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Definitive Technology ProMonitor 800 Bookshelf Speaker (Single, Black) Review

Definitive Technology ProMonitor 800 Bookshelf Speaker (Single, Black)

  • Single ProMonitor bookshelf speaker
  • Equipped with one 4.5-inch cast basket bass/midrange drivers coupled to one 4.5-inch pressure-driven planar low-frequency radiators
  • Frequency response: 57Hz – 30kHz
  • Equipped with one 1-inch pure aluminum dome tweeter
  • The high quality finish is available in gloss black or gloss white

Color:Black

Product description

When you need big sound from a small speaker, the ProMonitor delivers. Weighing in at just 4 lbs. these conveniently sized marvels offer the rich warmth and engaging audio image you’d expect from much larger speakers. But they’re easy to place in your room?mount them on a wall, shelf, or stand. Single Speaker – Sold Individually – Purchase Two for a Pair.

From the Manufacturer

The ProMonitor 800 is Definitive’s mid-sized satellite speaker in the acclaimed Pro Series. Four ProMonitor 800s along with a ProCenter 1000 and ProSub 800 makes a complete ProCinema 800 system. All the components of the system are packed and sold separately allowing you to mix and match Pro Series components to build the system that best suits your needs.

Definitive Technology ProMonitor 800

Small size speaker has remarkable sophistication and huge sound

Definitive Technology ProMonitor 800

Easy to place with the built-in keyhole mount. View larger

Definitive Technology ProMonitor 800

Bass radiators enhance low frequency performance for more true-to-life sound

Definitive Technology ProMonitor 800

Rubber-tipped tripod stand ensures slip and mark-free shelf mounting

Don’t let the ProMonitor 800’s small size and affordable price fool you — it is a remarkably sophisticated product with huge sound. The 800 incorporates many of the same technologies as Definitive’s top-of-the-line models including BDSS drivers, pure aluminum dome tweeters, and planar pressure coupled mid/bass radiators for home theater sound quality that will shock your friends and family when they hear your system for the first time.

The Secret to Their Big Sound

Competing satellite speakers of this size usually have weak lower-midrange response; that part of the audio range that contains the “warmth” and “body” of voices and musical instruments. Listen to a male vocal on typical small satellite speakers and you will instantly hear the weakness in the lower midrange. The ProMonitor satellites avoid this critical problem by pressure-coupling exclusive BDSS technology driver to an equal-sized mid/bass radiator cleverly placed on the top of the satellite. This technique doubles the lower-midrange radiating area of the speaker without increasing the size of the enclosure. You’ll enjoy the kind of rich, warm and life-like sound quality that you thought was only possible with big, hard to place speakers.

Easy to Place, Easy to Use

Small enough to disappear in a room but beautiful when in plain view the 800 satellites can be shelf-mounted with their unique tri-lobed base, wall-mounted using the built-in keyhole mount or optional ProMount 80 articulating pivot mounts, or stand mounted with their optional ProStand 600/800 floor stands (sold separately).

The Sound

Sonically, the ProMonitor 800 satellite is a revelation in terms of achieving incredible sound at an affordable price. Their imaging is absolutely boxless, spacious and three dimensional while delivering pinpoint specificity and localization when called for. They are velvety smooth with you-are-there presence which is hard to find at any price and unheard of in this price range. The 800 is dynamic but capable of great subtlety so it excels equally with music or movies.

Technical Specifications

  • Dimensions: 4.75 by 8.38 by 5 inches (W x H x D)
  • Frequency response: 57 Hz to 30 kHz
  • Recommended amplification: 10 to 150 watts
  • Efficiency: 89 dB
  • Driver complement: 1 x 4.5″ bass/midrange driver; 1 x 4.5″ planar low-frequency radiator; 1 x 1″ aluminum dome tweeter
  • Magnetic shielding: Yes
  • Finish: Gloss black

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