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Genesis G1.2

Genesis G1.2

Overview

Genesis

Genesis G1.2

The Genesis™ 1 version 2 loudspeaker system is the latest iteration of the flagship loudspeaker system from Genesis. Created for the music lover who accepts no compromises in the reproduction of the musical event, it is the culmination of a 30-year legacy of reference-level line-source dipole flagship loudspeaker systems dating back to the Genesis I in 1993, and even back to the IRS™ in 1977.

This state-of-the-art system is designed to reproduce music at live listening levels with virtually no restrictions on dynamic range, frequency response, or width, breadth and height of soundstage. It is one of the very few speakers in the world that is capable of recreating the size, weight, impact and listening levels of a live performance with ease. The Genesis 1 is commissioned - it is custom-built in the USA for the most dedicated and discerning music-lovers worldwide and the owner's name is engraved into the external Corian™ cross-over boxes.

The G1 is a four-tower loudspeaker system featuring separate midrange/tweeter "wings" and servo-controlled woofer towers. This separation allows the mid/high frequency panels to be placed to optimize soundstage and imaging for the listening position, and the bass towers to be placed for smooth and extended bass response within the room.

The high frequency wings are dipole line-sources. That means that there is minimal vertical dispersion, and horizontal cancellation in the plane of the drivers. The result is minimal floor and ceiling "bounce" and very much reduced side-wall reflections, resulting in solidly pin-point imaging, and a wide and spacious soundstage. A line source attenuates at -3dB with a doubling of distance whereas a point source attenuates at -6dB with a doubling of distance. For example, with a sensitivity of 91dB/watt at 1m, the Genesis 2 is about average for large loudspeakers. At 2m, the G2 line source can deliver 89dB/watt, at 4m, 86dB/watt, and at 8m 83dB/watt. For the equivalent point source loudspeaker, it will be 85dB/watt at 2m, 79dB/watt at 4m, and 73dB/watt at 8m. Hence, for a listening distance of 4m (about 12ft) the line source will appear to be almost twice as loud as a point source loudspeaker. This is the great advantage that a line source loudspeaker will have over a point source loudspeaker in a large room – particularly when the seating distance is over 4m from the loudspeaker.

The vertical spectral content of music is virtually the same throughout the length of the line source. Hence, the seating height does not matter with this speaker; unlike point source speakers where it is important for the ears to be aligned in relationship with the tweeter.