Definitive Technology BP7000SC SuperTower Speaker System
Group until you’ve heard it through
this system. Those BPVX/P sur-
rounds can rock!
Not everyone can afford the
new BP7000SC speakers (or the
entire system). The slightly
smaller BP7001SC, which incorpo-
rates a SuperCube I sub, is avail-
able for $1,749 each. If you can
scrape up the cash, however,
you’ll experience a rare treat:
truly refined, high-end-caliber
speakers with huevos the size of
Volkswagen Beetles, speakers
that will be equally welcome in a
symphony conductor’s home or
the wildest frat house. If Fay
Wray and King Kong had hit it
off and settled down, the
BP7000SCs would be the perfect
speakers for them. Just be careful
what you listen to, or you may find
yourself appreciating types of
music you never thought possible.
Parisian-café/Gypsy-jazz music is
more your style, you’ll be instantly
smitten with the life and energy
(and bass) that come from the
BP7000SCs with “Danse des
Esprits” and “Attraction” from
Paris Combo’s Attractiondisc.
If you’re into pre-Enya Celtic
music, the sense of space and
honest fidelity you’ll hear on
“Figal’s Mach/Halting March”
from Ensemble Galilei’s Music
in the Great Hall is especially
breathtaking.
Not wanting to leave me want-
ing when it came to home theater,
Definitive Technology sent along
their best center channel, the
C/L/R 3000, a direct-radiating
speaker that includes its own pow-
ered subwoofer. They also sent a
pair of their best bipolar surround
speakers, the BPVX/Ps, which
(wouldn’t you know) also include
powered woofers, to create dra-
matic accompaniment for the
BP7000SCs. Since I’d already given
the main speakers a workout with
two-channel music, I was prepared
for the excellent way the system
handled the soft interplay between
music and Foley sound throughout
the beginning of The Red Violin. I
was totally unprepared, however,
for the frightfully powerful blasts
that came during U-571’s depth
charges. I don’t know of any other
speakers—without help from an
external subwoofer—that can
generate that kind of explosive
bellicosity. Likewise, the center
channel’s extra sonic reach, cour-
tesy of that powered subwoofer,
made the opening narration of The
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring sound authentically
rich and deep, while the
BP7000SCs’ subs made sure that
the sense of foreboding was
omnipresent.
Multichannel music may have
been the most enchanting, espe-
cially Standing in the Shadows of
Motown. It’s a disc that lets all of
the system’s qualities shine—the
high energy, the excitement, the
bass, and the pinpoint accuracy—
especially on tracks like “Heard
It Through the Grapevine” and
“Brokenhearted.” And you haven’t
heard “PVC IV” from Blue Man
HIGH-PERFORMANCE THEATER
“Those BPVX/P
surrounds can
rock!”
11433 Cronridge Dr. • Owings Mills, MD 21117 • (410)363-7148
Excerpted from the October 2003 issue of HOME THEATER.
“You’ll experience
a rare treat: truly
refined high-end
caliber speakers
with huevos the
size of Volkswagen
Beetles”
“The sense of
space and honest
fidelity you’ll hear
... is especially
breathtaking”
“The system’s
qualities shine-
the high energy,
the excitement,
the bass and the
pinpoint accuracy”
“Will make the
screws in your
sheetrock
come out”
For information and dealers
www.definitivetech.com
BP7000SC Super Tower Speaker $2,499
C/L/R 3000 Center-Channel Speaker $999
BPVX/P Surround Speaker
in gloss black or cherry $749
in white $699
Definitive Technology
(410) 363-7148
www.definitivetech.com