Huge Bass from a Tiny Enclosure
If you want all the high impact bass excitement of the finest home
theater audio systems without consuming a large amount of floor-space,
and if you want the latest features and wireless connectivity, then this
is the subwoofer for you. The SuperCube® 4000 (along with the SuperCube
6000) is the newest model in the famed SuperCube Series and
incorporates the latest digital technologies for bass performance that
will leave you slack-jawed in amazement and delight. Definitive’s
engineers redesigned every part for maximum performance and added
convenience and connectivity features that make them easy to use,
versatile and perfectly tailored to your system and room for
heart-pounding bass that will not fail to astound your friends and
neighbors.
Music Lovers Rejoice
Subwoofer manufacturers are always talking about how “explosive” their
subwoofers are (frankly we do too), but there’s more to home
entertainment than rocket blasts and explosions—there is also music, be
it in the movies you watch or the CDs you enjoy. And for music the
quality of a subwoofer’s performance is way more important than the
quantity. The bass should be “tight,” precise, and musical. Bass notes
should have pitch, not just a dull thud or drone. Definitive Technology
was started by and is run today by music fanatics and the very first
thing we do to evaluate a subwoofer prototype design is to listen to
music. If a subwoofer doesn’t do an exemplary job with music
reproduction, it’s not a Definitive.
Features in the Service of Superior Performance
The most obvious departures from previous SuperCube models are the
addition of a digital display (cleverly hidden under the grille cloth)
and a wireless remote. They’re much more than a light show for the
easily amused; they’re serious performance optimizing tools for
perfectly blending the subwoofer to your system and room and correcting
for differences in program material.
In an ideal audio system the subwoofer works “invisibly,” simply adding
deep, loud bass without calling attention to itself—blending seamlessly
with the main speakers. The key to seamless main speaker/sub blending
is finding the perfect crossover frequency, equalization and phase
settings for your system and room. And the best place to make those
“set and forget” adjustments is from your listening chair via a wireless
remote. For everyday use the remote makes it easy to set just the
right amount of bass output to compensate for program material
differences. As you make settings adjustments, the hidden display lights
up to indicate the setting value and then turns off a few seconds
later. You’ll get exactly the bass performance you want – effortlessly
at the touch of a button.
Digital Tracking Amplifier for Clean High Output
The SC4000 features a designed-from-the-ground-up brawny digital
tracking amplifier that is optimized for real world power demands to
deliver low distortion and high output. As well as producing high
continuous power to cleanly reproduce sustained bass, this all-new
Definitive amp has a high crest factor to deliver considerably higher
power during short, transient peaks such as bass drum kicks and
on-screen artillery blasts. You’ll enjoy high volume, high impact, and
low distortion bass from your favorite action/adventure films and TV
shows without sacrificing the smooth response and quick precision needed
for music.
As well as being powerful, the new Definitive amps are
environment-friendly. The amplifiers go into idle mode after less than
30 minutes after the cessation of signal. When in idle mode the amp
draws a mere half Watt or less of current, meeting international
standards for low energy consumption.
Computers in the Subwoofer Exert Precise Control
The SuperCube 4000 has an integrated 56 bit Digital Signal Processor
(DSP)–in essence a mini computer–that extends and improves the bass
response. Multi-band digital protection systems tightly monitor and
control the woofer system to prevent distortion and woofer damage at
ultra-high volume levels with a minimum of audible artifacts. In
contrast to simpler one-band compression/limiting circuits used in
competing subwoofer amp designs, the Definitive subs feature a Multiband
Dynamic Range Optimizer (M-DRO) that divides the frequency range into
multiple bands. If the DSP detects an overdrive condition in the upper
bass range, it applies just the right amount of compression and to
prevent distortion to just that range without compressing the low bass,
thereby vastly reducing the audible compression artifacts. The bottom
line is that SuperCube bass is always tight, highly detailed and
distortion free.
Rock Solid Cabinets Ensure Pure Low Distortion Response
The cabinet of a loudspeaker plays a large part in its sonic
performance. Resonance and vibration can add unwanted distortion as well
as drain away important acoustical energy from the system. Definitive's
subwoofer enclosures have been specifically engineered to be totally
inert and vibration free, to ensure you of absolutely pure sonic
reproduction. The front and rear panels are nearly 2-inches thick and
the cabinet incorporates multiple internal braces to ensure total
solidity. To top off the extraordinary performance, the SuperCube 4000
is finished in gorgeous piano-gloss black.
High-Definition Subwoofer Drivers Deliver Superior Detail and Lightning-Fast Transient Response
The powerful, high-definition drivers used in the new SuperCubes were
specifically engineered for their task: to deliver rock-solid low
distortion bass, reaching down to the lowest frequencies, with an
outstanding quality of superior transient response (“tightness”). The
special ultra-stiff cones are joined to specially formulated surrounds
and long-throw voice coils and spiders. The incredibly rigid cast
Aluminum baskets are engineered to hold the massive magnet structures
and large voice coils in absolute alignment. The high temperature voice
coils are made of aluminum wound with triple insulated ultra-pure copper
wire and baked in epoxy for superior power handling and reliability.
The SuperCube 4000 features a new 8-inch (20cm) subwoofer driver
pressure coupled to two 8-inch (20cm) Ultra Low Bass Radiators. The
total piston area is greater than a 12-inch diameter woofer but with far
greater speed, musicality and control than a single large diameter
woofer could ever deliver—and it all fits in an impossibly tiny
enclosure that is easy to tuck away out of sight. The SuperCube 4000 can
fill most domestic spaces with loud, visceral, extended and musical
bass yet it occupies less than a square foot of floor space!
A Full Range of Inputs Facilitates Easy Hookup to Any System
The SuperCube 4000 can connect to any audio system via your choice of
single cable LFE, stereo line level and speaker wire level inputs. Or
you can choose to go wireless with the optional wireless connectivity
kit for the ultimate in connection convenience.