Definitive Technology Mythos STS User Manual

NEW

FOR 2008

MYTHOS STS SUPERTOWER

with Built-In Powered Subwoofer

Miraculous Performance, Stunning Elegance

No Compromise Sonic Delight

For music and movie lovers who want audiophile-grade performance and drop-

dead gorgeous looks from their loudspeakers, we offer the new Mythos STS —

the smaller and more affordable sibling of the Mythos ST, the most critically

acclaimed loudspeaker of 2007 — a speaker that The Perfect Vision magazine

referred to as “Pure magic ... the Deﬁnitives will treat you to rare sonic delights

you may never have experienced before” and Home Theater magazine called

“a loudspeaker that exudes power and class … the ﬂoorstanding loudspeaker

that I’d recommend you buy.”

The Mythos STS combines a high-deﬁnition mid/high frequency monitor section

with an integrated SuperCube®powered subwoofer for no-compromise sonic

performance. With the Mythos STS there is no longer a need to ﬁnd room for

and run wires to a separate subwoofer to get the full visceral impact from your

favorite music and movies. The STS can do it all.

“Breathtaking sound quality puts many

higher-priced systems to shame”

– The Perfect Vision Magazine 2007 review of the original Mythos ST

Exquisite Styling and Build Quality

Like the rest of the award-winning Mythos Series, the STS boasts slim,

space-efficient, modern design that perfectly complements today’s sleek video

monitors. In order to make the Mythos STS an aesthetic enhancement for

any room, we spared no expense or effort on design, ﬁt and ﬁnish details.

The extruded Aluminum enclosure is anodized (both silver and black ﬁnishes

are offered) and hand-polished to a pearlescent sheen. The base is solid granite

for both greater stability and a richer more elegant look. All of the Mythos STS

styling emanates from a parabolic form, grounded as much in technical

appropriateness as visual beauty. With emphasis on a narrow, deep column,

the parabolic theme is repeated in the lines of the cap and granite base.

There is an unabashed acknowledgement of classic “American Streamline”

principles in the STS, communicating motion, direction and clean utility.

Your decorator will be jealous.

Subwoofer level control for precise sound tailoring

Line level LFE input

Gold-plated binding post speaker level inputs

The STS’s granite base provides stability and elegance

MYTHOS STS SUPERTOWER

State of the Art Deﬁnitive Technology

Each Mythos STS contains a D’Appolito array consisting of two high-deﬁnition

41/2" drivers surrounding a 1" dome tweeter housed in an acoustically isolated

sealed enclosure. The drivers feature Deﬁnitive’s patent-pending Balanced Dual

Surround System (BDSS) technology that supports the speaker cone at both the

inner and outer edges for longer, more linear excursion, greater clarity and ﬁnely

textured inner detail. The tweeter is a pure aluminum dome, which has been

heat-treated to relax the crystal structure and then coated with a ceramic to

produce extended highs that reveal nuance and shimmer without a trace of

edginess. The slim, curved shape of the enclosure reduces diffraction contribut-

ing to the STS’s remarkable imaging that is truly startling in its ability to ﬂoat

utterly lifelike highly deﬁned sonic images across a broad and deep soundstage.

The subwoofer is built around a 5" x 10" racetrack-shaped polymer/carbon

composite cone driver powered by a built-in 300-Watt digital ampliﬁer and

pressure-coupled to two 5" x 10" racetrack-shaped planar low-bass radiators for a

total bass radiating area greater than a 12" woofer. A pair of STSs is like having

two 12", 300-Watt powered subwoofers in your room without taking up all the

ﬂoor space. The result is bass that is deep, powerful and impactful while at the

same time having the kind of tight, controlled and accurate response of the

ﬁnest and costliest audiophile speakers.

Mythos STS’s Advanced Driver Technology

New high-deﬁnition drivers incorporate our Balanced Double Surround System (BDSS) technology (patent-pending).

Mythos STS’s new generation tweeter incorporates a new voice coil, a new annealed dome, a new surround and a special acoustically contoured faceplate.

The STS’s built-in 300-Watt powered-subs incorporate Deﬁnitive’s new racetrack-shaped carbon composite driver coupled to two planar low-bass radiators.

The Sound Will Amaze You

We could write adjectives all day long in an attempt to describe just how good

the Mythos STS sounds and we would fall far short of capturing the experience.

If you are a true music lover, you need to hear them for yourself to discover just

how lifelike a pair of speakers can sound. You’ll hear depth and nuance to your

music you have never heard before (unless you own a pair of speakers several

times the cost of the STS). You will marvel at the dynamic impact and sheer bass

power when watching movies, amazed that all that power is coming from just

two small towers without a separate subwoofer. Yes, you will be astonished.

MYTHOS STS SUPERTOWER SPECIFICATIONS

Dimensions: 5 Base Dimensions: 10 Frequency Response: 16 Hz – 30 kHz Efficiency: 93 dB Nominal Impedance: 4 – 8 ohms Driver Complement:

– T – One 1" (25 mm) pure aluminum dome tweeter. – One 5" x 10" long-throw racetrack subwoofer coupled to

Rec. Assoc. Ampliﬁcation: 20 – 350 Watt/channel Built-In Subwoofer Power Ampliﬁer: 300-Watt Digitally-Coupled Class D ampliﬁer Finish: gloss Black or brushed Aluminum

/2" W x 81/2" D x 471/2" H (height includes granite base & leveling feet/spikes)

wo 41/2" high-deﬁnition cast-magnesium basket midrange drivers.

two 5" x 10" racetrack low bass radiators.

/2" W x 14" D

STS SPECS & SYSTEM

MYTHOS STS SUPERTOWER SYSTEM

Create the perfect Mythos STS home theater system by adding a Mythos Ten Center channel and a pair of Gem XL surrounds.

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