STEREO LOUDSPEAKERS DEFINITIVE TECHNOLOGY DEMAND D9
Definitive Technology has had a few specialties in its time. It was very early into sound bars, though not as we know them now, instead delivering high-level multichannel sound that required a full multichannel receiver to drive them. It maintained an excellent multiroom range in the W Series, recipient of Sound+Image awards. But it is best known for its high-level black tower speakers (also multiple award-winners), and these are equally notable for their inclusion of bass radiators and active drivers in their lower portions, adding to the normal drivers driven by your amplifier power.
MUSIC ON DEMAND
One thing Def Tech really hasn’t been known for is standmount and bookshelf loudspeaker designs — until now, and the new Demand series. “DEMAND. MORE.” is the company’s provocative motto for this new series, which is currently three-strong, with the D9 model reviewed here in the middle of the trio.
Below this D9 is the D7, a relatively conventional standmount configuration with a 25mm aluminium-dome tweeter and 114mm (4.5-inch) polypropylene mid/woofer in each cabinet. But things get more interesting with our D9. It has the same tweeter, and
