Definitive Technology just announced three new speaker models. The first is the Mythos XTR®-50 an ultra thin (1.5″ deep) on-wall, on-shelf loudspeaker that delivers a level of high performance previously thought impossible in shallow enclosure speakers. The others are home theater-optimized additions to Definitive's innovative Disappearing In-wall series that debuted at CEDIA Expo '08.

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Mythos XTR®
TVs less than 2 inches thick are in stores now and more are on their way. Next to these super-slim TVs yesterday's "made for plasma" speakers look thick and out of place. Definitive developed the Mythos XTR-50 to look at-home on a wall or shelf next to an ultra-thin TV. It combines the thin profile of "panel" speakers with the high definition detail, bass, and dynamic range performance of a high quality dynamic speaker.

The secret to the XTR-50's extraordinary performance is Definitive's patent-pending XTDD technology driver. Using state-of-the-art computer modeling and decades of speaker design experience Definitive engineers eliminated every iota of wasted space, optimized every part and maximized the moving surface area of a dynamic driver to shrink it down to a seemingly impossibly compact dimension without giving up ultra-high performance audio fidelity. The XTDD driver has the kind of dynamic punch, wide frequency range and broad dispersion that flat vibrating membrane panel-type speakers simply cannot match.

To extend and deepen the bass response of such a thin speaker the XTDD drivers are pressure-coupled to four dome low-bass radiators. The center-mounted tweeter is the same hyper-definition Pure Aluminum dome tweeter found in the award-winning state-of-the-art Mythos ST SuperTower. The total effect is the kind of clarity, dynamic range and extended response that one would expect from a premium-priced normally-sized speaker.