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Genesis 2.2 Setup And Owners Manual

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  • Page 2 Owners Manual and Set-up Guide Genesis 2.2 Loudspeaker System Contents SET-UP GUIDE LANNING THE NPACKING SSEMBLING THE ERVO IDRANGE ERVO ONTROL IDRANGE ERVO ORD ABOUT...
  • Page 3 Congratulations! And Thank You! You are now the owner of one of the finest loudspeaker systems in the world! The Genesis 2.2 is the result of technologies developed and refined over the past 40 years in constant production. The G2.2 loudspeaker system was created for the music lover who knows (almost) no compromise.
  • Page 4 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y This page intentionally left blank Warranty Statement and Extended Registration Card should be placed here...
  • Page 5 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y Set-up Guide Now that you have your new Genesis 2 loudspeaker system, we realize that you can’t wait to hook it up and start the music! However, this is a big, complex system and we want you to set it up correctly and more importantly, safely.
  • Page 6 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y 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.
  • Page 7 Unpacking The Genesis 2.2 system will arrive in a number of pieces. There are four large wooden shipping crates, two containing the woofer towers, two holding midrange/tweeter panels (or “wings”). There...
  • Page 8 “walk” the speaker cabinet on the spikes – retract the spikes first, shift the speakers, and then lower the A unique feature of the Genesis 2.2 loudspeaker system is the integration of an acoustic suspension system for the loudspeaker columns.

  • Page 9: Ass Mplifier

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y spikes again. This will avoid causing damage to the acoustic suspension and to your floor. While the acoustic suspension is designed for you to be able to use the system on any surface, if you have very light and resonant bare floorboards, you may need to place a heavy slab of marble, slate, or granite under the loudspeaker to...
  • Page 10 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y capabilities to the servo-bass system. With this upgrade, two additional Acoustic Suspension systems are supplied. In the typical configuration, the Control Module, and two Servo- feedback Amplifiers are placed in a stack between the midrange/ tweeter wings.

  • Page 11: C Onnections

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y lettering. When you connect the woofer tower outputs pay close attention to the way the connector works. It only goes in one way and you cannot put it in wrong.

  • Page 12: Remote

    Servo-Bass Amplifier Remote Your Genesis 2.2 servo-bass amplifier is supplied with a Logitech Harmony™ remote control. This is a universal remote control that can also be programmed to control the rest of your music system.
  • Page 13 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y Genesis servo-bass amplifier. To do this, we have created an online profile for you to use. Your UserID is Genesis2207011 and Password is Genesis Please visit the Harmony Remote website for support, and to activate and configure your remote.
  • Page 14 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y good place to start when making adjustments. In general, a lower bass volume setting is needed in smaller rooms. Next, adjust the phase with the buttons marked “ ” or “ ” on the remote control .

  • Page 15: C Ontrols

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y current settings in Memory 2, press and hold the [2] key for 5 seconds or until the display flashes. Midrange/Tweeter Controls You will notice two controls on the back of the midrange/ tweeter panel.

  • Page 16: B Ass A Mplifier P Rotection

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y Servo-Controlled Bass Amplifier Protection The servo-bass amplifier has numerous protection circuits built in to protect both the amplifier and the woofers. If you over-drive the amplifier, it will self-protect and you will hear clicking or thumping sounds.

  • Page 17: Tuning The System

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y Tuning the system Music is the best way to begin to fine-tune your setup. We suggest that video sources be used only after you have setup the system to properly reproduce music.
  • Page 18 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y your guide. Try to make it sound real. You may have to return to the vocal to make sure you have not gone too far in one direction. If, at this point, it does not have enough mid bass, turn the low pass number to a higher position or, alternately, position the midrange/ tweeter wings closer together in order to achieve better lower...

  • Page 19: Phase Control

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y panels away from the front wall a little bit at a time. If you do not have them pulled far enough away, you may not have enough front to back depth.

  • Page 20: Further Adjustments

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y anywhere from 45 deg to 135 deg (or require that the input to the Control Module be phase inverted if the power amplifier used is phase inverting).

  • Page 21: The Refinement Stage

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y position. There are no absolute rules concerning problematic rooms, so do not be afraid to experiment with best woofer placement. Ultimately, it is all about balance. You have a number of controls at hand with which to adjust the bass response, the low-pass filter frequency and woofer volume.

  • Page 22: Bass /L Ow - Bass B Alance

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y one panel, listen, and then move the other panel. You may also find an asymmetric placement in-room more accurate and pleasing. Defining the Soundstage A common problem we find with many set-ups is a tendency to separate the speakers too far from each other.

  • Page 23: Room Treatment

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y front to back depth and soundstage properties of your system. It is easy, yet unproductive, to go too far in one direction (and if you move the woofer towers too far from the wall you may lose low bass extension and if they are too near the walls, you will create a boominess in the room).
  • Page 24 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y important. Generally speaking, the Genesis loudspeakers prefer a live front wall. By these terms we mean the amount of reflection of sound. A typical wall of glass or, brick, cement or drywall material is a reflective surface.
  • Page 25 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y 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 have yet to perfect your set-up.

  • Page 26: Design Philosophy

    The Genesis 2.2 is a line-source that is 4 feet long (nearly the half the room’s entire height). A line source has no vertical dispersion at any frequency.
  • Page 27 The Genesis 2.2 is also a dipole radiator. The midrange and tweeter drivers are mounted on a rigid acrylic panel with no enclosure.

  • Page 28: T Weeter

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y there are far fewer detail-robbing room reflections from the room than other types of loudspeakers. With fewer spurious reflections to confuse your hearing, the program source emerges more clearly. Imaging is deeper, yet more focused.
  • Page 29 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y thick. The ribbon is then suspended in the magnetic field created by over 24 feet of barium ferrite magnets. This results in a perfect line-source ribbon generating a continuous and perfectly coupled wave front.
  • Page 30 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y moving and applies a counter-signal to stop the woofer faster and more effectively than an open loop woofer could possibly respond. Thus, the servo-drive reduces distortion and improves transient response by making the woofer appear to be massless.

  • Page 31: A Mplifier

    One side benefit of this powered woofer system is that almost any sized amplifier can be used to drive the mid/tweeter section of the Genesis 2.2. No longer must one choose between having an amplifier with enough power to drive the woofers, and a smaller amplifier having better spatial and tonal characters.
  • Page 32 a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y The Acoustic Suspension The suspension for each loudspeaker tower comprises three elements: The neoprene vibration absorbers are tuned to isolate and decouple the loudspeaker cabinet for optimal imaging and bass response no matter what surface the loudspeaker sits The skeletal frame acts as a tuned absorber.

  • Page 33: Specifications

    a b s o l u t e f i d e l i t y Specifications Dimensions: Mid/Tweeter Wing: Woofer Tower: Amplifier (stack): Power Supply: Weight: Mid/Tweeter Wing: Woofer Tower: Servo-Bass Amplifier: Frequency Response: Controls (on amplifier): Controls (on speaker): Input Impedance: Sensitivity: Amplifier Power Rating:...

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