ProAc Speakers -
A Sparkling and Award Winning Performance - Available only in Light Oak at This Price.
Response DT8

NB. Enquire as to availability of Ebony and Rosewood.

What Hi-Fi? Awards 2019 winner.

These towers deliver a sparkling performance.

It’s been a few years since we last reviewed a ProAc speaker. Having spent some time with the new Response DT8 floorstanders, we wish it hadn't been so long.

5 out of 5 Stars.          By What Hi-Fi? October 08, 2018.

ProAc invests a great deal of time researching the choice of diaphragm material for their drive units, because this is the most important component, transferring cone movement into sound.
Some materials excel at certain frequencies and therefore it would be logical to use more than one type of drive unit material to cover all frequencies.
Additionally, all production parts from the chassis through to the magnet system, spider and voice coil are painstakingly selected.

The new Response DT8, incorporates these design parameters for the first time in a ProAc two-way design.
Utilising 2 x 6.5 inch drivers, the pulp mica cone unit delivers exceptional bass performance in a ported cabinet with the bass loaded via side vents and the polypropylene unit gives a smooth, detailed and uncoloured midrange.
Both drivers work in tandem resulting in a well extended low frequency response and ProAc's signature natural sounding midrange quality and pinpoint imagery.
These frequency ranges are then overlapped by a new, Stewart Tyler designed, crossover which seamlessly integrates ProAc's proven 1 inch soft dome tweeter, offset on the front baffle, and placed between the 2 drivers.

Other manufacturers frequently use the same drive unit cone material in each of the models in their range.
ProAc has taken a different approach and has previously used carbon fibre, kevlar, pulp and polypropylene.
However this is the first time we have used two different types of unit in a two-way design.