PROAC RESPONSE DT8

The price varies depending on the finish.

Standard finishes: Cherry, Black Ash, Mahogany, Walnut, White, Natural Oak – €5,265.00
Premium finishes: Ebony, Rosewood – €6,795.00

In designing its loudspeakers, ProAc places particular emphasis on the choice of materials used for the driver diaphragms, recognizing that each material possesses unique sonic properties and responds differently across the frequency spectrum. This philosophy is at the core of the Response DT8, the first two-way model from the British manufacturer to combine two different cone materials in its drivers—an innovative approach aimed at achieving a more complete and balanced musical performance.

This floorstanding speaker features two 6.5-inch woofers, each designed for a specific frequency range. The first, with a pulp mica cone, handles the low frequencies, delivering extended and deep bass response, enhanced by a bass reflex cabinet with side-firing ports. The second driver, featuring a polypropylene cone, manages the midrange, offering smooth, detailed, and color-free reproduction. Both drivers work in tandem with perfect synergy, supported by a specially designed crossover developed by Stewart Tyler to naturally integrate ProAc’s proven 1-inch soft dome tweeter, already trusted in other models of the Response series.

The tweeter is mounted in an offset position between the two woofers, a detail that contributes to the coherence of the soundstage, improving stereo imaging while preserving the unmistakable ProAc tonal signature—marked by naturalness, precision, and realism. The Response DT8 stands as the entry point in ProAc’s range of floorstanding loudspeakers and distinguishes itself through an innovative design approach that combines diverse materials to deliver a rich, balanced, and refined sound, capable of enhancing all musical genres with grace and dynamics.

Technical specifications:

• Nominal impedance: 4 ohms
• Recommended amplification: 20 to 180 watts
• Frequency response: 38 Hz to 30 kHz
• Sensitivity: 90 dB linear for 1 watt @ 1 metre
• Woofer/Midrange: 2 x 6.5" (165 mm) drivers used in tandem; one with pulp mica cone and open-weave dust cap, the other with polypropylene cone and soft polypropylene dust cap
• Tweeter: ProAc 1" (25 mm) silk dome tweeter
• Crossover: Specially designed to accommodate two different types of drivers; mounted on a glass fibre board with high-quality components, multistrand copper wiring; suitable for bi-wiring and bi-amping
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 978 x 193 x 229 mm (with spikes)
• Weight: 26 kg each (55 lbs)