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i absolute fidelity Owner s Manual and Set-up Guide Genesis 2.2 Loudspeak er System Contents SET-UP GUIDE 1 P LANNING THE P LACEMENT 1 U NPACKING 3 A SSEMBLING THE A COUSTIC S USPENSION 4 T HE S ERV O -C ONTROLL ED B ASS A MPLIFIER 5 M IDRANGE /T WEETER C ONNECTIONS 7 S ERVO -B ASS A MPLIFIER R EMOTE 8 B ASS C ONTROL A DJUSTMENTS 9 M IDRANGE /T WEE[...]

ii absolute fidelity A Messa ge fr om Gene sis Congratu lations ! And Thank You! You are no w the o wner of one o f the f inest loudsp eaker syst ems in the world ! The Gene sis 2.2 i s the re sult of te chnolog ies de veloped and refined o ver the past 40 years in const ant pro ductio n. The G2.2 lou dspeaker system was cr eated f or the mus ic lo[...]

iii absolute fidelity This page i ntenti onally left bla nk W arr anty Stateme nt and Ex tended R egistr ation Card should be placed h ere[...]

1 absolute fidelity Set-up Guide Now that you have your new Gene sis 2 loud speaker system, we realize that you can ’t wait to hook it up and start the music! However , this i s a big , comp lex s ystem an d we want you to set it up correctl y and more i mportantl y, safel y. So, please r ead this set up guide (e ven if your deal er is sett ing i[...]

2 absolute fidelity from the midrange ribbons. In order to allow for sufficient space from the sidewalls, this dictates that the optimum room is at least 19 feet (6m) wide. Pl ac in g the woofer tow ers asymm etrical bu t equid istant from the midrange/twe eter w ings wil l result i n better integrat ion of the bas s frequencies to the r oom. Keep [...]

3 absolute fidelity nearest wal l bein g different. As the room will gre atly influ ence t he soun d of your system, fine- tuning adju stments in placement w ill be n ecessar y. Ever y room wi ll be differ ent, with doorwa ys, furn iture, clo sets , wall co nstruct ion and covering , etc. all maki ng a signif icant impact on po sitioning . Unpacki [...]

4 absolute fidelity build crate s stron g eno ugh to tra nsport these loud speaker s wit hout damage. Assembling t he Aco ustic Susp ension A unique f eature o f the Genesis 2 .2 loudspea ker system is the inte gration of an acoustic suspens ion s ystem for the loudspe aker column s. This is an essentia l feature of the cabi net s tructure – res [...]

5 absolute fidelity spikes aga in. Thi s will avoid caus ing dam age to t he acou stic su spen si on an d to y our f loo r. 5) W hile the acoust ic su spension is de signed for you to be a ble to use the system on any surfa ce, if you have very l ight and resonant bare floorbo ards, you ma y need to place a heavy slab of marb le, sl ate, o r granit[...]

6 absolute fidelity capabilit ies to the serv o-bass s ystem. W ith this upgrade, two additional Acoust ic Suspen sion s ystems are supplie d. In the typi cal c onfigura tion, the Control Modu le, and t wo Ser vo- feedback Amplif iers are pl aced i n a sta ck between the mi drange/ tweeter wi ngs. The Power Supply is p laced b ehind th e stack. Usi[...]

7 absolute fidelity Servo-B ass Intercon nects parallels s peaker cable input s letterin g. W hen y ou connect the woofer tower outputs pa y close attenti on to the way the connector works. It only goes in one way and you cannot put it in wron g. However , you can fail to put it in all the way or fail to lock it in p lace. Li ne up th e alignmen t [...]

8 absolute fidelity balancing cir cuit that e nables the power ampl ifier to drive the balanced input of the servo amplif ier. Because of the extreme ly high impeda nce of the balancing cir cuit, the p arallel connec tion places absolu tely no st ress on the power amplifier . Do no t use any other interco nnect cabl e for this p urpose a s the hi g[...]

9 absolute fidelity Genesis ser vo-bas s ampli fier. To do this, we ha ve create d an online profile # for you to us e. Your UserID is Gene sis2207011 and Pas sword is Genes is Please visit the Harmon y Remote web site for support, and to activate a nd conf igure your remote . Bass Control Adjust ments Your servo-b ass amp lifier sho uld be the la [...]

10 absolute fidelity good place to start when making adjustments. In general, a lower bass volume setting is needed in smaller roo ms. Next, a djust the phase with t he buttons marked “  ” or “  ” on the remote contro l . W hen you first pr ess the phase u p or dow n butto n, the displa y will flash Ph Ph Ph Ph and then the c urrent p[...]

11 absolute fidelity current settings in Memory 2, press and hold th e [2] key for 5 seconds or until the display flashes. Midrang e/Twe eter Contro ls Yo u will noti ce tw o cont ro ls o n the back of the mi drange/ tweeter panel. T he left hand knob is a trim con trol for the rear tweeters . Turning this control clo ckwise wi ll increa se the lev[...]

12 absolute fidelity Servo-Co ntroll ed Ba ss Amplifier P rote cti on The ser vo-bass ampli fier ha s numerous pr otectio n circ uits bui lt in to protect both the amp lifier and the w oofers. If y ou over-dri ve the amplifier, it wi ll self-pr otect and you will h ear c licking or thumpi ng sounds. T his is c aused by the ampl ifier limit ing curr[...]

13 absolute fidelity T uning the system Music is t he best way t o begin to fin e-tune yo ur setup. W e suggest that video sources be used on ly after you have s etup th e system t o properly reprod uce mu sic. W hile we deli ver the G2 s ystem on ly after at lea st 24 h ours of runnin g-in, fine- tune your system onl y after at lea st 200 hours of[...]

14 absolute fidelity your guide. Tr y to ma ke it sound r eal. You ma y have to return to the vocal to make sure you have not gone too far in one direction. If, at this point, it do es not ha ve enough mid bass, tu rn the low pas s number to a h igher po sition or, alternat ely, p osition th e midran ge/ tweeter wi ngs cl oser to gether in order to[...]

15 absolute fidelity panels awa y from t he front wall a little bit at a t i me . I f you d o n ot have them p ulled far enough away , yo u may no t hav e e nough fro nt to bac k dept h. If you ge t the spe aker s much beyon d 1/3 of the w ay into the room, it is unlikely th at p ulling them f urt her away is reas onabl e. Too much absor ption on t[...]

16 absolute fidelity anywhere from 45 deg to 135 d eg (or req uire that the input to t he Control Module be pha se inverted if the powe r amplif ier used i s phase in verting). Now that you have roughed the s ystem in, yo u may want to e xp e r im e n t w it h d if f e r e n t p h as e angles. Us i n g t h e r e m o t e c o n t r o l you can adj us[...]

17 absolute fidelity position. There are no ab sol ut e r ule s co nce rni ng prob le mat ic rooms, so do not be afraid t o experi ment wit h best woo fer placement. Ultimately, it i s all ab out ba lance. You have a number of cont rols at hand with which t o adjus t the ba ss respo nse, the l ow-pass filter frequency and woofe r volume. You can al[...]

18 absolute fidelity one panel, listen , and t hen move the other pa nel. You may als o find an as ymmetric placemen t in-room more accur ate and pleasin g. Defini ng the Sou ndst age A common problem w e find with many set-ups is a tendency to separate the speakers too far fr om each other . This gi ves an unnaturall y stretc hed sound stage be tw[...]

19 absolute fidelity front to bac k depth and so undstage pro perti es of your s ystem. It is easy, yet unproduc tive , to go too far in one direction (and if you move the wo ofer to wers to o far from the w all you may l os e lo w bas s extension and if they are too near the walls, you will create a boominess in the room). Secondl y, you may ma ke[...]

20 absolute fidelity important. Ge nerall y speaking , the G enesis l oudspeakers prefer a live front wall. By these terms we me an the amount of ref lection o f sound . A ty pic al wa ll of gla ss or , bri ck, ceme nt o r dryw al l mat eri al is a reflecti ve surface. A hea vily curta ined or so und proofe d wall wou ld be cons idered a "dead[...]

21 absolute fidelity you listen to has a similarity of sound (too much or too little of a certain frequency for instance) then you can be fairly certain that you hav e y et to perfect you r set-up. Keep at it and remember to enjo y your music as you wor k on pe rfe ct ing y our se t-up . During the desi gn stage o f Genesis lou dspeakers , we rely [...]

22 absolute fidelity T he T ec hnology The Genesis 2.2 lo udspeaker co mprises four “tower s”: tw o midrange/twe eter w ings and t wo bas s columns. Each tower is o ver 6 feet tall (183cm), and the cabin et is m ade of a vibrat ion damp ing and resonanc e-contro l acr ylic/compo site san dwich m aterial. Th e tweeters and midrang e ribbon are m[...]

23 absolute fidelity floor or t he ceili ng. No deleteri ous interfer ence from these surface s is created ( as in virtual ly all o ther ki nds of spea kers). Another ad vantage of the line source is th at the verti cal spectr al content of music is vir tuall y the same through out the length of the line so urce. Hen ce, th e seati ng height d oes [...]

24 absolute fidelity there are far f ewer de tail-r obbing r oom refl ections fr om the ro om than other types of lou dspeaker s. W ith fewer spuri ous ref lections to confuse your hearin g, the pro gram sour ce em erges more cl early. Imaging is deeper, yet more focused. This resu lts in a louds peaker s ystem that is virtual ly room- independent.[...]

25 absolute fidelity thick. T he ribb on is the n suspen ded in the ma gnetic field crea ted by over 24 f eet of barium ferrite magnets . This resu lts in a perfec t line-sourc e ribbon ge nerating a cont inuous and perfe ctly coup led wave front. T he benefit of t his to the list ener is a wide and e ven hor izontal di spersi on yield ing a large [...]

26 absolute fidelity moving and a pplie s a counter-s ignal to stop the woofer faster and more effecti vely than an ope n loop woofer could pos sibl y respond. Thus, the ser vo-dri ve reduc es distort ion and improves tr ansien t response b y making the wo ofer app ear to be massles s. Typ ical non-ser vo woofer s ystems h ave distor tion l evel s [...]

27 absolute fidelity enclosur e all work tog ether in unison to produce bas s output that descends even ly to below your hear ing limit s. Servo-con trolled Bass Am plifier One problem, howe ver, of m etal c ones, is tha t of greater ma ss – even ones a s ligh t as the on es use d by Ge nesis . To over com e this, we h ad to b uild a n amplific a[...]

28 absolute fidelity The Acou stic Suspe nsion The suspension for ea ch loudspeaker to wer comprise s three elements: 1) The neoprene vibratio n absorber s are tu ned to isolate and decouple th e loud speaker cabi net for optimal imaging and bass respon se no ma tter wh at surface the lo udspe aker sits on. 2) The skeleta l frame act s as a tune d [...]

29 absolute fidelity Specifi cations  Dime nsion s: Mid/Tweeter W ing: H 75” x W 22” x D 16” W oofer Tower: H 75” x W 15” x D 26” Amplifier (stack) : H 11” x W 17” x D13” Power Su pply: H 6” x W 10” x D 12”  W eight: Mid/Tweeter W ing: 175 lbs (80 kg) each W oofer Tower: 270 lbs (123 kg) eac h Servo- Bass Amp lifier : [...]