Definitive Technology TPV906 - Manual

efinitive Technology
is known for build-
ing innovative
loudspeakers that
deliver high-end performance at
modest prices, and historically
some of the firm’s most special
products have come in small
packages. One great example
would be the firm’s new $1649
ProCinema 1000 5.1-channel
speaker system.
The deluxe version of the
ProCinema 1000 system consists
of four ProMonitor 1000 mini-
monitors, a ProCenter
2000 center-
channel
speaker,
and a
ProSub
1000 sub-
woofer. At first, the ProCinema
speakers look like truncated,
jet-black versions of Definitive’s
Mythos speakers, though the
designs are different from a
technical standpoint. Sadly,
Definitive’s product styling has
been widely imitated, so that the
lovely ProCinema components
look well finished but not particu-
larly distinctive. From the outside,
the ProCinema system looks
much like any number of other
good, “generic” sat/sub systems
on the market. But once you
hear the ProCinema system,
you’ll know in an instant there is
nothing generic about its sound.
Big Dynamics
This compact system
plays big—very big.
We trotted out our
favorite cinematic
blockbusters—the
“Echo Game” scene
from House of Flying
Daggers, “The Flying Boat” scene
from The Aviator, and the “Under
Attack” scene from Master and
Commander—and came away
impressed with the way the
system handled this dynamically
demanding material. Many small
systems can play fairly loudly,
but few do so gracefully. The
ProCinema system, however,
almost always kept its composure,
taking large-scale dynamic swells
in stride, even in TPV’s relatively
large audio lab. Only at loony
volume levels did the ProCinema
rig start to show traces of hard-
ness and compression.
Innovations that Work
I attribute the system’s fine
dynamics to two design innova-
tions. First, its speakers introduce
spectacular new mid/bass drivers
whose diaphragms are supported
both by outer and inner suspen-
sion rings (traditional diaphragms
are supported at their outer rims
only), with cylindrical wave-
guides in the center. These might
be the finest mid/bass drivers
Definitive has ever produced;
they deliver terrific dynamic
punch with very low distortion.
Second, the ProCinema speakers
5.1-Channel Speaker System
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Pays Big Dividends
“This compact system
plays big—very big.“
“The ProCinema 1000
system is a bargain,
pure and simple.”
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“Value with a capital ‘V’”