text: Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 Single compact satellite speaker (Black) Zoom Front - Black Back - Black Grille off - Black Left - Black Size comparison - Black Photos Videos Item #: 735PMON1KB Review Summary 31 people say Low Stock $219.00 Was: -$21.90 : Outlet Savings Free Crutchfield lifetime tech support Free Shipping Open Box Price Loading... $197.10 each Add to cart + Add to wishlist Email me alerts for this product $219.00 New Stock Buy this item and earn up to 198 Rewards points See more offers and ways to save Special Financing Available x By buying this product you'll earn up to 198 Rewards points. When you sign up for a Crutchfield account, you'll be enrolled in Crutchfield Rewards. You'll earn one point for every dollar you spend on gear from us. You can turn your points into Rewards Cards that you can use toward future purchases. You can sign up for an account now, or after you complete your purchase (you'll get credit for the points either way). Sign up for a Crutchfield account Overview Details Customer Reviews Q&A Articles & Videos Accessories Our take on the Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 by Kristen Schaub Why choose bookshelf speakers? Bookshelf speakers may be small in size, but they can deliver surprisingly big sound. Some ultra-compact models even fit on a desktop. Most are right at home in tight spaces like shelves, so they're usually good choices for your home theater's rear channels. For the best performance, try placing bookshelf speakers on solid speaker stands to help the sound really "open up." If you want full bass impact, add a powered subwoofer and enjoy punchy sound that's as deeply satisfying as that of floor-standing speakers. Excellent sonic accuracy from this compact, versatile speaker The ProMonitor 1000 is the top-of-line satellite speaker in Definitive's ProCinema series. This versatile, easy-to-place speaker delivers spacious imaging and a smooth, lively sonic character that's equally enjoyable for music and home theater. The sound will surprise you, but it shouldn't — the ProMonitor 1000 uses many of the same technologies as Definitive's larger, more expensive speakers. High-tech driver design for warm, rich sound The 5-1/4" midrange gets a big performance boost from the mid/bass radiator mounted in the top of the cabinet. This clever design doubles the lower-midrange radiating area without increasing the size of the enclosure, and helps provide rich, lifelike sound. A 1" pure aluminum dome tweeter produces extended highs that reveal nuance and subtle detail without a trace of edginess. Compact, easy-to-place speaker You can place the ProMonitor 1000 on a shelf using the integrated tri-lobed base, or mount it on your wall and out of your way using the rear-panel keyhole slot. This speaker is voice-matched with Definitive's complete ProCinema series, and can be paired with any ProCinema center or subwoofer. To create a high-performance ProCinema 1000 system, combine four ProMonitor 1000 satellites with Definitive's ProCenter 1000 and ProSub 1000. Got wire? Most speakers don't include any. Learn about choosing and installing speaker wire at the Crutchfield Learning Center. Shop our selection of speaker wire. Did you know? Your new speakers will probably sound better after several weeks of use than they do right out of the box. That's because the material surrounding the woofers will loosen up, allowing the drivers to move more fully. Definitive Technology estimates a break-in period of 24 to 48 hours of playback before the speakers will deliver optimum sound quality. For more information and helpful tips, check out this article from Definitive's website about conditioning your speakers. See more info on this item Highlights:frequency response 47-30,000 Hzsensitivity 91 dB8-ohm impedancehandles up to 200 watts1" pure aluminum dome tweeter5-1/4" BDSS bass/midrange driver pressure-coupled to a 5-1/4" bass radiator5-way binding postsnon-resonant PolyStone cabinetmagnetically shielded for safe placement next to older tube TVsgloss black finishkeyhole slot and integrated tripod base6-1/4"W x 10-13/16"H x 6-1/2"Dwarranty: 5 yearsOur 60-day money-back guarantee Hands-on research from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) Features and specs chart | What's in the box? | In-depth notes Features and Specs Enclosure Passive Radiator Video Shielded Yes Tweeter Type Dome Tweeter Size (inches) 1 Midrange Size (inches) N/A Woofer Size (inches) 5.25 Woofer Composition Polymer Woofer Surround Rubber Power Range 10-200 Sensitivity 91 dB Impedance (Ohms) 8 Frequency Response 47-30k Hz Connector Type 5-way post Bi-amp Inputs No Height (inches) 10-13/16 Width (inches) 6-1/4 Depth (inches) 6-1/2 Weight (pounds) 7 Mounting Bracket Included Keyhole Recommended Stand Height (inches) 28-31 Parts Warranty 5 Years Labor Warranty 5 Years Product Research What's in the box? Download owner's manual Black satellite speaker Removable cloth grille (installed) Removable pedestal foot (installed) Plastic insert tab Owner's Manual Online Product Registration card Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team — they open the box, verify contents, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Overview: The Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 loudspeaker utilizes state-of-the-art components (BDSS driver coupled with a pressure-driven planar low-frequency radiator, a pure aluminum dome tweeter, a uniphase crossover network, and a non-resonant PolyStone cabinet with low diffraction construction) in order to achieve the most lifelike sound possible in your listening room. The ProMonitor 1000 loudspeaker may be used in a 2.0-channel system as a full-range driver, in a 2.1-channel system as a satellite speaker with a powered subwoofer, or as a satellite speaker in multichannel system. Driver Technology Enclosure Design Connections Mounting Options Driver Technology Pressure Coupled Radiator Design: The ProMonitor satellite provides clear, high-definition sound by pressure-coupling Definitive's exclusive BDSS technology driver to an equal-sized mid/bass radiator cleverly placed on the top of the satellite. This technique doubles the lower-midrange radiating area of the speaker without increasing the size of the enclosure. The result is a warm and life-like sound. BDSS Technology: Definitive Technology's Balanced Double Surround System (BDSS) drivers offers a wide-bandwidth accurate frequency response, broad dispersion, low distortion, and detail retrieval; so you hear more the music with greater accuracy and enjoyment. BDSS drivers incorporate the following design features. Balanced Double Surrounds: The speaker's balanced double surrounds support the cone at two points to provide better mechanical stability for longer, more linear excursion, and improved damping to suppress parasitic cone resonance. Mineral-Filled Polymer Cone: The ProMonitor features a deeply drawn mineral-filled polymer cone engineered using sophisticated 3D modeling techniques for wide range performance. Waveguide: The cone's integrated waveguide smoothes off-axis response for broad, even dispersion and better imaging. High Temperature Voice Coil: The driver's high temperature, oversized, lightweight vented voice coil offers improved power handling and quick transient response. The Lengthened voice coil also offers increased linearity and lower distortion. Magnet Structure: The driver's magnetic system is optimized by finite element analysis to maximize magnetic flux in the gap for high efficiency and linear excursion. Die-Cast Alloy Basket: The die-cast alloy basket minimizes ringing and vibration while the open area minimizes back wave reflection. Drivers: The Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 features a 5-1/4" BDSS driver coupled to a 5-1/4" pressure-driven planar low-frequency radiator, and a 1" pure aluminum dome tweeter. Break-In Period: The ProMonitor 1000 loudspeakers will sound good right out of the box; however, an extended break-in period of 20-40 hours or more of playing is required to reach full performance capability. The break-in period allows the suspensions to work in and results in full bass, a more open midrange, and smoother high frequency reproduction. Enclosure Design Non-Resonant PolyStone Cabinet: The Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 uses a non-resonant PolyStone cabinet with low diffraction construction. The speaker cabinet is available in a high-gloss black or white finish. The speaker's cabinet feature a removable cloth grille. Connections Binding Posts: The ProMonitor 1000 is equipped with a pair of gold-plated, 5-way binding posts to attach your receiver's speaker wire. Mounting Options Mounting: The Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 loudspeakers may be placed on a stand or shelf, or mounted on the wall or ceiling. The ProMonitor 1000 features a pedestal foot which allows it to fit securely and safe on a stand or shelf. The attached pedestal foot can be removed to mount the speaker to Definitive Technology's matching speaker stand (ProStand, sold separately) or to wall-mount the speaker. The ProMonitor 1000 can also be wall-mounted using the rear-panel keyhole slot. In addition, there is a 1/4"-20 threaded insert on the back of the speaker so you can use an optional articulating bracket (sold separately) to hang the speaker on a wall or ceiling. Note: There is a insert plug included which covers the hole in the bottom of the speaker which you will see after you remove the pedestal foot when wall-mounting the speaker. Placement: When used as front speakers, the ProMonitor 1000s should usually be placed 6 to 8 feet apart and kept away from the side walls and corners. When used as rear speakers, take care never to locate the speakers forward of the listeners. The ProMonitor 1000s may be angled in towards the listening position or left parallel with the rear wall according to your personal listening taste. Normally, angling the speakers in so that they point directly at the listeners will result in more detail and greater clarity. Review this product Submit a review and then enter to win a $500 rewards card Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 Reviews Average Customer Review: 31 people say: Review this product: Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences about this product. 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Submit the URL of your YouTube™ video review or product demonstration. e.g., "http://www.youtube.com/v/o79TWHh598U" 500 characters left Pros 500 characters left Cons * Agree to Terms By checking this box you agree your review becomes the property of Crutchfield, that you are over 18 years of age, that you own or have owned this product, and that you are located within the United States or its territories. Please see our Review Guidelines for more information. We reserve the right (but are not obligated to) review all submissions and edit or remove any review in any manner which we deem necessary. Your review should be posted within seven days. Filter by rating: 5 Star: (0) 4 Star: (0) 3 Star: (0) 2 Star: (0) 1 Star: (0) 5 out of 5 Excellent sound Written By clarehills, San Diego CA on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) The sound from these speakers is crisp and clear. I mounted 4 in my living room as part of a surround sound system and am very pleased with the sound. They are pretty heavy which give the impression of a quality product. So far so good. Pros: Excellent sound, look really good Cons: Nothing so far Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Full range sound Written By Arnold, Midlothian, VA on Sunday, September 21, 2014 Really pretty but the sound is exceptionally good. Pros: Fairly small for such big sound. Cons: Always like less expensive but these are really good sounding. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 2 out of 5 Very Disappointed Written By ejd1, 13601 on Wednesday, April 09, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) All noisy midrange sound. When you turn them up they get even noisier. No mid-bass. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Great sound. Written By HumboldtRick, Eureka, CA on Wednesday, April 02, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I got the ProCinema 1000 system and it sounds really good. I just got the system set up, and they sound pretty good already. I'm running a Pioneer SC-1222-K digital amp (120W per channel @ 8 ohms). There's a lot to learn with this system, and there's still some adjusting to do, but I'm really satisfied with the sonic reproduction so far. For the record, I've been completely hooked on the sound of my Denon PMA-777 and KEF 104/2 with Kube for 30 years and have never found anything that sounds as sweet, and that includes this system. That being said, this is one of the best sounding 5.1 speaker systems I've heard. Pros: Sound great Look good Cons: Inset wire posts make it hard to use bare wires, banana plugs are a must Shiny black finish collects dust (OK, that's more because I live in a rural setting, and everything's dusty!) 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Thrilled with ProCinema Written By JC, Philadelphia, PA on Monday, March 17, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I am very pleased with the Definitive Technology speakers. The sounds quality is crisp. The speakers are very easy to install. I am using them with a 7.2 surround sound home theater system. The speakers are great for playing both movies and music. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 3 out of 5 Too Bass-Heavy for Me Written By ogret, Idaho on Saturday, March 08, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) There is no question these are quality speakers--they provide a clean, distortion-free presentation. They are incredibly bass-rich. Speakers more than any component are a matter of personal preference, and my impression of this speaker (and the 2000 center channel) is they would be ideal for a very large room and for movie watchers who most want immersive, foundation-moving bass effects. For me, dialogue and musical highs were way too buried in a sea of bass to be satisfying. I even preferred the 800s, but ultimately went for the more balanced Klipsch Reference speakers. Pros: Lots of clean bass. Cons: Way too much bass. 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Great sound Written By Anonymous, West Chester, OH on Saturday, February 01, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) These speakers replaced my Polk RTi6 speakers which I have had for quite a while, but wanted to replace with something with a smaller footprint. After doing some research I finally settled on a pair of the ProMonitor 1000's and I have been very happy with the sound. I have since added a pair of the ProMonitor 800's for my rear speakers and a ProCenter 2000. Overall I am very impressed with the sound quality of the Definitive Technology speakers and feel the sound quality is an improvement over my previous speakers. As usual Crutchfield service is top notch. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Good quality Written By Geronimo, New York on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I love how its sounds. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Definitive Technology Pro Monitor 1000 Written By Rick H, Apollo Beach,Fl on Thursday, December 12, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) These speakers can compete with much larger, pricier speakers. My "man cave" is a fairly small area and I'm using a 100 watt Yamaha receiver to power them. You just need to plan to purchase a subwoofer with these speakers. I also bought an inexpensive Polk sub a few days later and it made a huge difference. So, for the total, I've got some great sound and I really dont think my ears could have heard a difference if I had paid over $1000. Pros: great sound from a small package Cons: ya gotta buy a sub,trust me, but the most basic Polk sub will do the trick Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 awesome Written By Brad, Wisconsin on Monday, November 18, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Well balanced with very big sound Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Wall Mount speakers Written By Bob, New Hampshire on Thursday, October 31, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Very nice sound for a relatively small speaker. Fits nicely into corners. Pros: good sound good bass for small speaker sounds good at low and high volume Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Really Great Speakers Written By killerjimbo, Reading, Pa. on Thursday, September 26, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I'm one of those guys who is hard to satisfy. I try many different products until I am satisfied that I have found the very best that my budget will buy. Well, after trying probably seven different sound bars including a $2000 job I decided to go back to a receiver and separate speakers. This is the third set of separates I am trying and these will be my last. My previous set was the Polk Blackstone TL3's and they were very good. Nothing bad at all to say about them but I thought I could do better. These Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000's along with the ProCenter 1000, I believe are the best that I could get for the money and much more. The size is perfect for my set-up. For my ears these speakers WOW me whether it's music, movies or TV. I am so pleased and happy that I gave these speakers a try. Pros: Great all around sound, voice/dialog clarity. Cons: None 3 out of 3 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 Yes and No Written By HenryS, Rancho Santa Margarita CA on Monday, September 09, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I purchased these speakers for use with my computer and not for surround sound.. I hate to say it but these speakers are terrible and I knew they would be without a sub, so I use a sub and now there pretty good. My computer is powered by a H/K receiver of 80 watts rms and a Fiio E7 dac. The music is Apple lossless files. I probably would buy these again, they look great and are very well built.but if you are not going to use a sub keep looking. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Nice product Written By Scott, Cypress Texas on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Got 2 up on the wall and so far so good. Have good sound for their size.Matched with 2 800s, a 2000 Center and 6000 sub. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 great litle speaker Written By nonoise, Texas on Friday, July 12, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Very nice small speakers. Big sound and still fit on a small shelf. Pros: Great sound Cons: none Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Perfect Fronts Written By MichaelB, Pleasant View, UT on Thursday, May 02, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) These are perfect for wall-mounted fronts for my 7.2 home theater. Paired them with 800s for the satellites, and the 1000 sub and center. Very satisfied. Pros: size, construction, look, packaging, sound, keyhole Cons: none 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 Written By Anonymous, Louisiana on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Clean sound Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Great upgrade Written By Mike, Houston, Tx on Friday, April 12, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I bought 4 PM 1000's, a PC 2000, and a SC 4000 to upgrade from an Onkyo box theater system. I was a little hesitant to spend the money but I am glad I did, there is no comparison this is the best speaker set up I have ever owned. Before I purchased I contacted both Def Tech and Crutchfield with a few questions I had and the customer service I received was excellent. I am now a Def Tech and Crutchfield enthusiast and would recommend this set up to anyone looking for a great value for what you get. Pros: Sleak, small design allows for mounting on wall or ceiling. I have 2 on the wall and 2 on the ceiling. Crisp, clear, warm sound. Even being pushed hard they maintain great quality sound. Great value (even though I thought the cost was a little much, after setup it was without a doubt worth every penny) Customer Service from Def Tech and Crutchfield, 10 out of 10. Cons: Have not found any yet. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Very good Written By wsrb, Kennesaw, GA on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Very satisfied with these speakers. Crutchfield was timely as usual and the sound quality is good. Using them as from left and right speakers with a ProCenter 1000 center speaker. Pros: Nice design and great sound for a small case. 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 DefTech 1000s Written By Chad, Saint Joseph, IL on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Really great small speakers, look as goo a they sound. I have a denon avr1912 and it pushes them very well with no distortion. Never had a speaker and receiver that was too loud, this is! Not as big of bass output as a big box bookshelf but enough to sound realistic. Really like them a lot. 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Expensive, and worth every penny. Written By Interstitialist, Orange County, California on Friday, December 14, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) These ProMonitor 1000 speakers are spectacular performers. Especially when you consider they're small enough to serve as computer speakers. I don't have a room-sized stereo system anymore, so I wanted to create a near-audiophile set of computer speakers. These are the speakers I ended up with, and I could not be more pleased. For the record, here's my setup. 1. A NuForce Icon uDAC2 Digital Audio Converter. 2. A Qinpu A-3 stereo amplifier. 3. This pair of Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 Bookshelf Speakers. This makes for a pricy computer speaker system, but the sound is spectacular. And if you want to push the envelope, I recommend the miniAmbio ambiophonic processor. If this topic is new to you, start by Googling "ambiophonics." PS - One of these speakers failed mechanically (the diaphragm started flapping) a few weeks after I received it and Crutchfield replaced it immediately. We do love doing business with Crutchfield. Pros: Amazing sound quality. Small enough to use on the desk as computer speakers. Bass better than one could hope for in speakers this small. (Despite what some other reviewer said, I can't imagine needing a sub woofer with these.) Cons: None 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 Written By STEVIE S, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS on Saturday, July 21, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I LISTEN TO VERY LOUD ROCK AND ROLL AND THESE SPEAKERS ARE STILL VERY CLEAR AT LOUD LISTENING LEVELS Pros: VERY NICE FINISH Cons: NONE 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 Written By ddm, Peabody, Ma on Saturday, March 10, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Purchased as part of the Pro-Cinema 1000 speaker set. Great sound! Rocks the room and house. The walls rumble especially in the Pearl Harbor plane scenes. Pros: Quality, sound, appearance. Cons: costs Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Outstanding Written By Mike T, Richmond, Va on Thursday, December 29, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I first purchased the Pro Monitor 1000 sub and, seeing as how they are a matching set, I decided to try these as well. The difference was amazing. My old setup worked good for movies, or so I thought, even though music sounded lacking. What a difference these speakers made! For a set of bookshelfs, they do a great job on sound imagining and I'm looking forward to getting reacquainted with my music. Pros: Sound quality Cons: Cost 5 out of 5 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Impressive Written By ChuckM, Biloxi, MS on Friday, June 17, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I purchased these speakers as part of the ProCinema 1000 package. I replaced some very old Bose AcoustiMass Cube speakers. Wow! I forgot how good the music and movies are supposed to sound. TV and Movie dialog and sound is crystal clear. Music sounds very good! I compared these to the Pro800 series. I think it is worth the extra money to go for the 1000 series. I have them connected to the Denon AVR-1911. Thanks Crutchfield for answering all of my questions! 2 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 Stereo music Written By Anonymous, Oregon on Saturday, June 11, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Purchased these to accompany a set of low -end wall speakers. We enjoy listing to music and wanted a more full -sound experience and defined base. We had a small space for the speakers where needed, therefore choices were limited. These speakers do a fine job of filling our needs and are very plesent for music and provide a full range of sound. Not quite as clear on voice as instruments, but very acceptable. Actually, they look more expensive than they were and a great fit for limited spaces. For the money, a very good choice. We would recommed these speakers to others who were looking for value and small music- listening speakers. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 great speakers for music Written By Ray M., pittsburgh,Pa on Thursday, March 24, 2011 I needed a pair of speakers to replace a pair of older Polk speakers that didnt sound very good for music.I've had Def Tech speakers before so I knew of the quality.I have def tech promon 800 for surrounds a promon 1000 for center & Polk psw 111 subwoofer.I'm using a Pioneer 125 watt per channel a/v receiver.At first these speakers sounded good but not great for music,After a week of breaking in they really opened up.I put on a cd by Martin Taylor a remarkable jazz guitarist & Wow - I couldnt believe the clarity.it sounded like there were sounds comming from all over the room from just the front l/r (very impressive).these speakers work great with music and movies.You cant get a better compact speaker at this price - Highly Recommended. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 Written By Paulie, Lindenhurst,LI on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) great little speaker. Nice clear sound Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 Written By Andre, York, PA on Monday, November 29, 2010 Purchased a ProCinema 1000 system and love them. I've had them for 2 years and think they are great. Highly recommended for people that love detailed music. 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 Written By John, Oscoda, MI on Friday, February 19, 2010 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) These are compact, beautiful, solidly constructed, speakers with a warm sound. For certain music types that don't require a lot of bass, they'll do very well on their own. However, for serious home theater or deep bass, you will want to pair these up with a subwoofer. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Great Speaker!!! Written By Nick, Atlanta, GA on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 This is an awesome speaker and looks sharp too. I always see the rave reviews for Definitive Technology speakers in Home A/V magazines so I knew I was getting a great speaker. You won't find a better speaker in this price range. I have it paired with the ProCenter 2000 and I couldn't be happier. My receiver is only rated at 90 watts RMS and this speaker flat-out performs. Highly recommended!!! 40 out of 46 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 1 question already asked I am thinking of replacing my current speakers with a pair of ProMonitor 1000's for fronts. a pair of ProMonitor 800's for rear and a ProCenter 2000. My room is 14x20 with 10ft ceilings and would be powered by an Onkyo TX-NR809. The speakers I would be replacing are a pair of Polk RTi6. a pair of Polk OWM3 and a Polk CSi3. Would this work in a room this size? Thanks Frank [ Frank Jan 05, 2014 ] 10 answers What you want to use is exactly what I have in my living room. All the speakers have the same size drivers so the transition will be seamless when the sound goes from center to side speakers and back again. Def Tech speakers are amazing for the price and will get as loud as you want them to. I feel that movies are their specialty not music but the difference is slight. I use a Martin Logan powered sub but I can't wire rear speakers now; old house, no attic. I will figure out a way in the future and will add Def Tech's for the rears. I am very happy with my Def Techs, you should be very happy with them. Don't be mislead by the small size, these speakers are amazing. I picked these over Bowers/Wilkins and couldn't be happier. [ PETER Jan 23, 2014 ] I have def 800's front and back with the sub in a room comparable to your dimensions, with an archway midroom leading to dining area/kitchen. I bought 2 additional 800's for 7 channel system mated to denon 1913 receiver, I couldn't be happier. if I had it to do again, I would have bought the pro cinema 800 system (pro center 1000), and 2 additional pro 1000 speakers, and used the 1000's up front. I can't say anything about onkyo, but you are on right track with speakers. I recommend you get the definitive speaker stands for the front channels. works so well (in my case stands for the 800's make sure you get stands for 1000's up front)) I am thinking of investing in another pair for the rear surrounds, and leaving the side channels (speakers #6 and 7) on bookcase shelves. I have no experience with onkyo recievers (I do have an onkyo cd player which is great) but I can tell you the definitive's sound great with the denon out of the box, and even better after a break in period. I previously owned Jbl speakers (crap). then acoustic research (pretty good,deep base) and then a bose 3-2-1 system which I have moved to my bedroom (ok,not great). the definitive surround suite is by far the best I have ever owned and I would buy it again. I may pop for a pair of 1000's with stands for the front, and move the 800 stands to the rear. IMO you can't go wrong, tho again I can't vouch for the onkyo. have you considered Denon? [ EDGAR A Jan 08, 2014 ] My system consists of the following: AV Amplifier: Sony STRDN 1040 7.2 1155 watt system Center Channel: (3) Definitive Technology Pro-Center 2000 Left & Right Front: (1 & 2) Definitive Technology Studio Monitor 55 (bookshelf) Center Surround: (4 & 5) Definitive Technology UIW64/A Round In-Ceiling Speakers Rear Surround: (6 & 7) Definitive Technology UIW64/A Round In-Ceiling Speakers Sub-woofer: (8) Polk Audio PSW125 (BK) 12" 150 Watt Powered Subwoofer My room is fairly large: 12 foot ceiling. It is open ended on one side. The room is 15 x 20. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- 1 3 2 X ^ X | X | X 4 5 X 20 feet There is no wall x separating the x | A/V area 6 7 x | from the rest of X | the house X | x | 8 x v xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ___ ?----------------- 15 feet --------------? I am very happy with the performance of the entire system. I never need to crank the volume up. There is very little, if any, distortion and the sound is crisp and clear for TV and movies. Sound is true for music as well. I know we do not have exactly the same equipment, but I am very happy with the definitive technology line of product and I suspect that you can compare the specs oof what I have versus what you are considering and be comfortable with making a decision. By the way crutchfield has also been a great supplier and source of information. sincerely, Ron [ RON Jan 07, 2014 ] Thanks to everyone for the responses to my question. I ordered a pair of 1000's and stands today and hope to have them on Wednesday. [ Frank Jan 07, 2014 ] I use the ProMonitor 800s as front speakers in a 5.1 setup in a 12'x21' room with an 8' ceiling. They sound terrific and fill the room perfectly. These speakers replaced a pair of Bose 501s and totally blow the Bose away both in clarity and mid bass. The 800s are driven buy a Denon AVR 3313CI and I plan on adding 4 more 800s, a ProCenter 1000, and 2 ProSub 800s for a 7.2 setup [ PAUL D Jan 07, 2014 ] The Pro Monitor 1000 is being used as a center channel at my son's house and the 2000 I have is a center channel in our bedroom. As for the 2000, it was a tremendous improvement over the older Bose Center Channel that formerly was used in the bedroom. Both center channels give a bright sound as center channels and make dialogue easy to hear and understand. Both are driven with a Denon AVR-1913 receiver. The end port assists in providing a rounded sound. Most of the experience we have with these is watching movies or television and not with music. The 2000 is in a room comparable to your 14x20 with 11' ceilings cascading up to ~16'. Still have great audio from the 2000. Son is happy with the 1000 as a center channel, but can't comment on using such as front surrounds. 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Andes Mint Cookies Recipe
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1 Devil's Food Cake Mix
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
1 package of Andes Mints
Mix cake mix, oil, and eggs together. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 6-9 minutes. Don't cook any longer than that! You don't want them to be overdone!
Take sheet out of oven and while the cookies are still very hot, place an Andes Mint on top of each cookie. In about 5 minutes, the mint will be melted. Take a spoon and smooth out each mint like frosting.
These are so yummy when they are warm and gooey!! They are also delicious when they set-up for a little while . . . who am I kidding? They are divine no matter their temperature . . .
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I love cake mix cookies! What a great idea to use mints for frosting! Yum!
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Or I have seen Andee's Mints chips in the baking aisle…Can't wait to make these, I love cookies that take a cake mix – super easy
How many cookies does this recipe make if you don't mind me asking?
I have my first cookie swap this week and can NOT bake!! But, I don't want to miss out on the friends and fun! I'm going to try this. I need 72 cookies, how many will this make?
@ Sandy and Anonymous- I usually get about 30-33 out of one box of cake mix. It just depends how big you make them . . . mine are about 1″-1.5″ balls. I hope this helps! (PS Only 28 mints are in each Andes Mint Box . . . so sometimes I just put some chocolate chips on the extra cookies or just bake them plain!)
I love these! I make them every Christmas
I made these yesterday and they were a hit! It made about 2 1/2 dozen for me. Thanks for sharing!
I've done this before with double chocolate chip cookies and then placed Hershey's candy cane peppermint kisses on top and smoothed them out. Amazing! I'll have to try these! Thanks for the recipe!
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I have a triple chocolate cake mix, very similar to the devil's food. Do you think I could be able to use that instead?
of course!!!
Love this recipe. Easy and delicious who could resist
This is gonna be sooo good–my husband loves the mint candies–he's going to really love this! Thanks for sharing.
is there any ideas on how to get them off baking stones without the breaking apart
Oh my stars! These just came out of my oven. I barely made it past the raw dough.
Seriously, yummy and easy. Hope they harden a bit when they cool though or I'll have to cook them a bit longer next time.
I don't know what I did wrong. Ours didn't come out as hard cookies, more like flat little pancakes. I followed the cake mix directions and added the Andies Mint chips from the baking aisle and mixed it into the mix.After two batches, I just ended up making muffins instead. Still yummy. How do I get the more harder cookie?
You don't want to follow the directions on the cake mix. That usually would be too runny to make a cookie with the batter. You just want to follow the directions in this recipe. Good luck!
I found your recipe on Pintesrest, and I'm making these cookies for a cookie exchange at work. I just finished the batch and sampled the first one — amazing! These are so tasty and easy. Thank you very much.
I think when I make these, I will do the same as the Peanut Butter cookies I made yesterday. Make small balls and bake in an ungreased mini muffin tin. Bake only about 5 minutes, and when you take them out of the oven put one of those mints on there right away. The PB cookies came out looking the same as the picture was shown.
I don't believe the recipe said to mix in the cookies are done!
As far as getting them off a baking stone, I am not sure! I don't use a stone when making these cookies . . . would it work to let them cool completely on the baking stone before removing them? Sorry I am not much help!
To Anonymous who had flat cookies- I am so sorry! I am not sure why it didn't work? I like to use a cake mix that has pudding in the mix, but I have made them with regular cake mixes too and they have turned out the same. I didn't use the Andes Mint chips, I used a package of the whole mints (that are found on the holiday aisle or candy aisle) and I added them at the end, after the cookies had baked instead of adding them to the dough. I don't know if that was what made the difference? I am glad that your muffins ended up working out!
Very easy and delicious! Perfect Christmas cookie!
Yum! Thanks for this quick and easy recipe. My little girl and I had so much fun making these!
Made these last night and my two sons really liked them, but I'd suggest using 1/2 c. melted butter in place of the oil to make them taste just a bit more "homemade".
Camille, you said you make 1″-1.5″ balls…I'm confused. In the directions, it says to 'drop by spoonfuls' onto the cookie sheet. Can you, or anyone who has made these 'unconfuse' me? I'm really anxious to try these! Thanks!
I just made these and was a little confused at first too. But this mixes up so thick that to get it off the spoon essentially your rolling it off and into a ball. I just sprayed my spoon with some pam and they rolled right off. They were amazing!!
@ Judy and Anonymous- sorry for the confusion! And thanks for the tip Anonymous! I never thought to spray my spoon with Pam! I am totally doing that next time! Yes, the dough is so thick that you really have to "roll" it off the spoon. They aren't necessarily perfect balls . . . more like "blobs" of dough that are about 1-1.5″ in diameter. Hope that helps!
I thought these were so yummy and everyone loved them! Also try mint chocolate chip cookies by Betty Crocker! Those as well are pretty amazing and you can top them off with a Andes mint too!
I made these last night. Amazing!! Thanks so much for this awesome recipe!
Thanks for clearing up my confusion about 'dropping' or 'balls'. I have another couple of questions…is it fine to mix up the cake batter with a spoon or should I use a mixer? Also, once removed from the oven, do I take them off the cookie sheet right away or leave them on until they have the mints on them and have cooled. Oh, one more thing…does the cookie sheet need to be greased? Thanks! Plan on making these on Friday.
Just made these last night and there are only 2 left! So yummy. Didn't need to grease the cookie sheet-they came right off and I left mine on the sheet until the mint melted, then put them on the cooling rack (I did lose some melted mint in the process). Also made some with peanut butter in the middle for the non-mint lover in the house (what is wrong with him? )
@Judy- I just use a spoon to mix them- it's a really thick batter, so I think it's easier to use a spoon. I leave the cookies on the cookie sheet until they have cooled, but you could remove them like Sminar did. Both ways are fine! Also, I don't ever grease my cookie sheet for these cookies. They really do slide right off. Good luck on Friday- I hope you love them as much as we do! Merry Christmas!
These sound delicious! I was just wondering if anyone has put the batter in the refrigerator and how it has turned out. I like to make small batches of cookies the day or two before I will bring them somewhere and since I have like three Christmas parties spread over the week I would like to make the batter one day and just bake them the day of the party. Any advice?!?
Has anyone tried these using a Betty Crocker gluten free cake mix? I would love to make these for my husband and daughter!
All I have in the house is white cake mix… I plan on trying it out with that!
These are AMAZING! My husband loved them! I actually used only a 1/2 mint on each cookie. They weren't quite as rich and my mints went a lot further
These are FABULOUS! I altered the recipe a little bit – I used 1/2 cup of nonfat yogurt instead of oil, I used 1/3 cup of egg whites instead of two eggs and I only used half an Andes candy on each cookie. But let me tell you, you would NEVER know that I made the recipe more healthy. They are amazing – the true indication is, I made them for my class's holiday party and the kids had no idea that they were "healthy" cookies. The entire plate (42 cookies – I made them small) was gone in 20 minutes.
We made these today and they are so delicious and easy. They are a new Holiday favorite. Thanks for sharing.
my daughter and i just made these…OMG, they are delicious. so good and such an easy recipe to do with the kids. Thanks
Wow!! Found another cookie to add to my holiday goodies! These are jus heavenly. Thanks!!
Do we follow directions for the cake mix and then add your 1/2 cup of oil & 2 eggs?
Yummy! I posted a link to this on my blog…thru my pinterest board.
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I just made these.. and they are delicious!!
@Ashley, you only put the 1/2 cup oil and 2 eggs, do not follow the cake mix directions! Also, greasing the spoon with some Pam or butter really helps in "rolling" them off =)
I made these using GLUTEN FREE cake mix. AMAZING!!! I finally can enjoy "thin mint" cookies again. I made mine big, but they still stayed soft and chewy.
These are amazing! Even my husband loved them, and he's picky about cookies (he doesn't understand why I would ever want to make anything other than his favorite chocolate chip cookies). The only thing I'd do differently next time is maybe use the little Andes baking mints instead of the mints, or cutting the mints in half, so there is less mint on top. The mints were wider than the cookies so the edges slid off and there were big pools of mint chocolate on the baking sheet (not that I minded that…haha). I might also try with butter instead of oil. Fantastic cookie, tastes way more complex than it is
Oh my gosh these are so delicious! I made them for a group of friends that are getting together tonight and there is NO WAY they are going to last until then. I will eat them all I think ;o)
this is so wrong. ((omgosh i'm making them tonight))
Love these – I make them, too but I just drop a few Junior Mints on them! Everyone loves them!
I've made these, so GOOD! The hardest thing to do is unwrapping the mints:)
I made these cookies (per your directions)for homecoming at church. I thought for sure I would be taking them back home with me since there were 4-5 tables of desserts. Wrong! When the first person tasted one, word spread like wildfire. I've had so many people ask me how to make them and are amazed that it's so simple. I tried making them with dark chocolate cake mix today and they are equally as good. WHO NEEDS THIN MINTS? Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!
Made these cookies yesterday and brought them into work today. Big hit, only one problem….I didn't make enough!
Someone asked if these could be made with triple chocolate cake mix. Yes, that's what I did. These were easy and good. Like a 7 out of 10.
Thia looks absolutely fabulous!
Just made these and they are AMAZING!!! I left mine so that the mint hardened and it was perfect combo of chewy and melty!!!
I made these and they were delish!! I love how easy they were. thanks for the recipe.
Loved these! Made them last night and they were a huge hit with my husband and sister-in-law and I've shared the recipe with a co-worker and friend! I made mine bigger cookies (my hubby doesn't understand why anyone would ever want a smaller cookie) and got 24 out of the batter and they were pretty much the perfect size for a single full mint each. Though still very rich, they were SOO yummy.
I wanna make these! My step mom does the same thing with brownie mix!
i've been making these for years, they are a favorite!!!
Made these yesterday and they are almost all gone! Soooo good and easy to make. Use a dark chocolate cake mix because that was what I had and they turned out great. This has now become my official go-to-recipe for needed cookies. Thanks so much for sharing
I made these for the first time today. Absolutely amazing and so easy to make. I may use this basic idea and use reeses pb cups on top! Thanks for the recipie!
How many does this recipe make? Would be great for a cookie swap.
I usually get about 24-28 cookies (depending on how big/small you make them)!
Question…how does the Andes mint set up after its cool? Would these be good for a Christmas Cookie Exchange? Or too gooey on top?
These are perfect for a Christmas Cookie exchange because the mint sets up after the cookies cool. They would be the hit of the exchange party!
Made these cookies much smaller….about silver dollar size (1/2 iced- tea spoon of dough). Then cut the mints into fourths and some into sixths. Made 74 cookies and they were more of a bite size and not so rich. Of course I ate 3 instead of one! Worked great for a bridge snack. They are GOOD! The Andes mint does set up after the cookies cool.
I made this recipe using Betty Crocker's gluten free Devil's Food cake mix. Turned out well, but I would use a little less oil next time because the cookies were very soft. The melted mints, once set, hold the cookies together well. So yummy.
Thank You! I was looking for the perfect cookie exchange cookie that I could put together without sacrificing my entire day, kitchen, and bank account. These were absolutely perfect! I did discover that the Betty Crocker cake mix worked much, much better than any other others I used.
I saw a comment about using melted butter instead of oil to make the cookies taste more homemade… does this work? Do you recommend butter or oil?
After reading that comment our mom decided to try them. She added margarine which was at room temperature (so very soft). The taste was all the same – oil or margarine.
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I made these for a cookie exchange as well. They were very easy and DELICIOUS!! Thank you! Love your blog! I am your newest follower!
I made these today for a cookie exchange tonight, and I had to keep shooing away my son and hubby, so I'll have enough for the cookie exchange! They are SO good, and so easy to make! Thanks for such a great recipe! Your recipes are foolproof, I can always count on them turning right AND being delicious!
Got a batch in the oven as we speak. I'm going to put them on the DIY serving tray that I am also making – you just use those Brach's peppermint star hard candies – arrange them in the shape and design you like, bake on parchment paper lined cookie sheet in a 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes – allow to cool on the cookie sheet (cools in about 5 minutes) and tah dah….you have a cheap, festive and disposable serving tray.
That sounds so cute! What a fun idea! Thanks for sharing that with all of us. Have a great day! -The Six Sisters
I made these last week with a box of Duncan Hines Devil's Food cake mix and they were amazing. Tonight I used Pillsbury Devil's Food (it was on sale) and they didn't turn out as well. Didn't resemble cookies, a little on the dry side, and some of the mint melted off the side because they are not flat. Will not be making that mistake again. But I love making these they are so easy and such a pleaser. My kids go nuts over them.
That is interesting that there is a difference between Duncan Hines and Pillsbury. Thanks for the great tip! -The Six Sisters
can i use my cookie scooper to measure out the dough when i drop it on the pan or should i only use a spoon? should they be balls or should I lay the dough out flat before cooking?
Sometimes we don't even use the cookie scooper. Some of the sisters have just rolled them into balls and it works great! Don't lay the dough out flat. Hope they work for you! -The Six Sisters
Thank you. I just made them on Saturday for a cookie exchange. They were so simple to make, which made my life a bit easier. Not only that but they tasted amazing! Everyone loved them. I had some left over and took those to my office staff. They all liked them too. Thanks for a great, yet simple recipe. What I like is that you can probably take this basic recipe and make some amazing cookies. I'd love to take a box of red velvt cake and turn them into cookies.
Can the finished cookie be frozen for later use?
Yes! We froze some just last week and then thawed them and they were still great! -The Six Sisters
Thank you for posting this. I just made them but I couldn't find the Original Andes mints so I used Andes Perppermint Crunch Thins which puts a peppermint red & white frosting on top. It made 33 for me & they smell great.
I made these last week and they were amazing. Even a friend that doesn't really like mint liked the cookies. I brought them to a cookie exchange and we were eating them at the party – I don't think any were taken home. I bought more cake mix and plan to make more cookies today.
So glad to hear that! Thanks for such a nice comment…you made our day! Merry Christmas! -The Six Sisters
I made these last night and used two different cake mixes. I found that the Betty Crocker cake mix worked much, much, better than Pillsbury! Just an FYI! Great cookies, thank you for the recipe. Merry Christmas! I love your site!
So good to know and this will help so many of our viewers! Sounds like Betty Crocker cake mix wins with this recipe! -The Six Sisters
I found you on Pinterest too. I just made these using a Betty Crocker mix. I used the butter instead of oil as another poster suggested (Hey, it's Christmas!) and they're just FABULOUS! Thanks so much for sharing a really great, easy recipe! I'll be back to try some others on your site!
Just wanted to let you know I make these a lot- so easy and good! Thank you for the recipe.
I've baked these cookies 3 times since Christmas.. and am about to bake my 4th batch right now…
Just finished a batch, my first, my boyfriend has had three already! They're delicious, seem CRAZY decadent, are delightfully rich and so easy, I'm gonna have to watch myself with these, haha.
My husband doesn't like mint so I'm covering half the cookies in peanut butter chips. Mmmmmm, melty!
My husband is a huge fan of Andes mints and they aren't something I buy very often. I would totally make his day if I made these. I am truly honored that you linked up with me @ Great Idea Thursday's!!! I love coming to Strutt Your Stuff on Saturday's and My Recipe Magic is a fabulous site. Thank you for making my day Krista @ http://ahandfulofeverything.blogspot.com
Sounded like an easy recipe so I thought I'd give this one a go. This was as easy as it gets and very very good! I got 18 good size cookies out of this recipe. Thanks for the great idea!
Made these for a work party and they were a hit! Really super good. I did use the Pillsbury Devil's food cake mix, as I didn't see the reviews until after I bought it. I have nothing to compare it to, but they were still really good. I'll try Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines next time to compare! Thanks!
such an awesome idea with the whole mint/frosting thing! I'm making these tonight! Just have to pick up the mints! yum!
I made these the regular way then I tried white chocolates with coconut flakes in hem by Lindt……. Yummy. It was a big bar found in the specialty candy bars at the grocery store! Lots of possibilities really next will be raspberry chocolate
Wow these sound amazing, easy, and cheap!! (Just what I was looking for) I will be trying them out for a cookie exchange. Can I use cookie cutters? I was hoping for something holiday shaped…
Just wondering if these freeze well after baking them. Would like to use them for a Christmas cookie exchange but we are exchanging early Dec.
Didn't have time to read all comments, but curious if anyone has used a Brownie mix in lieu of cake mix?
My Mother In Law had a recipe I always made where you melted chocolate chips then added all your ingredients that looked very similar to these cookies. So I tested them out tonight. I used Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Super moist cake. They are not as rich as my other recipe but they tasted fantastic and are a hundred times easier to make. I have a cookie exchange and these will work perfectly. I also experimented with the sizes of Scoops. I made a batch with a small Pampered Chef Scoop and another with a medium Pampered chef Scoop. The ones with the Pampered Chef Scoop baked at the 6-9 minutes like the recipe states. The ones made with the medium scoop were a little to big to be held together, don't get me wrong they did stay together but for an exchange I didn't want to take the chance of them breaking. Another tip with the small scoop is to break the Andes Mints in Half or the full size mint slides off the cookie.
Easy peasy. Thank you for this simple, tasty recipe. I used a milk chocolate cake mix, the mini muffin pan & Andes Candies Mints (1/2 per cookie). They are still setting up, but my husband just tipped toed into the kitchen…
I want to know if you use a cake mix or a cookie mix, I wounder if the cake mix isn't very liquid for a cookie
Mine turned out flat. Is that normal?
I ran out of Ande's mints, but guess what? Nutella worked great for the remaining cookies!
These are soooo good! I can't make them fast enough & everyone keeps asking for more!
Bought a bag of Andes Baking Pieces on a whim. So happy to find your recipe, made them today for X-mas cookies with a box of Betty Crocker super moist that I already had. They were so Fantastic I can't wait to give them to friends and family!!! Here's what I learned to do and not do. The tip for spraying Pam and using 2 spoons was absolutely brilliant. Mistake #1… I should of used parchment paper because the Andes baking pieces was a complete mess..lol Have 2 pans to work with. Mistake #2 don't move them to a baking rack… my first batch stuck to the thing badly… had to put in fridge, chill them and pry them off. Second batch was awesome as I left them on the cookie sheet and once the Andes were melted and swirled I popped them the whole sheet in the fridge to harden. The super moist might have been the sticking issue though. I'm looking forward to making them over and over again to figure this whole thing out…LOL Thank you!!!!! YOU ROCK!!
This is going to be such an awesome addition to the yearly bake sale recipes. Thank you!!

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Lisbeth Salander's IKEA Shopping List
Style from 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' Millennium Trilogy
In The Girl Who Played with Fire — the second book of best-selling Millennium Triology by Stieg Larsson — the character Lisbeth Salander moves into a new apartment and goes shopping at IKEA — a rather mundane activity that IKEA fans will enjoy as they recognize specific product names and remember some of the discontinued products that are missed.
The section outlining her shopping has been described as "consumerist poetry" by Ariel Ramchandani, a contributing editor to The Economist's More Intelligent Life blog.
To celebrate Lisbeth's list — she spent about 90,000 Swedish Kroner, the equivalent of approximately $12,000 UDS — I've linked to specific products that are still available from IKEA in the passage below. For images of products that are no longer available, see the gallery images!
The passage from Steig Larsson's The Girl Who Played with Fire:
She drove to IKEA at Kungens Kurva and spent three hours browsing through the merchandise, writing down the item numbers she needed. She made a few quick decisions.
She bought two KARLANDA sofas with sand coloured upholstery, five POÄNG armchairs, two round side tables of clear lacquered birch, a SVANSBO coffee table, and several LACK occasional tables. From the storage department she ordered two IVAR combination storage units and two BONDE bookshelves, a TV stand, and a MAGIKER unit with doors. She settled on a PAX NEXUS three-door wardrobe and two small MALM bureaus.
She spent a long time selecting a bed, and decided on a HEMNES bed from with mattress and bedside table. To be on the safe side, she also bought a LILLEHAMMER bed to put in the spare room. She didn't plan on having an guests, but since she had a guest room she might as well furnish it.
The bathroom in her new apartment was already equipped with a medicine cabinet, towel storage, and a washing machine the previous owners had left behind. All she had to buy was a cheap laundry basket.
What she did need, though, was kitchen furniture. After some thought she decided on a ROSFORS kitchen table of solid beechwood with a tabletop of tempered glass and four colourful kitchen chairs.
She also needed furniture for her office. She looked at some improbable "work stations: with ingenious cabinets for storing computers and keyboards. In the end she shook her head and ordered an ordinary desk, the GALANT, in beech veneer with an angled top and rounded corners, and a large filing cabinet. She took a long time choosing an office chair — in which she would no doubt spend many hours—and chose one of the most expensive options, the VERKSAM.
She made her way through the entire warehouse and bought a good supply of sheets, pillowcases, hand towels, duvets, blankets, pillows, a starter pack of stainless steel cutlery, some crockery, pots and pans, cutting boards, three big rug, several work lamps, and a huge quantity of office supplies — folders, file boxes, wastepaper baskets, storage boxes, and the like.
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hilarious. I actually googled some of her furniture picks too. nerd alert.
Haha! One of my favorite parts of the book!!!
This...is in a bestseller? That book must have many, many redeeming qualities.
Hilarous, Aaron!
Who the heck needs five Poang chairs?
This was one of the most annoying parts of the book for me - that, and detailing product information for computers and cell phones.
This takes advance planning for movie product placement to a whole new level...
This book sounds rather dull, just like the furniture she picked out.
The book was NOT dull, nor was the movie! Jeez! Showing her putting together her IKEA stuff was a funny break in an intense story -- showed that the everyday furniture looked fab in a gorgeous apartment! Could you at least read and see before commenting?
There was a cathartic aspect to her shopping trip beyond just mundane product placement. A girl who has been poor and mentally and physically abused all her life gets to perform this ritual of "regular" people with unlimited funds and a fake identity - satisfying on several levels.
Perhaps she went to Ikea because she moves a lot and wouldn't mind missing the furniture if she had to assume a new identity and just had to leave her old life behind. It hurts to leave behind a $5000 sofa. It won't kill her to leave behind a Klippan.
Ditto Wally
The book wasn't dull. Just this part. And I'm a big Ikea fan. I just spent 4 hours and $1200 there this weekend, last night I couldn't stop dreaming about "flipfold"-ing my laundry to put in my new PAX walk-in closet.
Although I will say that he brought it home in the end when you find out the apartment has something like 39 rooms and she's only living in 3.
I couldn't even get myself to read the excerpt above in full. This seems like blatant product placement to me. I love Ikea and all, but I don't need to know every piece of furniture a fictional character writes. I've picked this book up at the store a couple times cuz the title is quite intriguing, but I've put it back both times and now I'm quite glad.
This post is awesome cheeky hilarious!! I read this book through last week and commented to my husband that it was my first experience of product placement in a book ;-)
I loved this part of the book.
All I could think while reading it was, "Oh come on, she's got the kronor to get something better than a LACK table!"
Anyone remember the Fight Club IKEA catalog scene?
"Like everyone else, I had become a slave to the IKEA nesting instinct. If I saw something clever like the coffee table in the shape of a yin and yang, I had to have it. I would flip through catalogs and wonder, "What kind of dining set defines me as a person?" I had it all. Even the glass dishes with tiny bubbles and imperfections,proof they were crafted by the honest, simple, hard-working indigenous peoples of wherever."
seems like she did a lot of assembling!
great post.
and I enjoyed the detailing technical products, it really brought home her expert technophile aspect and was such a clear way to immediately set the time of the story, which I thought rather brave.
You people are funny. This book takes place in Sweden (where IKEA has been a staple for a long, long time). The above quoted passage was more about familiarity than product placement. The details were merely a point of reference, a way to make an otherwise unrelatable character relatable, an opportunity to show this character doing something "normal."
Oh, just read the book.
Man, I love the Hemnes bedside tables.
Still need to read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest!
WONDERFUL book! I was wondering as I read it what the pieces look like. In the Hornet's Nest, I believe, you find out that its a 23 room apartment!
Also, don't read this book without first reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. They must be read in order or you will be lost.
I thought this section of the book was a bit obsessive and unneccessary, but it was fun to read and it's fun to see here. Thanks!
"The details were merely a point of reference, a way to make an otherwise unrelatable character relatable..."
Shall we also know what brand of toilet tissue or contact lens cleaner they use?
Karlanda sofas and Malm dressers don't make a character relatable...
...it makes them banal.
@HeyNowTex: It's not product placement at all. Steig Larsson was a dedicated revolutionary socialist (and an anti-fascist targeted with violence for his work)--not some shill for Ikea.
I think this part in the book is a comment on how comforting the rituals of buying can be in a consumerist society, especially for a character who's been abused and displaced her entire life.
@bepsf, I have to respectfully disagree, and concur with @nicholson. I have read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and this selection from the sequel tells you a lot about how Lisbeth is evolving and trying to become some version of normal. I don't even think it's a question of being "comforting in a consumerist society." This character is caring about her home and having order in her home for the first time in her chaotic life...that desire is not exclusive to consumer cultures.
Sheesh. Larsson drops hints that Lisbeth has Asperger's throughout the books. Her mental inventory of every item she owns (and the technical specs) is a function of the condition. Furthermore, the shopping trip at Ikea, as @mitspeck said, is an attempt by Lisbeth to settle into a "home" for the first time in her life. Its also a clever bit of foreshadowing as all hell is about to break loose.
In the context of the book this really worked as a character moment, as anybody who read it would know (and surely those who haven't read it might at least be capable of suspecting).
I would say that this section tells us not very much about Lisbeth, but lots about Larsson & his compulsion to inundate us with unnecessary details. Do we need to know which processor or what size screen Lisbeth's laptop has? It's not even relevant to her hacking. The IKEA passage & many others annoy me, but I keep reading the books...
Nora Ephron gets Larsson's tic just right in a recent New Yorker spoof:
@jssbzk Exactly!
Well and keep in mind that Larsson wrote the manuscripts for these books and then DIED before they were published - which I think shows from time to time. I'm sure some amount of editing took place but I don't know that there were the rounds of rewrites that usually occur before publishing. It seems that they tried to stay as true to the original manuscripts as possible.
This passage stuck with me too as something you might insert in a first draft but then edit out eventually. Pure speculation on my part. I love the post though!
Ha! I can't believe you put this together. THanks so much for taking the time - i love a post with a sense of humor!
Didn't the protagonist to Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club have a thing for Ikea as well? (Until his condo blew up)
I think it is terrific, it is a brilliant idea, it makes the character more real, it is a litterary character, but you also have movie character, and they are decorated as if they were real.
It tickles me even though it is quite mercantile.
@endbegin I'm reading the book now and I seem to remember it saying that she paid extra for the delivery people to assemble everything.
I actually found this section kind of amusing, since I recognized the lack tables and other pieces as the same things I purchased for my first apartment. Of course I only had about $250 to spend at the time, and I was delighted with how far my dollars stretched.
@bepsf - While the shopping list might be considered banal (by you), the character is anything but. She is as far from ordinary as any character in recent fiction. The fact that she is doing something as trite and "banal" as meticulously furnishing her entire apartment with IKEA furniture gives her a previously unseen dimension. You'd have to read the book to understand what such an ordinary chore would mean to this young, possibly autistic, woman. For some people, being boring and ordinary is not only a comfort, but a luxury.
Ahh, I loved these books. I read the first book in one night. Hell of a page-turner.
I agree that the sections where Larsson is detailing the furniture she bought, or the Palm and PowerBook she owns are a bit tedious—I'll admit to just skimming them—but the descriptions do make sense in context once we learn more about Lisbeth's... condition. It's hard to say a lot about it without revealing too much, but I think it's important that we are told exactly what she bought, that she didn't just go to some random store to buy whatever furniture.
Nora Ephron's spoof was bang-on and hilarious, though.
I agree with Scoot, five Poang chairs? really?
agree with tequila red
disagree with those who say it's a sign of Liesbeth's mental state because the same obsessive listing goes on by Blomqvist. I think a good editor would have taken a big red pen to a number of sections.
I read 1 1/2 of the three books and gave up
I'm engrossed in Book 3. I like detail and work my way through the Swedish names of people and places and the intrigue, etc. I guess I'm an IKEA nerd and thought Liesbeth's obsessively orderly apartment was great -- whatever the reasons. Chacun a son gouts! or Alla har sin smak!
Wouldn't all that stuff still cost a lot of money, even if it's all from Ikea? I haven't read the books yet but they are on my to read list.
Endbegin: She paid extra for delivery and assembling! Hahahaha... loved the book and thought IKEA must have paid Stieg a little something for the endless plugs.... then again, the Swedes are proud of their darling IKEA.
Heidi in NYC, thanks for posting that. I've never been interested in Fight Club before but now I want to read it!
As a writer I've always felt - and been taught - that such excessive detail about a brand name is terrible writing. By including without a doubt what was selected, down to the colour, he's stolen something from the readers - the way readers interact with the text is to picture it how it engages their mind.
It's one thing to say Lisbeth went shopping at Ikea, it's another thing to include a passage that sounds like it should have a 'Proudly sponsored by Ikea' footnote. There are always other ways to communicate obsessive behavior.
I haven't read the books, but this passage was enough to put me off for life. If I wanted brand names, I'd read catalogues.
Don't be a furniture snob. I have 2 Lack tables in my living room. They work for me and for my room. I don't have to spend a lot of money to have a room that I love to spend time in.
I love [most of] my fellow ATers, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't post the endings to books people are currently reading. At least be respectful enough to type "spoiler alert". Thanks!
Agreed. I too was annoyed that I was being told the ending of the book.
I'm sure Larsson could've written about her choosing furniture, without saying where it's from and name dropping EVERY single piece. In fact if you read through it, and cut out the names and IKEA-centric references, it reads a lot better.
I know a lot of people love this series, but I think this just cemented why I won't be reading it!
Apart from anything, his writing style gives me the sh*ts. "and then, and then, and then, and then". It sounds like an article in a bad home decorating magazine.... "Liz's exciting day at IKEA!"
I must say, I think there's a slight difference between the IKEA scene in Fight Club and this blatant product placement and sleep-inducing waffling that Larsson has indulged in.
i found that part of the book a hoot. As an Ikea fan but on a budget, I managed to spend under $300 for shelving, rung, chairs and table. Did they pay Larson for the mention?
I agree with Meganallison --cathartic. She is "nesting " , and she wants her nest to look nice. something most AT readers can understand.
I loved this part too, not sure what it is but I love when books talk in detail about shopping or eating and these books do both!
Thank you creative license - exactly!
That spoof made me chortle. I chortled. It isn't very often I do that.
@girlwhowrites: rules are there to be broken. Not by amateurs like you of course, that would go wrong, but by masters.
@Nicholson: Thank you.
Magiker has always been my favorite Ikea line, with Journalist being a close second.
who are the braintrust who think they can judge an entire book series by a couple paragraphs which were used to show how the character is trying to be normal by doing the most banal things and yes it is hilarious that she attempts to be normative by going to superstore and only using 3 rooms out of 35.
Critiquing the book without reading it says nothing about his writing or the book and everything about the commentor.
I just watched Noomi Rapace assemble a piece of Ikea furniture on Netflix.
@ Indigosailor: Thanks so much! I couldn't have said it any better!
The story line in these three books is great. I did find the writing to be unpolished, but then again, it was - based off a manuscript and then on top of that, translated. Whatever nuances the writing may have, you keep reading, because most of it is very good - good enough, in fact to forgive any issues you have with it. Lisbeth Salander is a refreshing heroine.
As a side note, I have to wonder how vastly improved the Twighlight series would be with the addition of this paragraph.
Great books, I am in the middle of The Girl Who Played With Fire. Have planned so I finished my school work early, and can devour the trilogy (and a zillion other books) before m y classes start again Jan 9th. The scenes in the books like the IKEA shopping trip, or her grocery shopping, help make Lisbeth more human. Despite being a pretty well traumatized young woman, she's showing more her nesting warm side. I like! Go Lisbeth!
OK, couple of things.
No ending was revealed. Apart from the idea that Lisbeth has an apartment to furnish in book 2, so you know she lives through book 1 -- you probably guessed that anyhow, since it's a trilogy. But do you know how she got it? Do you have a CLUE about what went before? No.
That she might be autistic is an idea that is pretty obvious from near the beginning. It shouldn't "ruin" anything for you.
Trust me, the endings of the three books aren't remotely addressed in this thread. Furniture has nothing at all to do with the story arc.
Also, *I* found the whole IKEA sequence amusing and relatable. I have some of that furniture and I like it a lot. Not everybody is happy with the lines of "quality antiques", and I, for one, can't afford high end contemporary minimalist furnishings. IKEA is a real-life compromise for me. So reading about Lisbeth's selections made her seem more real and showed that, even though she's TOTALLY unlike me in most ways, we do have some small things in common. A link. And that, I think, was the goal.
Read the d**n books before attacking them! (Or don't, but then don't act like you know what they are about.)
Haha, I have the Svansbo coffee tables(nesting). They were so boring looking that i covered in crocodile hide on one and python on the other. now they look like Fendi Casa or other high end piece.
I like this part of the book - it was a restful interlude in a high-tension work. I also think it says something about the character, in that she has huge amounts of funds but choses to go to IKEA.
I also think you should have read the book if you intend to comment.
@fivegiggles i am right there with you. every word.
Thank you, creative license. I understand exactly what you are saying and appreciate the clarity of your comments.
One scene in the book is telling: the main journalist character enters Salander's giant apartment when she is not home and, familiar with her stark personality, is momentarily choked up by how empty the place is. No decorations on the walls, no art, no personal "flair", all an outgrowth of her emotionally distanced survival-coping strategies. This IKEA shopping list is just a dramatic illustration of her mental functions: a vast, memorized checklist of functional items that she has never had to acquire or really contemplate having. It becomes an abstract problem for her to "solve", and something she loses interest in as soon as she completes it. It's definitely symbolic of a woman with a previously deprived and stunted reality finally poking her head out of her rabbit hole into a very unknown world, that of "normal" consumerism. When I consider that her character is depicted as having a savant-genius level of rational intelligence, balanced against a bottomless well of anger and suspicion, I find the mundanity of this section hilarious, actually. Hundreds of pages about serial killers and morbid conspiracies and patricide...and a pause to go shopping for side tables! NOT mere product placement, that is just shallow cynicism from someone who knows nothing about the author's communist-hard-left politics.
this is an amazing list. We love it. We most likely would love to assemble it. We recommend the " Malm" dresser and the " Malm bed frames. there are the most popular items we assemble for college student and young customers
From mitspeck: This character is caring about her home and having order in her home for the first time in her chaotic life...
From creative license: For some people, being boring and ordinary is not only a comfort, but a luxury.
That. Come to find out, that's why one of my kindest and most gentlest of friends, is getting such a kick out of watching me decorate my first (and forever) home. Without even verbalizing the connection, she understands that my entire life has been one long climb out of the rabbit hole and so this process of nesting, is more about me finally having a life worth living than it is about finding suitable garden tools. Other people may take these mundane tasks for granted but I don't at all. Adding miracle upon miracle, being lucky enough to own my home outright is more about finally having the power to keep everybody OUT until I actually invite them in. And yet... I do wonder how long it will take before something terrible happens and if I'll be able to cope when all hell breaks loose again...
Anyway, interesting post, thank you.


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Tax-Aide, a FREE tax preparation and e-filing program administered by the AARP Foundation in conjunction with and under the auspices of the IRS, is coming to Darien Library. Tax-Aide is the nation's largest volunteer-run tax assistance and preparation service and is available to all individual filers regardless of income or age.
Starts: March 8, 9:30 am
Ends: March 8, 1:30 pm
Where: Conference Room (map)


text: ok guys, i just got my bow back from getting new strings and a tune. thing shoots great! had my first robin hood ever, at 30 yards and then 3 shots later upon drawing the bow back, the cable came off its path and got pinched! i looked the bow over and the limb broke at the base of the fork. i just paid a ton of money for these strings and the tune! to top it all off, this is the 3rd set of limbs broken in less than a year! i had a theory something was wrong with the bow itself scince it is severely inneficient. is there anything i can do in my situation? oh its a 2010 martin warthog