Genelec 8260A Overview page 2

The New 8260A Three-Way DSP Loudspeaker System
with Minimum Diffraction Coaxial
(MDC™) Technology
Masterpiece In Electro-Acoustic Design
Genelec 8260A features major advances in audio driver
technology integrated to a sophisticated enclosure design.
Genelec MDC™ Minimum Diffraction Coaxial Mid/High
driver technology takes a big step in perfecting audio quality
in professional active studio monitors. This breakthrough in
coaxial driver design provides extremely accurate imaging
and improved sound quality both on the acoustical axis as well
as off-axis. The extremely smooth frequency response leads
to outstanding clarity and definition of the inner details of the
music. The 8260A combines, for the first time, a coaxial driver
(MDC™) with a modern Directivity Control Waveguide™
technology (DCW™), ensuring drivers to couple coherently
over their full operating bandwidth, as well as creating
coincident mid-frequency/high-frequency point source.
Designed To Adapt
As a new member of the TEC (Technical Excellence and
Creativity) Award-winning 8200 Series, the 8260A features
Genelec DSP digital signal processing responsible for all
loudspeaker functions, such as the crossover filters, driver
equalizers, driver position alignment, room response alignment,
calibration, and equalization related filters as well as distance
compensating delays. The Genelec Loudspeaker Manager™
(GLM™) software manages all these functions allowing the
8260A to be used together with other 8200 Series DSP monitors
and 7200 Series subwoofers in the same setup. Genelec
AutoCal™ automated room calibration and sound system
alignment method provides consistent and accurate frequency
response for a multichannel audio system in widely varying room
environments. The GLM™ software kit is available separately.
The 8260A is housed in a die-cast aluminium Minimum
Diffraction Enclosure™ (MDE™) with acoustically optimized
rounded edges to prevent diffractions and yielding superb sound
stage imaging. Of course, the robust enclosure is also completely
immune to vibrations.