Anyone Using Definitive Technology Speakers

Chicomoralessxm
Chicomoralessxm Posts: 417
edited October 2006 in Speakers
Personally I love their sound hate their look!!!! anyone using these speakers or has heard of them I was wondering about the Power Monitor 500's. Does polk have anything that compares to those loosely???
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  • Schwingding
    Schwingding Posts: 363
    edited October 2006
    I have a setup in the family room that includes 4 Deftech Cinema 80s, a matching ProCenter and a Velodyne minivee. I had originally purchased them (the Deftechs) as rear surrounds and presence speakers for my main setup but they didn't match with my RTi setup. However, in the small-ish family room, they sound suprisingly nice! I'm not thrilled with the "matching" center though, pink noise test tones sound decidely different than from the "matching" fronts and surrounds. Not much of a match. Still, setup with minimal expections and a mid range AVR, they sound better than expected.
    HT/music rig
    Panasonic PX60U 50" plasma
    Yamaha 5990 AVR
    Onix SP3 tube amp
    bunch of Outlaw 2200 monoblocks
    DUAL SVS PB12+/2 subs :eek:
    Denon 3910 DVD/SACD/DVD-A
    DirecTV HR10-250 DVR
    Onix Strata Mini mains
    Mirage OM10 surrounds
    Polk CSi5 center
    Polk SC80 rear surrounds
    Samsung BDP1000 blu-ray player

    Bedroom rig
    Jolida SJ302a tube amp
    Denon 2910 universal player
    Onix Ref 1 monitors
    Velodyne minivee
  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,820
    edited October 2006
    LSi9 will be a similar sound, but overall better.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
  • Chicomoralessxm
    Chicomoralessxm Posts: 417
    edited October 2006
    Cool thanks for the insight are you comparing the LSI9's with the PM 500's?? just wondering
    Chicomorales:)
  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,820
    edited October 2006
    No, the 9 is slightly better.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
  • Chicomoralessxm
    Chicomoralessxm Posts: 417
    edited October 2006
    great thanks for the assistance. will the rxv659 power the rti8 or rti6 ok???
    Chicomorales:)
  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited October 2006
    RTi6s will be fine, and RTi8s should be okay. The 8s probably wouldn't mind a little more power, but it's all good.
    As for DefTech, I just bought a pair of BP2006 SuperTowers. I used to sell them, and was very pleased with them. We'll see if I like it in my setup as much as I liked them on the sales floor.
  • Chicomoralessxm
    Chicomoralessxm Posts: 417
    edited October 2006
    Dane have you heard the pm 500 well i guess obviously tell me how your opinions on their soundstage and imaging. are they equally as good for music as ht and what do they retail for in the us roughly???
    Chicomorales:)
  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited October 2006
    We had a PM500 setup right in the middle of sales floor, and unfortunately the sound field was ruined by lots of other equipment. I can't give you a fair opinion on them because of that, as well as the fact that we didn't have a comparable system to contrast.
  • Chicomoralessxm
    Chicomoralessxm Posts: 417
    edited October 2006
    So what are the retailing for and have you heard anything about them???
    Chicomorales:)
  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,820
    edited October 2006
    the PM500...

    They retail for around* 900 a pair...

    They use drivers from recent (not current) BP2000 series. I believe it was the BP2006... which utilized two 4.25" midbasses per speaker in a bipolar setup...

    The PM series utilizes a 1" thick enclosure made of Medite, which is denser than MDF due to its glue which is much stronger than the Fluemildgashite used in regular MDF. Its internal bracing is next to none.

    It uses a side firing 8" subwoofer. It is slot loaded, the midbass is in a seperate enclosure within the speaker cabinet. The subwoofer itself by trade is on the boomy side... and is quite limited in extention and output due to its 150 watt amp...

    The tweeter used is the same tweeter used in the old BP2000 line up, as well as the current BP tower line (passive, BP10B, etc) -- it is a fairly detailed tweeter, fairly laid back...

    Good staging, etc etc...

    Overall, good for people that wont have a sub or room for one, need small speakers - an office, apartments, killer surrounds, etc...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
  • Chicomoralessxm
    Chicomoralessxm Posts: 417
    edited October 2006
    kewl thanks for the info i'll see if the local dealor with have a pair to listen to i was considering them cause on the size of my flat is small and i was thinking about well not gettting a sub just yet even though it appears i'll need one
    Chicomorales:)