BORN WITH 60 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Since 1949 RCF has been at the forefront of the audio industry constantly innovating in technology to develop groundbreaking products for every professional audio need. Thanks to our great heritage we are one of only a few loudspeakers manufacturers worldwide who have the ability to completely design and manufacture transducers, speaker systems, amplification, cabinets and control electronics. This allows us to offer innovative projects with finite control of each detail and to create the components that perfectly match each other for every product.

The same care and attention has been used for the Mytho Series, a brand new line of reference monitors that combine the legendary quality and reliability of RCF precision transducers with the latest development in digital amplification technology and acoustic design.

A studio reference monitor is the key tool for the recording engineer to transform a live sound performance in a mix that will be played by people at their home or on their portable players. This concept was the foundation of our designing process for the Mytho speakers. In our history we had the opportunity to explore and manufacture live sound products, hi-fi products and also to introduce some notable technologycal innovations in the studio recording technology such as the integrated tweeter-mdrange system in our 1990 RCF SDC6000 studio monitors. This is why we decided to combine our state of the art active live sound systems experience with our 30 plus years of hi-fi audio heritage to create a studio monitor which represents the connection between this two worlds.

Mytho monitors features a high definition metal dome tweeter with a high excursion soft polymer surround. The diaphragm is moulded in a special aluminium/magnesium alloy with pistonic behaviour throughout the audible frequency range. In combination with the unique wave guide profile performs a perfect constant directivity dispersion also above 10kHz. The surround is designed for low resonance and excellent mechanical linearity. Voice coil windings, immersed in magnetic fluid, increase short term power handling capacity and reduce the compression at high power levels. The optimally damped cavity in the pole piece controls and slightly lowers the fundamental resonance. The chassis is precision moulded from glass fibre reinforced nylon and the front design offers optimum radiation conditions. The diaphragm is protected with a fine hexagonal metal grille.

The Mytho woofers feature a vented, large sized 51 mm voice coil. This guarantees very high energy for tight and controlled bass reproduction and perfect thermal stability with minimum power compression. Carbon fibre reinforced natural cellulose cone and high damped rubber surround produce a well behaved roll off and avoid high q resonances. A special air ventilation system that includes coil ventilation, magnet plates ventilation and basket ventilation reduce air compression, air noises and minimize distortion in large excursion situations. The magnetic circuit includes a special IIC coil and features a large neodymium disc to maximize the transducer sensitivity and optimise the transient response.

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.

TECHNOLOGY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP
In RCF, technology stands side by side with craftsmanship. Along with the most advanced production technology an impressive staff of skilled workers builds an check every component of our products in our main factory and headquarters in Italy.

TUNED ONE BY ONE
Even small differences in level or sound coloration from speaker to speaker can make very hard the work of the sound engineer. Each component of Mytho speakers is carefully tested during the production process. The assembly is accurate in every detail. The final testing comprises a special procedure where each single speaker is measured in detail and small differences in level or coloration are corrected writing a dedicated Dsp correction file in the input board memory; thanks to this calibration process each single speaker perfectly match each other.

Mytho monitors are true active speakers: two separate amplifiers power the transducers, 200 Watt power for the low frequencies and 100 Watt drive the trebles. The power transformer and power capacitors are designed and sized to guarantee the maximum fidelity of the reproduction even at very high listening levels. The power amplifiers design is a classic analogue AB circuit, unparalleled for low distortion and natural sound. A special attention has been dedicated to transient response and phase linearity. The output devices are directly connected to a solid aluminium bar and make use of the aluminium cabinet to rapidly dissipate all the generated heat offering a constant performance in every condition.

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 (115-230 V). An audio signal balanced input with combo XLR – ¼” jack socket is provided.