Genesis G5.3 manual

ver 1.0 1 1 1 1 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Owner s Manual and Set-up Guide: Genesis 5.3 Loudspeak er Contents A QUICK START SET-U P GUIDE 3 U NPACKING 3 R OOM P LACEMENT 3 SET-UP GUIDE 4 P OSITIONING 4 P OWER C ONNECTIONS 4 S OURCE I NPUT C ONNECTIONS 5 T HE A COUSTIC P LATFORM 6 C ONTROL S 7 TUNING THE S YSTEM 8 A DJUSTING THE B ASS G AI[...]

ver 1.0 2 2 2 2 ~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 tech nolo gies d evel oped and ev olve d ove r the pas t fou r deca des, th e Gene sis 5. 3 is a sma ll 4-ft tal l flo or-sta nding louds peaker, and yet i t de[...]

ver 1.0 3 3 3 3 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ A Quic k Star t Set-u p Guide Now that you have yo ur new Ge nesi s 5.3 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 4 4 4 4 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Set-up Guide Positioni ng A good starti ng p o s it i on f o r th e G enesi s 5 is about 20% of the wa y into the r oom as me asured from the front wall (the wall yo u look at as you are seated li ste ning to the sp eake rs). If you are in a sm aller room, tr y to have at lea st 24 inche s (60 cm[...]

ver 1.0 5 5 5 5 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ G5 into an unsw itched out let, or a swit ched ou tlet that can a lways be left O N. The bui lt-in ampli fier ha s an auto-se nsing circu it th at wi ll put the amplif ier int o stand- by when th ere is no music bein g played for aro und 25 mi nutes. I t will im mediately swi tch th e amplif ier [...]

ver 1.0 6 6 6 6 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ invert the hig h-level inputs whe n the b ass section of the G5 is driv en by t he pream plifie r. If you do this , use a good qualit y balan ced int erconnect ca ble to connect the balance d output of your pr eampl ifier to the pr eamp level input X LR conn ector, or t he singl e-ended o utput o[...]

ver 1.0 7 7 7 7 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Contro ls There are a to tal of fi ve co ntrol knob s in two ro ws o n the b ack plate of the Gene sis 5 lo udspea ker. The upper left knob on the back plat e marked “ Tw eeter ” is a volume control for the front t weeter. Turning this control clockwise will increase th e level of t he front [...]

ver 1.0 8 8 8 8 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ T uning the system Two chan nel ster eo mus ic is the be st way to beg in your setup procedur e. W e sugg est t hat m ulti-c hanne l and vid eo sour ces be used onl y after you ha ve set up the sys tem to prope rly rep roduce music. The ro om in which the G5 is placed woul d prob ably b e th e gr[...]

ver 1.0 9 9 9 9 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ music accompan iment shoul d sound as if it were cut from one clot h, not sep arate . If the voic e soun ds “thin” or doe s not ha ve enough “ chest” to its so und, t urn th e woofers amplifi er’ s gain up till it doe s. If yo u find that turning th e volu me up cre ates too mu ch low b[...]

ver 1.0 10 10 10 10 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Imaging a nd Soundst age If your v ocal selection is a we ll-recorded audi ophile CD or LP, t he perform er should appe ar to come fr om behind the loudsp eaker s and be at t he ap propr iate h eight a nd s ize for a p erson. If i t is n ot, the re ar e sev er al remedies that wil l address t[...]

ver 1.0 11 11 11 11 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ music. W hen these speak ers are pr operly se t up, you wi ll have a sweet sp ot wide eno ugh for yo u and yo ur spouse . W hen you swa y sid e to side while en joying th e music, the im age and tonali ty of the system sh ould also not waver. W he n properly set up very little s ound should a[...]

ver 1.0 12 12 12 12 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ bright and you will have to turn the t weeter control do wn significantly. On the other hand, large sofas and arm-chairs tend to absor b frequencies in the lower mid-range a nd mid-bass. W hen your room is full of furniture, you ma y find that you ha ve to turn down the tweeter, midrange , an[...]

ver 1.0 13 13 13 13 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ The LF E input bypa sses t he int ernal c ross over, a nd h ence us es the home t heatre proce ssor’s cro ssover. Sinc e the G5 i s able to pl ay down to 18Hz , the bass sec tion can als o be us ed as your Hom e Theater Sys tem’s LFE sub-w oofer if yo u do not have one – even if you are[...]

ver 1.0 14 14 14 14 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Distri buting the bass is al so help ful for r eprod uctio n of multi- chann el music because yo u get inc redible a rticula tion and deta il in the bass all arou nd the room. T he R efinement sta ge After f ollow ing th e roug h setup gui de abo ve, you may n ot be comp letely s atisfied wit[...]

ver 1.0 15 15 15 15 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Second ly, you ma y make th e mid bass produc ed by the top of the woofer out of propor tio n with the mi d bass pr oduced by the bot tom of the m id-b ass couple r. Thi s would tend to sound "boomy" in the mid bass regions. Another good r ule of thumb is to first se t the vol ume c[...]

ver 1.0 16 16 16 16 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ small a mount of absorpt ion. Hence, a c urtain ed glas s win dow would just be a bout per fect. 2. Sidew alls . Be cause the speaker is a di pole it i s less sensitiv e to the side wal ls. Howe ver, as a rule of thu mb, it is a go od idea to keep the speaker as far away fro m the sidewalls a[...]

ver 1.0 17 17 17 17 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ sound . This abi lity is us eful in fin e tuni ng your system because if every recording you listen to has a similarity of sound (too much or too little of a certain frequency for instance) then you can be fairl y certain that you have yet to perfe ct your s et-u p. If you ha ve any ques tion[...]

ver 1.0 18 18 18 18 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ T he T ec hnology The Genesis Ri bbon Tweet er Rev iewers in th e Audiophi le 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 f rom an ext remely thin mem brane of K apton w ith a p [...]

ver 1.0 19 19 19 19 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ Mid-Bass Co uplers In order to c reate a “so und brid ge” b etween th e midran ge an d the bass sect ion, th e G5 incorp orates two 6. 5inch meta l cone mid- bass co uple rs. One fron t and one rea r fir ing, agai n worki ng as a dip ole. Made of al umin um, this metal cone i s extre mely[...]

ver 1.0 20 20 20 20 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ mode rate levels . The Genesis se rvo bass sys tem reduce s this distort ion to be low one per cent at almos t any out put leve l. It al so drives th e woof er to co nstant ac cele ratio n, whic h makes its frequenc y resp onse tot ally fla t!! The ser vo system is a more proact ive appro ach[...]

ver 1.0 21 21 21 21 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ cones a nd t he loud spe aker en closure all work in u nison to prod uce bass ou tput that d esce nds eve nly to below yo ur heari ng lim its. 500 watt Cl ass D Servo Amplifi er W hile the adva ntage s of metal con es in clud e extrem e stiffn ess resulti ng in very l ow distor tion and bre a[...]

ver 1.0 22 22 22 22 ~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó ™ floor-bor ne vibrat ions d o not affe ct the imag ing an d so undsta ge of t he louds peaker. 3) The st ain less s teel s pikes rigidl y coup le t he su spens ion system to the floo r. If you have hardwo od floo rs and do no t want to make hole s in the wo od, use a cop per penny (in stea d o[...]