Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 1.1 Genesis Advanced Technologies
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Ver 2.0 1 1 1 1 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Owner s Manual and Set-up G uide: Genesis 1.1 Loudspeak er System Contents 1 SET-UP GUIDE 5 1.1 U NPACKING 5 1.2 P LACEMENT OF THE G ENE SI S 1.1 L OUDSPEAKER 8 1.3 W OOFER C ONNECTIONS 9 1.4 S ERVO - CONTROLLED B ASS A MPLIFIER C ONNECT IONS 10 1.
Ver 2.0 2 2 2 2 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Details: Genesis Advanced Technologies 654 S Lucile St Seattle, WA 98108 USA Tel +1 206 762 8383 Fax +1 206 762 8389 www.genesisloudspeakers.com Here are t he ser ial nu mbers o f your Ge nesis 1.1 System.
Ver 2.0 3 3 3 3 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó A Messa ge fr om Gene sis Congratulations! You are now the owner of the finest loudspeaker system in the world.
Ver 2.0 4 4 4 4 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Micro D ynamic Capabilit y: This describes the ability of a system to resolve the lowest level material with as much articulation and imaging as it does at the louder levels. The most difficult areas for loudspeaker systems to reproduce well are the extremes, i.
Ver 2.0 5 5 5 5 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 1 Set-up Guide Now that you have your ne w Genesis 1.1 loudspeaker system, we realize that you can’t wait to hook it up and start playing! However, this is a big, complex system . There is no “quick” set-up.
Ver 2.0 6 6 6 6 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Undo the lag bolts that hold the bases to the c rate. Remove the bases one at a time and set them down where the woofer towers and wings will go. Verify that the positions are accu rately aligned as it may be impossible to move them later.
Ver 2.0 7 7 7 7 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó all crates and store them safely, in case you need to move these speakers some time in the future. Next, set up the midrange/tweeter wings. The wings are marked left and right, so set them up on the correct side.
Ver 2.0 8 8 8 8 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 1.2 Placem ent of t he Genesi s 1. 1 Loudsp eaker The G1 .1 requ ires a large room in order to give the speak er ample spac e from the walls so th at it can perfo rm at its be st. A t ypica l room size is 29 ft x 48 ft wi th 12 ft ceili ngs.
Ver 2.0 9 9 9 9 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó For some rooms, there may not be enough space and you will have to adjust as you see fit. In a smaller room, the spe akers can be just 20% of the way into the room, and the listening position can then be 20% from the rear wall.
Ver 2.0 10 10 10 10 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó significa nt hu m bei ng in duced from el ectrom agnetic radi atio n near by. Otherw ise, the groun d jack ca n just be le ft unpl ugg ed.
Ver 2.0 11 11 11 11 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó The preferred connection is to attach the bare wire on the Servo-Bass Interconnect to the midrange INPUT binding posts on the crossover box.
Ver 2.0 12 12 12 12 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó use the supplied jumpers to connect the rear t weeters either to the midrange or the front tweeters. Depending on the amplifier used, one or the other will sound better. These jumpers are made using the same internal wire connect the drivers of the Genesis 1.
Ver 2.0 13 13 13 13 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó preamplifier to driv e your Servo-Controlled Bass amplifier, and your power amplifier is a solid-state desig n, adjust the phase to 45. If your power amplifier is a transformer-coupled valve design, adjust the phase to 75.
Ver 2.0 14 14 14 14 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 2.1 Begin wi th the b ass level Fo r n ow , l e av e t he l ow -p as s fi l ter s e t a t 100 Hz, This control will be ad dr es se d l at e r. Turn the volume control of the woofer amplifier up or down until the voice sounds correct.
Ver 2.0 15 15 15 15 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 2.2 Imaging a nd Soun dst age One grea t advanta ge of a true line -sou rce is that good im agin g and sound sta ge is a given. Howe ver, it is possib le to fine -tune th e system for ul ti mate enj oym ent.
Ver 2.0 16 16 16 16 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó W hen properly s et up, ve ry littl e soun d should appea r to come dire ctly f rom t he s peake r. I nstead, the sound stage should extend far beyond the left and right edge of the loudspeakers and there should be tremendous front to back depth.
Ver 2.0 17 17 17 17 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 2.4 Furt her adjustm ents W ith the w oof er towers positioned in the recom mended placement, behind and outside the midrange tweeter panels, lo w b a ss in th e ro om sh o u ld n o t b e a p ro b lem .
Ver 2.0 18 18 18 18 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 3.3 Defini ng the Sou ndstage A common pr oblem w e find wi th many set-ups is a t endency to separate the speakers too far from each other. This giv e s an unnaturally stretched soundstage between the two speakers, and creates problems with focus.
Ver 2.0 19 19 19 19 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó the mid-bass r egions. K eep the low-pass below 115Hz ex cept in exceptiona lly large room s. Another good rule of thumb is to first set the volume control of the woofer towers for proper mid-bass rather than low bass.
Ver 2.0 20 20 20 20 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 2. Sidewa lls . Because the speaker is a dipole it is less sensitive to the sidewalls. However, as a rule of thumb, it is a good idea to keep the speaker as f ar away from the sidewal ls as is practical.
Ver 2.0 21 21 21 21 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 4 T he T ec hnology The Genesis 1.1 comprises four columns: two midrange/tweeter “wings” and two bass towers. Each module is 7 ½ feet tall (228cm), and covered in fine rare-wood veneers or high-gloss painted finishes.
Ver 2.0 22 22 22 22 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Another advantage of the 7.5-foot line source is that the vertical spectral content of music is virtually the same t hroughout the length of the line source.
Ver 2.0 23 23 23 23 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó drivers . Each works a t v ery lo w-stre ss. T his dra ma ticall y lowe rs the distortions in the high frequencies at all reason able listening volumes. 4.3 75-in ch midr ange ribbo n W e sometimes say that the midrange is a window into the mind of a composer or a singer.
Ver 2.0 24 24 24 24 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó woofer cone makes it slo w to start moving. After it is moving, the momentum of the cone makes it continue to move after the signal has stopped. The sonic result is overhang, bloat, lack of tautness and definition, and a blurring of dynamic impact.
Ver 2.0 25 25 25 25 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó are a magnitude stiffer than plastic or paper cones, and virtually eliminate the problems caused by cone bending and break-up.
Ver 2.0 26 26 26 26 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Each crossover is designed by computer modelling plus years of knowledge and experience. More importantly, the crosso vers are designed with many, many hours of music listening, and constant refining, tuning and tweaking of the circuit.
Ver 2.0 27 27 27 27 ~Äëçäì íÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Specifications Frequency Response: 16Hz to 36kHz, +/- 1dB Sensitivity: 91 dB 1 watt 1 meter Controls (on amplifier): Gain, Phase, low-pass, high-pass Controls (on speaker): Rear Tweeters (+/- 1 dB) Midrange (+/- 0.
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