Definitive Technology HT1004 User Manual

when it suddenly

hit me: The slen-

der, silvery beauty

of Definitive Tech-

nology’s Mythos

speakers might

actually be a draw-

back. I was so 

disturbed by this

realization that,

using ancient Latin

with such elo-

quence it would

have brought tears

to Cicero’s eyes, I

cancelled our date

to go shopping for

the latest opera

releases on SACD,

returned the new

issue of Foreign

Affairs that I’d

borrowed from

her, and headed

home to drink a seaweed-and-algae

smoothie while meditating on 

the problem.

There’s simply no doubt about it.

The Mythos speakers that Def Tech

sent me for review–floorstanding

Mythos Fours for the mains, a

Mythos Three for the center, and 

a pair of never-before-seen-by

normal-humans Mythos Gems for

the surrounds, plus a SuperCube 

II subwoofer–were drop-dead 

gorgeous. I’m talking stunning,

can’t get-them-out-of-your-mind, 

wouldn’t-kick-them-out-of-bed-for-

eating-Limburger-cheese-and Wassa-

crispbread gorgeous.

The Mythos Four exudes class

and style as it presses upward from

its elegant glass base. It soars

toward the ceiling like a refined

cathedral spire built to appease 

the gods of great sound and 

stylish décor. The sylphlike 

horizontal Mythos Three rested

lightly atop my TV, looking for 

all of the world as if it were 

only temporarily reclining and

might, at any moment, choose 

to soar upward, as well. The

Mythos Gems, about as perfectly

So I was chatting with Paris

Hilton the other day about some

arcane aspect of cosmic string

theory (OK , all aspects of cosmic

string theory are arcane to me)

The totally bearable lightness of being a Mythos

BY DARRYL WILKINSON

from the

test bench

Definitive Technology Mythos Four

Speaker System