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Definitive Technology's BP2000TL
Speaker
System
"Startlingly real...this is
the most coherent and
well integrated system
I've heard yet...
I simply can't recommend
it highly enough!"
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H A N E U E T T N E R
Bipolar "Powered
Towers"
Bipolar speakers are the signature design of
Definitive Technology speakers. Bipolar
speakers place identical sets of drivers on the
front and rear of the speaker enclosure that
fire in phase with one another. If the disper-
sion pattern of a typical monopole loudspeak-
er can be thought of as a narrow flashlight
beam emanating from the front of the speak-
er, bipolar designs create something of a spher-
ical dispersion pattern similar to a figure 8, with
the speaker being the center of the 8. The result is
a very wide and spacious sonic image, with great-
ly improved off-axis listening.
"This Definitive Technology
system is the rare system that
is an absolute killer for home
theater, and yet is refined and even
suave for music reproduction."
For the last few years, Definitive Technology
has also been a leader of what's become a
prevalent trend in loudspeaker design, the
so-called "powered tower." As the tag line
implies, this means large tower speakers with
powered subwoofers built into the cabinet of
each speaker.
There are many advantages to such a
design, and not just the monstrous bass out-
put that home theatre fanatics crave.
Economically, the user gets more for his/her
money, especially with speakers as reason-
ably priced as Definitives (a steal in my opin-
ion, more on that later) in that you don't have
to shell out the additional money for a sub-
woofer, because, hey, you already have two:
one in each main speaker! Additionally, the
powered subwoofers in the main speakers
reduce the load on the amplifier(s) that drive
the speakers, as they aren't required to bear
the burden of producing low bass. This makes
even the larger models like the bipolar towers
very efficient, and easy to drive. Having two
subwoofers integrated into the main speakers
also works wonders for achieving uniform
bass response in your room, eliminating the
"...an impressive air of build
quality and good looks...
terrific image focus...
wide, spacious soundstage...
the BP2000TL sounded terrific!"
difficulty that can be associated with place-
ment of a single subwoofer. The phase prob-
lems caused by having your main speakers
and your subwoofer in different physical loca-
tions (the sound waves will reach your ears at
different times) are also minimized or eliminat-
ed by having the subs in the cabinets of the
main speakers.
Definitive Technology
BP 2000TL Speaker
System
The system that Definitive Technology sent
over for review is built around the BP2000TL,
$3,000 per pair, bipolared powered towers
with an on-board 15-inch 500 watt powered
subwoofer in each tall (50-inches H), narrow
(9-inches W) cabinet. In addition to the sub,
each speaker employs an array of two 6.5-
inch cast basket bass/midrange drivers flank-
ing a 1-inch aluminum dome tweeter in a
D'Appolito configuration.This array is mirrored
on the front and rear of the cabinet making
for a total of seven drivers per speaker.
Sensitivity is rated at 92dB, while frequency
response is rated at a phenomenal 15Hz–30kHz.
"...Bipolar speakers are amazing...
if you haven't heard them,
you need to..."
Pulling center channel duty in the Definitive
system is the C/L/R 3000, priced at $1,000.
The C/L/R 3000 is a direct radiating center
channel speaker that features a built-in pow-
ered subwoofer, this time a 10-incher powered
by a 150-watt RMS amplifier. The C/L/R 3000
sports a vented design with a slot-tuned port
that's tuned below 20Hz. This speaker fea-
tures the same pair of 6.5-inch cast basket