Speaker Certification Completes Imax Enhanced Ecosystem, Says Sound United

Sound United said Tuesday that speakers in its Definitive Technology and Polk Audio lines have been Imax-Enhanced-certified. Definitive’s Demand D17, D15 and D5c and the Polk Audio Legend L800, L600 and L400 speakers are the first home theater speakers to receive the Imax certification, the company emailed. Sound United’s intent in joining the certification program was “to reproduce the signature IMAX sound without compromise,” said Matt Lyons, Polk vice president-engineering. “IMAX defined a specific set of frequency ranges to be used for testing, which we then ultimately measured against speaker performance.” The company’s Denon and Marantz brands previously received Imax Enhanced certification for select AV receivers. Imax and DTS worked with Hollywood sound mixers and consulted with industry experts, including engineering teams at Polk Audio and Definitive Technology, to design the loudspeaker certification process, Sound United said. The speaker certification "completes the ecosystem of IMAX Enhanced products including content, devices and loudspeakers, all calibrated to offer the level of performance IMAX demands,” Lyons said. The company didn’t say whether speakers from Bowers & Wilkins, which Sound United acquired last month (see 2010160060), would be submitted for Imax Enhanced certification.