RCF Mytho8 Active DSP Monitoring System

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RCF Mytho8 Active DSP Monitoring System

MYTHO 8 is a two-way reference studio monitor equipped with two separate AB amplifiers - 200 W for the low frequencies and 100 W for the high - unparalleled for low distortion and natural sound. It features a high quality large metal dome tweeter for the best vocal reproduction and a 8” neodymium vented woofer with a large sized 51 mm voice coil that guarantees very high energy for tight and controlled bass reproduction and perfect thermal stability with minimum power compression.

The magnetic circuit features a special air ventilation to reduce air compression, air noises and minimize distortion in large excursion situations. Thanks to the deeper low frequencies reproduced by its 8” woofer, the MYTHO 8 is perfect for medium to large control rooms.
A dedicated high quality DSP is provided on board. The cabinet is made in aluminium, internally braced and reinforced to improve low frequencies behaviour and reduce resonances.

FEATURES

• True active 200 W + 100 W class AB design
• Dedicated DSP processing
• Fully featured input board
• 8" neodymium ICC vented woofer
• 1" aluminum dome tweeter
• Constant directivity wave-guide
• Die cast aluminum cabinet
• Reflection free cabinet design
• Low distortion reflex port

ACOUSTICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Frequency Response -3 dB:35 Hz ÷ 20 kHz
• Max SPL:116 dB
• Horizontal coverage angle:110°
• Vertical coverage angle:70°
• Compression Driver:1" neo, metal dome
• Woofer:8" neo, ICC technology

INPUT/OUTPUT SECTION

• Input connectors:combo XLR/Jack
• Input sensitivity:-6/+6 dBu

PROCESSOR SECTION

• Crossover frequencies:1800 Hz
• Protections:thermal, excurs., rms
• Limiter:soft limiter
• Controls:bass tilt, roll-off, treeble tilt, desktop, DSP controlled

AMPLIFIER SPECIFICATIONS

• Total power:300 W
• High frequencies:100 W
• Low frequencies:200 W
• Cooling:convection
• Connections:vde

CABINET

• Cabinet Material:die cast aluminum
• Hardware:orientation adjustable stand

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Height:430/17 mm/inch
• Width:310/12.2 mm/inch
• Depth:300/11.8 mm/inch
• Net Weight:16.150/35.60 kg/lbs

APPLICATIONS

• Professional recording studios
• Project studios
• Audio/video production facilities
• Home Recording
• Hi-End home music reproduction
• Mid-Large size control rooms

ICC TECHNOLOGY

The Mytho woofers feature a unique “Impedance Control Coil” technology.
A secondary coil wound on the speaker yoke and driven in opposite phase to the primary coil has the function of cancelling the primary coil inductance, increasing the speaker sensitivity and reducing the speaker distortion.
A primary effect of this technology is the improvement of the temporal behaviour of the speaker, improving the crossover transition from the woofer to the tweeter and resulting in incredible midrange accuracy and perfect phase linearity.

DSP PROCESSING
Ultra low noise operational amplifiers and a dedicated analogue-digital converter take care of signal input amplification and translation in the digital domain.
The signal processing is executed from a dedicated high quality DSP. The numerical choice guarantees fine crossover tuning and accurate multipoint two way equalization independent from temperature and component tolerances. Soft signal clipping and transducers protections are integrated in the DSP processing.

A special algorithm runs in RCF during the final speaker testing to calibrate the speaker sensitivity and cancel even the smallest difference from the ideal curve response.

INPUT BOARD
The input interface on the rear panel offer a complete group of setting to get the maximum performance from Mytho monitors in every conditions. The rear panel is equipped with input with protecting fuse for the power cable, a main power switch and a voltage selector (115-230V). An audio signal balanced input with combo XLR - ¼" jack socket is provided.
Input Board Function

INPUT SENSITIVITY CONTROL
The input sensitivity can be adjusted through this control from -6 dBu to +6 dBu. By turning it clockwise the input sensitivity is increased. The central (0 dBu) and the 2 extreme positions of the control (+6 dBu, -6 dBu), are dented.

DIP-SWITCH SETTINGS

BASS TILT (A, B DIP-SWITCHES)
This setting is a low-shelf shaping filter that reduces frequencies below 500 Hz by the selected amount (OFF, -1dB, -2dB, -4dB). This filter helps to correct the progressive increase of mid-low and low frequencies due to resonances in small rooms.The amount of correction will depend on the size and shape of the room (a bigger correction for smaller and regular shaped rooms). A large room shall require no correction.

BASS ROLL-OFF (C,D DIP-SWITCHES)
This filter that reduces the very low frequencies. If the switch is set in OFF position the filtering is bypassed.
In the - 3 dB or - 6 dB position the low-shelf filter reduces frequencies below 80 Hz by the selected amount. The low frequency attenuation is necessary when loudspeakers are placed near the room walls or corners. The amount will depend on the specific situation (in general -3 dB for wall placement and -6dB in case of corner placement). The 80 Hz High Pass filter apply to the input a Butterworth high-pass filter with cut-off frequency at 80 Hz. This filter will be used for vocal monitoring purposes or when the Mytho monitors are used in combination with a subwoofer.

WOOFER (E DIP-SWITCH)
It turns on/off the low frequency amplifier. This switch must be kept on and set to MUTE for testing purpose only.

POWER LED (F DIP-SWITCH)
This switch in low position turns off the LEDs around the RCF logo in front of the speaker. This option can be required when the positioning of the Mytho Monitor is close to video sources or in residential applications.

TWEETER (H DIP-SWITCH)
This switch in low position mute the high frequency amplifier. This option will help evaluating the proper working condition of the bass channel. This switch must be kept on and set to MUTE for testing purposes only.

TREBLE TILE (I, J DIP-SWITCH)
This setting is a high-shelf shaping filter that increase or reduce frequencies above 6 kHz by a selected amount.
A room can be very dull or very bright depending on wall materials. This filter help to correct the behaviour in the high frequencies for a specific room. For a normal room no correction shall be applied (0 dB position). For a dull room the treble tilt filter shall be set at +1 dB. The filter shall be set at -1 dB or -2 dB for a bright or very bright room.

EQUALISATION (K DIP-SWITCH)
The woofer emission is omni directional for very low and mid-low frequencies but tend to be more directive for mid frequencies. When the room is small the amount of reflections from the walls is bigger for the very low and mid-low frequencies that will tend to be to be predominant compared to mid frequencies in case of same axial emission.
When this switch is set to LINEAR POWER response a dedicated filter compensates this lack of mid frequencies from the woofer channel. In medium to large rooms, where the wall reflections tend to be negligible, this switch must be set in the LINEAR FREQUENCY response.

DESKTOP CONTROL (L DIP-SWITCH)
This control reduces the emission in the frequency range (centred in the 150 Hz octave) that is usually boosted when studio monitors are directly placed on a reflective surface (e.g. the mixing desk, a table, etc.).
If Mytho Monitors are placed in this positions set this switch ON to obtain a linear listening.