Genesis I.C.E. Genesis 5.2 manual

ver 1.0 1 1 1 1 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Owner s Manual and Set-up Guide: Genesis 5.2 Loudspeak er Contents A QUICK START SET-U P GUIDE 4 U NPACKING 4 R OOM P LACEMENT 4 SET-UP GUIDE 5 P OSITIONING 5 P OWER C ONNECTIONS 5 S OURCE I NPUT C ONNECTIONS 5 C ONTROL S 7 TUNING THE S YSTEM 7 A DJUSTING B ASS G AIN 8 L OW P ASS FILTER 8 I MAGIN[...]

ver 1.0 2 2 2 2 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ M ID -B ASS C OUPLERS 17 T HE S ERV O - BASS A DVANTAGE 17 A LUMINIUM - CONE W OOFERS 18 500 WATT C LASS D S ERVO A MPLIFIER 19 S PECIFICATIONS 20[...]

ver 1.0 3 3 3 3 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ A Message fr om Genesis Congr atulat ions ! You are no w the owner of one of th e fine st loud speaker sys tems in the wor ld! Ba sed on the tech nologi es devel ope d for ou r flag ship Ge nesis 1.1, the G5.2 is a smallish 4-ft ta ll floo r-s tandin g loud spea ker, a nd yet i t delive rs some o[...]

ver 1.0 4 4 4 4 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ A Quic k Star t Set-u p Guide Now that you have yo ur new Ge nesi s 5.2 lo udsp eake r syst em, we real ize that yo u can’ t wait to hook it u p a nd s tart p layi ng! Howev er, please rea d this quick set up guid e (even if your deale r is set ting it up for you !) before yo u proce ed. Unpack[...]

ver 1.0 5 5 5 5 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Set-up Guide Positioni ng A good starting positio n for the G5 . 2 i s a b ou t 2 0 % o f th e wa y i n to the room as m easur ed from t he front wa ll (the wa ll you loo k at a s you are se ated lis tenin g to the spe aker s). Star t with the sp eaker s six feet ap art, a nd n ot toed -in. You w[...]

ver 1.0 6 6 6 6 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ you have th e correc t polari ty conne cted for bo th spea kers – the pl us or posi tive (red) te rmin al on the G 5.2 s hould be con nect ed to t he plus, p ositi ve, or red term inal o n yo ur powe r ampl ifier. The Bass Inp ut selec tor s witch should be in the up positi on – pointing to t[...]

ver 1.0 7 7 7 7 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Contro ls The knob on the upper middle marked “ Bass Gain ” controls the volume of the built-in bass servo am plifier. Begin with this control at position 7. The knob on t he upper right marked “ Low Pass ”controls how high the woofer will pla y. At the extreme low of 71Hz, the woofer wil[...]

ver 1.0 8 8 8 8 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Adjusting Bass Gain Leave t he l ow pas s filt er a lone fo r the moment, as it shou ld re main s e t a t approx imately 90 Hz. This contr ol will be add resse d later. Turn the gain con trol of the woofer ampl ifier u p or dow n unti l the voice so unds c orrect. W hatever controls yo u use, tur[...]

ver 1.0 9 9 9 9 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ be at the appro priat e height for a stan ding per son. If it is not , there ar e sev e r al remedies that wil l address this. If the voca l appea rs to be la rger tha n life, yo u should f irst chec k the s y s t e m volume. Is it a volum e that would be appr opriate for some one ac tuall y sing[...]

ver 1.0 10 10 10 10 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ A si mple ru le of thumb to follow is that focu s will be achieved by placin g the speak ers closer toget her or farther apart , and f ront to back dept h can be ad juste d by the dis tance fr om the re ar wall. Further , as the system “break s in”, th e depth and w idth of the soun dspac[...]

ver 1.0 11 11 11 11 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ bass no de pr oble ms. Thi s res ults in sm ooth er b ass in tegra tion i n the r oom, and a hug e system impa ct capabil ity. LFE Input The Low Freq uenc y Effects (LFE) inpu t allo ws the G5 .2 to be used in addi tion t o, or in pl ace o f, a s eparate sub- woofer. The LFE in put blends the[...]

ver 1.0 12 12 12 12 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ positi on – and the n use the hom e theat re proc essors le vel co ntrol to dial i n the leve l. How ever, having the LFE g ain co ntro l allo ws you to tune th e LF E if yo ur t wo sys tems have comp letel y diffe rent gain struc ture. LFE Outp ut Along w ith the LFE i nput, t he G5 .2 has[...]

ver 1.0 13 13 13 13 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ too far an d will alm ost alwa ys give yo u bett er depth a nd sounds tage inform ation. A word of caut ion, ho weve r, if you mo ve the spe aker s too far fro m the fron t wall yo u may lose fo cus. Yet anothe r probl em is a l ack of mid bass energy. In order for the appropriate amount of m[...]

ver 1.0 14 14 14 14 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Roo m Treatmen t No room is per fect. To optim ize your so nic pre senta tion it ma y be helpfu l to treat your roo m. Here are some gu idelin es: 1. Front w alls . Thi s loud speaker is a dipo le an d there fore there is sound coming from both th e front and the back of the speaker. Ho w the[...]

ver 1.0 15 15 15 15 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Mastering the Refin ements of the syste m Fine tuni ng an audio sys tem is an ar t that will ta ke time an d patienc e. It ca n be one of the more reward ing learn ing expe rience s you w ill have in th e pursuit o f musi c and its e nj oy m en t. One of the best piec es of advi ce we can off[...]

ver 1.0 16 16 16 16 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ T he T ec hnology The Genesis Ri bbon Tweet er Rev iewers in th e Audiop hile press hav e often re marked that the Genesi s circ ular r ibbon tweete r is the w orld ’s bes t. It is a o ne in ch ci rcular pl anar ribbon design c rafted from an ext r em ely thi n mem brane of K apton w ith a [...]

ver 1.0 17 17 17 17 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ The driver i s house d in an encl osur e that is op en to the ba ck. Thu s, the midr ange opera tes as a dipo le too . Mid-Bass Co uplers In order to c reate a “so und brid ge” b etween th e midran ge an d the bass s ection , the G5. 2 incor porat es t wo 6.5 inch m etal cone m id- bass c[...]

ver 1.0 18 18 18 18 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ W hen the s ignal stops, it d etects tha t the w oof er wil l cont inue to move wh en it shou ldn’t and appl ies a count er-si gnal to sto p the woofe r faster and more effecti vely than an open loo p woof er could possib ly resp ond. Thus, the ser vo-dr ive r educes di stor tion and i mpro[...]

ver 1.0 19 19 19 19 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ driv er is a perfec t piston wit hin the fr equenc ies used. T h us, low con e break- up dis tortion is in herent in th e drive r des igned f or th e G5.2. Unlike the mid- bass c oup lers, midr ange an d t he twee ters, wh ich operat e in dipol e, the three woofe rs in the G5.2 opera te in ph[...]

ver 1.0 20 20 20 20 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Specifi cations  Dime nsio ns: H 44” x W 11” x D 22”  W eight: 140 lbs (63kg) per side  Freq uency Resp onse: 20Hz t o 36k Hz, +/ - 3d B  Co ntrols: Low-p ass, gain Rear Tweet er (+/- 1 dB) Midrange (+/- 1. 5 d B)  Inputs : Spe aker Level Line Leve l ( Balanc ed) LFE L in[...]