Genesis Advanced Technologies 1.1 User Manual

Ver 2.0 1111~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Owners Manual and Set-up Guide: Genesis 1.1 Loudspeaker System Contents 1 SET-UP GUIDE 5 1.1 UNPACKING 5 1.2 P

Ver 2.0 10101010~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó significant hum being induced from electromagnetic radiation nearby. Otherwise, the ground jack can just be lef

Ver 2.0 11111111~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó The preferred connection is to attach the bare wire on the Servo-Bass Interconnect to the midrange INPUT bindi

Ver 2.0 12121212~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó use the supplied jumpers to connect the rear tweeters either to the midrange or the front tweeters. Depending o

Ver 2.0 13131313~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó preamplifier to drive your Servo-Controlled Bass amplifier, and your power amplifier is a solid-state design, a

Ver 2.0 14141414~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 2.1 Begin with the bass level For now, leave the low-pass filter set at 100 Hz, This control will be addressed

Ver 2.0 15151515~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 2.2 Imaging and Soundstage One great advantage of a true line-source is that good imaging and soundstage is a

Ver 2.0 16161616~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó When properly set up, very little sound should appear to come directly from the speaker. Instead, the sound sta

Ver 2.0 17171717~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 2.4 Further adjustments With the woofer towers positioned in the recommended placement, behind and outside the

Ver 2.0 18181818~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 3.3 Defining the Soundstage A common problem we find with many set-ups is a tendency to separate the speakers

Ver 2.0 19191919~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó the mid-bass regions. Keep the low-pass below 115Hz except in exceptionally large rooms. Another good rule of t

Ver 2.0 2222~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Details: Genesis Advanced Technologies 654 S Lucile St Seattle, WA 98108 USA Tel +1 206 762 8383 Fax

Ver 2.0 20202020~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 2. Sidewalls. Because the speaker is a dipole it is less sensitive to the sidewalls. However, as a rule of thu

Ver 2.0 21212121~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 4 The Technology The Genesis 1.1 comprises four columns: two midrange/tweeter “wings” and two bass towers. Each

Ver 2.0 22222222~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Another advantage of the 7.5-foot line source is that the vertical spectral content of music is virtually the s

Ver 2.0 23232323~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó drivers. Each works at very low-stress. This dramatically lowers the distortions in the high frequencies at all

Ver 2.0 24242424~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó woofer cone makes it slow to start moving. After it is moving, the momentum of the cone makes it continue to mo

Ver 2.0 25252525~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó are a magnitude stiffer than plastic or paper cones, and virtually eliminate the problems caused by cone bendin

Ver 2.0 26262626~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Each crossover is designed by computer modelling plus years of knowledge and experience. More importantly, the

Ver 2.0 27272727~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Specifications  Frequency Response: 16Hz to 36kHz, +/- 1dB  Sensitivity: 91 dB 1 watt 1 meter  Con

Ver 2.0 3333~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó A Message from Genesis Congratulations! You are now the owner of the finest loudspeaker system in the world. The Ge

Ver 2.0 4444~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Micro Dynamic Capability: This describes the ability of a system to resolve the lowest level material with as much

Ver 2.0 5555~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 1 Set-up Guide Now that you have your new Genesis 1.1 loudspeaker system, we realize that you can’t wait to hook i

Ver 2.0 6666~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó Undo the lag bolts that hold the bases to the crate. Remove the bases one at a time and set them down where the wo

Ver 2.0 7777~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó all crates and store them safely, in case you need to move these speakers some time in the future. Next, set up th

Ver 2.0 8888~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó 1.2 Placement of the Genesis 1.1 Loudspeaker The G1.1 requires a large room in order to give the speaker ample sp

Ver 2.0 9999~ÄëçäìíÉ=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 s