Heco Mythos Center 1

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Heco
• Model: Mythos Center 1
• Years of manufacture: ca. 1998-2002
• Made in: Germany
• Color: Body: black (foil), side panels: black (lacquer), beech, cherry (Funier)
• Dimensions: 510 x 185 x 355 mm (W x H x D)
• Weight: approx. 8 kg
• Original price approx.: 250 € RRP

Technical Data

• Type: 2 ways; bass reflex
• Chassis:
  • Low-midrange speaker: 2x13 cm cone driver

Tweeter: silk dome tweeter

• Power handling (nominal/music db.): 100/160 W
• Efficiency:
• Frequency response:
• Transition Ranges:
  • 3500 Hz transition bass-midrange/tweeter.
• Impedance: 4 Ohm

Special Features

• gold-plated cable terminal

Remarks

There are rumours that later discount models should be of simpler construction. Recognition signs should be a tweeter taken from the lower series Odeon and the surround bipoles (silk black instead of gray, no felt ring) and a simpler speaker terminal. This brought the solidly constructed original model into disrepute due to bad sound experiences with the later model.

Whether this is really the case was never officially clarified and is to be considered a rumor!

Other models in the series

• Heco Mythos 300
• Heco Mythos 500
• Heco Mythos 700
• Heco Mythos Surround
• [[Heco Mythos Sub
• [[Heco Mythos Sub 2

The rumour is true! The tweeter in my Mythos Center 1 is from the Odeon series, and the speaker terminal is different(compared to pictures from an old "home theater" review). I own a complete Mythos set: (2x) Mythos 500, Mythos Center 1, (2x) Mythos 300. The three models all have different tweeters:

Mythos Center 1 :no felt ring, DOME = not translucent, deep black, slightly flatter dome (Odeon series). Mythos 500 :with felt ring, DOME = not translucent, dark grey Mythos 300 :with felt ring, DOME = slightly translucent, grey

The set sounds tonally not very well matched. The centre speaker sounds worst in combination with the other two models. The centre also leaves a lot to be desired in terms of speech intelligibility. It was then a BILLIG new purchase, the whole set for under 700, - euros. I am satisfied with the price / performance ratio, however.

Pictures