but I’ll likely sell that along with my old speakers on craigslist. I need to do a bit more research before determining the right subwoofer for my setup, and it’s likely that I’ll end up getting a new receiver within the next year or so, and want to take that into account as well.

I’ll likely move to a 7.1 receiver at that point, but I’ve got a whole lot of reading to do before then. I doubt I’ll get the additional 2 speakers until I get a house — I don’t think they’d add much in my current space.

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