The Thinner the TV, the Worse the Sound
Ultra-shallow TVs are the hottest category in TVs today. People love
their space-saving qualities and elegant design. But it comes at a high
cost—significantly poorer sound quality. The speakers in these
ultra-thin TVs are small and poorly placed (usually on the bottom or on
the back of the set) not even facing the listener. The result is sound
that is good enough for news broadcasts but far from what is acceptable
for sports, movies and action/adventure programming. Imagine the letdown
when you return home after seeing Avatar or similar audio/visual
blockbuster in a Dolby Digital cinema and turn on your TV to watch a DVD
with cheap 2-inch speakers providing the sound!
In order to equal the total high impact sight and sound experience that
high definition digital sources are capable of delivering, a great TV
deserves a great component audio system. And the only component
loudspeakers that can deliver clarity, dynamic impact and life-like
realism while matching the slim styling of new generation TVs are
Definitive's XTR family.
Revolutionary XTDD Technology Drivers
The secret to the XTR-40’s extraordinary performance is
Definitive’s patent-pending XTDD technology anodized Aluminum dome
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
an 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 an
impossibly thin speaker the XTDD drivers are pressure coupled
to two anodized Aluminum dome bass radiators. The center-mounted
tweeter is the same hyper-definition Pure Aluminum Dome
Tweeter found in Definitive’s 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. Your friends and family
with be agog with amazement when they hear the huge rich sound that
comes out of the wafer-thin XTRs.
Aircraft-Grade Aluminum Enclosure Saves
Space and Improves Performance
Another secret to the XTR-40’s astounding thin
profile and superior performance is its aluminum
cabinet. By specially shaping the enclosure and
incorporating stiffing ribs and channels, we’ve
made the space-efficient aluminum extrusion ultra-rigid
and resonance-free. The magnets of the XTDD
drivers protrude through the rear wall of the
enclosure to further minimize depth. A thermally
conductive gasket seals the enclosure/magnet
interface and transfers heat from the driver’s rare-earth
magnet to the enclosure, making the whole
enclosure a giant heat dissipater! And everyone
knows that a cool driver is a happy, reliable driver.
Is It Thin Enough?
With TV manufacturers advertising TVs with 1.25 inch and even less than
1-inch depth one might wonder if the XTR-50 is shallow enough to look
good next to these impossibly thin TVs. The answer is a resounding YES.
First, the advertised depth of a TV is the depth without the hardware
necessary to mount the TV on a wall. For example the leading brand of
LED TVs is advertised as being 1.2 inches deep. But the wall mount
hardware brings the installed depth to 1.75-inches, .25-inches deeper
than the XTR-50 installed on-wall. Should TVs get even thinner the
XTR-50’s design is up to the challenge. The XTR-50 is bow shaped with
knife-edge sides. The sides are less than an inch from the wall so even
if TVs get shallower; the XTR-50 will be up to the task.
Ultimate Placement Versatility
The XTR-50 can be mounted directly to the wall using the key-hole slots
on the back of the enclosure and well-anchored screws. If you choose,
the speaker can be wall mounted using the supplied mounting bracket that
allows either vertical or horizontal orientation with a total installed
on-wall depth of only 40mm.
Two adjustable support feet are supplied in cases where you place the
XTR-50 on a shelf as a center channel speaker (horizontal orientation).
The Mythos XTR®-40 is ready to look terrific and sound astounding.
This award-winning compact package of innovative brilliance has it
all—drop-dead gorgeous styling, ultimate placement versatility and big
speaker sound quality.
