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Rafe,
I work on those speakers, as my company is a dealer for Definitive Technology. The SuperCube reference is quite impressive, and by far the best sounding of the SuperCubes, even at lower volumes. But it will shake the plaster (or anything else) off your walls quite efficiently if you really crank it up. Naturally, it also has the best low frequency extension, and it's down to about 15 Hz. I really don't have anything bad to say about it, performance wise, except at extreme volumes, at which few people would listen except car audio SPL freaks, it can get a significant amount of distortion in the output. But I am talking with sine wave sweeps, you would almost never hear this with music or movies. But there are subwoofers out there with servos (accelerometer) inside the voice coil to reduce distortion, and that works tremendously well. They are typically more expensive. My favorite subwoofer right now (that we sell that is) would be the Martin Logan Descent, but it's another grand. I am personally not a fan of the cube styling, but it is slightly more elegant than a simple painted MDF box, I admit.
As for the Mythos series, I don't believe I have heard those particular models. I have heard the Mythos 1 and 2 and 6 I believe, though not often. As far as I know all the Mythos line have similar sonic character (and for that matter so do most of Definitive's satellite speakers). If you are getting these for the stylish aluminum cabinets, that's certainly a valid choice, and they are very nice looking. But on sound quality alone, I feel there are better options out there. I much prefer the sound of M & K satellite speakers, and even Boston Acoustics most of the time. With speakers, it really is tough to make a recommendation, because each person's ears are different, and each person's preferences for what they want their speaker to do (or not do) are different as well. So it all comes down to listening to a number of speakers with material that you know and will use, and picking the ones that sound best to you.
A few notes on warranty and customer service. Definitive is great in this regard, with a three year warranty on their amplifier sections (and they are often lenient in this and cover things well beyond the expiration date). Their customer service is a pleasure to deal with, as is their tech support. The passive components of their speakers such as woofers, tweeters, midranges, crossovers, etc, have a five year warranty (this is actually typical of most speakers though). M & K goes the extra mile and gives five years on the amplifier and 10 years on the passive components, and they can sometimes be even more lenient at covering repairs technically out of warranty. They are just as nice to deal with. All that said, I have had a huge number of speakers and have yet to fry any part of one. Though, I do build them myself, and tend to use parts which can withstand a bit more power and abuse compared to what you find in most mid-priced commercial speakers.
Hope this was somewhat helpful! Wish I could be more specific on the Mythos line.
Aaron Gilbert
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