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Definitive Technology ProCinema 600 Speaker System HT Labs Measures

HT Labs Measures

Definitive Technology ProCinema 600 Speaker System

Satellite Sensitivity: 84.5 dB from 500Hz to 2kHz

Center Sensitivity: 88 dB from 500Hz to 2kHz

This graph shows the quasi-anechoic (corrected for on-wall boundary gain and employing close-miking of all woofers) frequency response of the ProMonitor 600 satellites (purple trace), ProSub 600 subwoofer (blue trace), and ProCenter 600 center channel (green trace). All passive speakers were measured with grilles on at a distance of 1 meter with a 2.83-volt input and scaled for display purposes.

The ProMonitor 600's listening-window response (a five-point average of axial and ±15-degree horizontal and vertical responses) measures +3.66/–2.20 decibels from 200 hertz to 10 kilohertz. The –3dB point is at 121Hz, and the –6dB point is at 94Hz. Impedance reaches a minimum of 4.33 ohms at 326Hz and a phase angle of –32.33 degrees at 221Hz.

The ProCenter 600's listening-window response measures +4.00/–1.87 dB from 200Hz to 10kHz. An average of axial and ±15-degree horizontal responses measures +4.30/–2.02 dB from 200Hz to 10kHz. The –3dB point is at 132Hz, and the –6dB point is at 112Hz. Impedance reaches a minimum of 4.16 ohms at 326Hz and a phase angle of –32.60 degrees at 224Hz.

The ProSub 600's close-miked response, normalized to the level at 80Hz, indicates that the lower –3dB point is at 36Hz and the –6dB point is at 34Hz. The upper –3dB point is at 124Hz with the Low-Pass Filter control set to maximum.—MJP

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iggypop70's picture
Submitted by iggypop70 on August 15, 2011 - 2:26pm

nice review but the pro cinema 800 system is a little bigger and I think would be better in a medium sized room. also, these speakers came out 6 years ago, why is home theater reviewing them now?

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Submitted by Scott Wilkinson on August 15, 2011 - 5:23pm
We reviewed the DefTech ProCinema 600 system because it is currently a top-25 best seller on Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, and Crutchfield.com, and we want to see if the best selling products in various categories are worthy of that status. Unlike flat panels and Blu-ray players, speaker systems often remain in a manufacturer's line for many years. The ProCinema 800 is a best seller only on Crutchfield, which is why we chose the 600 to review.
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Submitted by jimremus on February 2, 2012 - 12:08pm

Scott, in the article you mentioned that you made manual adjustments to get the mid-bass more to your liking. I recently purchased the Definitive Technology ProCinema 800, and have found similar issues with the mid-bass of those speakers as well. What exactly did you do to correct this? Was this a matter of manually setting the speaker sizes/levels to override the Audyssey settings, or did you actually go as far as to attenuate the treble?

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