Genesis 500 brochure

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ADVANCE PRODUCT NEWS

The Holy Grail

The elusive jewel of the high end loudspeaker
industry is a full range loudspeaker system embod-
ied in beautiful cabinetry of a size modest enough
to fit easily in any room, yet capable of delivering a
huge lifelike soundstage. Just such a jewel is the
Genesis 500.

The Genesis 500 employs
our newest innovations,
delivering live listening lev-
els across the entire fre-
quency spectrum with
spatially accurate imag-
ing, and yet, is only 44
inches tall and 11 inch-
es wide. The cabinetry
is hand crafted with
compound miters and
covered in beautiful
rosewood veneers and
hardwoods. This combi-
nation yields a visually
stunning finished prod-
uct. But close your eyes
so you can focus on the
full impact of a sympho-
ny orchestra in your liv-
ing room.

How Do We Do It ?

Like all Genesis loud-
speakers, the 5005 employ a dipole design (from
the mid-bass couplers on up) producing sound
from both the front and the rear, one out of phase
with the other. While the advantages of dipole
design are many, the two main benefits are ease of
placement in the room and more natural, spacious
sound reproduction.

' A Rana us
A Technological Art

Dipoles achieve their superior performance
because they create a radiation pattern where the
energy emanating to the sides of the speakers is
nearly non-existent. Vlfith very little acoustical ener-
gy reaching the side walls of your living room, not
only is placement of the speakers easy but, remark-
ably, the listener is able to experience the music
unencumbered by the normal room interactions
which plague most other speaker systems.

The Genesis 500 loudspeakers utilize some of our
newest and most sophisticated technology. Set
within each multifaceted cabinet are two 1-inch pla-
nar ribbon tweeters, one of our newly-minted
5-inch titanium cone midrange modules, a 6»inch
aluminum cone mid-bass coupler, and three 8»inch
metal cone servo woofers driven by an integral
G-SAT BOO-watt servo-controlled switching power
amplifier.

Its All in the Drivers

As in all Genesis loudspeak-
ers, the drivers used in
the 5005 are custom-
crafted devices designed
and tuned by Genesis
engineers for transpar-
ent, and dynamic perfor-
mance.

The tweeter used in
both the front and back
of the Genesis 500 has
been described by
many reviewers in both
the American and for-
eign audiophile press as
"possibly the world's
best." It is a 1-inch
planar ribbon design
that is handcrafted from
an extremely thin, lami-
nated membrane of

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aluminum and Kapton. It measures a mere 0.0005
of an inch thick. The advantage of incorporating
such an extremely thin membrane is its low mass.
The result of this design is a driver that produces a
rapid and uniform response to high frequency tran-
sients and has the speed of the best ribbon/elec-
trostatic designs without the characteristic distor-
tion and poor dispersion associated with them.

Our new 5V2-inch midrange driver is machined from
pure titanium, one of the lightest and stiffest mate-
rials known to man. Its super-low mass and virtual-
ly distortionless motor structure make it one of the
best transducers ever made. With its nearly instan-
taneous transient response, this titanium midrange
inspires the Genesis 500 loudspeakers to sound
lifelike and effortless.

To create a sound bridge" between the midrange
and the servo-woofer system, the 5005 incorporate
our world-renowned 6V2-inch aluminum cone mid-
bass coupler. Being of an extremely light and stiff
design, this aluminum cone is capable of handling
the huge dynamic range demands of the system
while maintaining extremely low coloration and
excellent transient response.

Servo control of the woofers coupled with metal
cone technology creates the phenomenal bass per-
formance of the 5005. Listening to traditional
woofer systems, one could describe the bass as
heavy," "soggy," or "boomy to some extent
because the woofer has high mass and therefore
high inertia.

This causes poor control and high distortion. In a
servo woofer system, complete control of the

woofer is made possible by the addition of a
motion sensor (accelerometer) mounted directly on
the woofer itself. The resultant decrease in distor-
tion, greater frequency extension and tight control
yield musically accurate yet "floor shaking bass.

Genesis G-SAT Amplifiers = All the Bass

The servo-controlled metal cone woofer system of
the Genesis 500 is driven by the new Genesis G-SAT
Amplifiers. These unique power plants utilize an
extraordinary technology known as the switching
amplifier, first introduced to the audio world by
Genesis co-founder Arnie Nudell. Acclaimed for
exemplary performance by virtue of perfectly linear
response, near-perfect efficiency and "slam factor,"
our switching amplifier is superior to just about any
other form of amplification.

The Genesis 500, a matchless combination of per-
formance, price, size, and beauty. The 500 is the
elusive jewel you have been waiting for. See your
local Genesis dealer today for an audition.

Specifications

Dimensions ....... I IW x 44"H x 22"D
Weight (each) ...... I41 lbs each

Frequency

Response ......... 22 Hz to 36 kHz (iSdB)
Loudspeaker

Impedance ........ 4 ohms

Sensitivity ......... 90dB

Crossover ......... 4th order Linkwitz Riley

phase correct
Amplifier (each). . . . 500 watt rms switching amplifier

Genesis Technologies, Inc.
PO. Box 3789 Eagle, Colorado 81631 USA - TEL (970) 328-9515 - FAX (970) 328-9522