Genesis 500 owners manual

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Genesis 500 System
Owner's Manual

Description

Standing 44 inches tall and only 11 inches wide, the Genesis 500 is an all new
technology loudspeaker system capable of delivering live listening levels across the
entire frequency spectrum. By means of active servo bass, response down to 25 Hz is
achieved and the full range and impact of the symphony orchestra can be reproduced.

The Genesis 500 has two planar ribbon tweeters, one in front and one in the rear. To
cover the midrange, the Genesis 500 utilizes our revolutionary new 5.5 inch titanium
coned driver and to cover the mid bass frequencies, there is a 6.5 inch metal cone mid
bass couplers.

The bass frequencies are handled by three 8 inch metal cone woofers, that are
powered by a 500 watt GSAT power amplifier built in to the back of the unit.

Like all Genesis loudspeakers, the Genesis 500's are a dipole design producing sound
from both the front and the rear, one out of phase with the other. While the advantages
of a dipole design are many, the two main benefits are ease of placement in the room
and a greater degree of spacious natural sound reproduction.

Dipoles achieve their superior performance because they create a radiation pattern
such that the energy radiating to the sides of the speakers plane is nearly zero. So,
with very little acoustical energy reaching the side walls of your living room not only is
placement of the speakers easy but, remarkably, the listener is able to experience the
music unencumbered by the normal room aberrations which plague most other
speakers.

The 500's magic Is In the drivers

The tweeter used in both the front and the back of the 500 series has been described
by many reviewers in both the American and foreign Audiophile press as possibly "the
world's best." It is a 1 inch planar ribbon design and is hand-crafted from an extremely
thin laminated membrane of aluminum and Kapton and measures a mere 0.0005 inch
thick. The advantage of incorporating such an extremely thin membrane is that of low
mass. The result of this design is a driver that has a rapid and uniform response to

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high frequency transients and has the speed of the best ribbon/electrostatic designs
without the high distortion and poor dispersion that is typically associated with them
The midrange driver is truly unique and revolutionary. Machined from pure titanium,
one of the lightest and stiffest materials known to man. this new 5.5 inch low mass cone
driver is one of the best transducers ever made with transient response nearly
instantaneous enabling the APM to sound lifelike and effortless.

To create a "sound bridge" between the midrange and the servo woofer system, the
500 series incorporates a 6.5 inch metal cone mid bass coupler. This metal cone is an
extremely light and stiff design 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 and metal cone technology is key to the phenomenal bass
performance of the Genesis 500. In a traditional woofer system heavy", "soggy" or
'boomy" bass is present to some degree because the woofer has high mass and
therefore high inertia causing poor control and high distortion. In a servo bass system,
complete control of the woofer is made possible by the addition of a motion sensor
(accelerometer) mounted directly on the woofer itself. Lower distortion, greater
frequency extension and tight control yield musically accurate yet "floor shaking" bass.

The metal cone servo controlled woofer system of the Genesis 500 is driven with a built
in amplifier of unique design. Known as GSAT, the 500 utilizes a technology of
amplification first introduced to the audio world by Genesis co-founder Arnie Nudell and
is known as a switching amplifier. Acclaimed for their performance by virtue of their
perfect linear response, near perfect efficiency and "slam factor", switching amplifier
technology is clearly superior to almost any other form of amplification.

Set up the speakers.

A good starting position for the Genesis 500's placement is about 20% the way into the
room as measured from the wall behind the loudspeakers (you can place them much
closerto the rear wall if you wish). If you have placed the speakers closer to the rear
wall, a good rule of thumb is to try and sit approximately ten to twelve feet from the
speaker. Generally speaking, the speakers should fire into the long dimension of the
room.

Measure the distance between the left and right tweeters. Start with approximately six
to eight feet apart (two and three quarter meters) if your room dimensions will allow.

Begin by pointing the speakers towards the listener 5 to 10 degrees (toe in).

When positioning your speakers, make sure each speaker is within 10 feet of a power
receptacle so you will be able to plug the GSAT built in power amplifier in.

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