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
“perfectly propor-
tioned ... built to
appease the gods
of great sound and
stylish décor”
BY DARRYL WILKINSON
from the
test bench
Definitive Technology Mythos Four
Speaker System
“They will eat for lunch just about any other system in the price range”
