Genesis I.C.E. 201 manual

1 1 1 1 absolute fidelity Owner s Manual and Set-up Guide Genesis 201 Loudspeak er System Contents G201 SET-UP GU IDE 4 U NPACKING 4 P LACEMENT OF THE G201 L OUDSPEAKER S YSTEM 5 S PEAKER C ONNECTI ONS 6 C ONTROL A DJUSTMENTS 7 S ERVO - BASS A MPLIFIER P ROTECTION 9 G ROUND C ONTROL 9 TUNING THE SYS TEM 11 B EGIN WITH THE BASS LEVEL 11 I MAGING AND[...]

2 2 2 2 absolute fidelity A Messa ge fr om Gene sis Congratu lations ! You a re now t he owner of on e of the fin est loudspe aker s ystems in the wo rld ! Based o n the t echnol ogies developed f or our f lagship m odel, the Gen esis 20 1 is the penultim ate Gen esis lo udspeaker ; the closes t you can ge t to perfect soun d repr oduction s hort o[...]

3 3 3 3 absolute fidelity This page i ntenti onally left bla nk W arr anty Sta teme nt and Ex tended R egistr ation Card should be placed h ere[...]

4 4 4 4 absolute fidelity G201 Set-up Guid e Now that you ha ve your ne w Gene sis 20 1 loudsp eaker system, we realize that you can ’t wait to hook it up and start playing ! However, this is a big, c omple x syste m and we want you to set it up correct ly and safely. So, ple ase read thi s quick set up guide (even if your dealer is s etting it u[...]

5 5 5 5 absolute fidelity Placem ent of t he G201 Louds peaker Syst em A good starting position for the mi drange/tweet er panel s is about one third th e wa y into t he room as mea sured from the rear wall (t he wall you look at as y ou are seat ed li stening to the speaker s). You want to sit approximately two-thirds of the wa y in t he r o om , [...]

6 6 6 6 absolute fidelity tweeters up to 10 f eet apart. Ne xt, position the wo ofer to wers behind, and just to the outs ide of the mid/tw eeter panels. Speaker C onne ctions Use the woofer cable s that wer e fo und in side the woofer cr ate s to con nec t the woofer to wers to the woof er amplifie r. Each end of the cable is clearly mar ked, AMPL[...]

7 7 7 7 absolute fidelity balance d input of the s ervo ampl ifier. Do not use any oth er intercon nection for th is purpose! This internal circuit also allows even fully balan ced power am plifiers to be co nnected thi s way. Plug the b anana p lug end o f these interc onnects into the bin ding posts of your midran ge/twe eter to wers (prefer red)[...]

8 8 8 8 absolute fidelity The disp lay wi ll flas h to id entif y that the volu me fun ctio n is bei ng adjust ed. W hen yo u first press one of the volum e cont rol button s, the curre ntl y-set vol ume will flash . The ne xt pre ss will move the volum e up or d own. Press ing and ho ldin g the bu tton will move the vol ume up or do wn rapid ly. N[...]

9 9 9 9 absolute fidelity Position two gi ves you a sounds tage per spect ive of abou t the middle of t he conc ert h all. Pos ition three is m ore like th e orche stra seats, and positi on one may be more like the balcony seats. W hile it is rel ative ly eas y to put t he Gene sis 201 loud speaker system into your room and s ystem and get nice mus[...]

10 10 10 10 absolute fidelity the black alliga tor clip at the XLR en d of the i nterconne ct to t he cha ssi s of the se rv o-ba ss ampl ifi er. A c onv eni ent att ach ment poi nt is the bright lockin g tab on the XLR at the a mplifier end. If this doe s not work, t ake dis connec t the cli p, and then tr y connecting the bl ack alliga tor cl ip [...]

11 11 11 11 absolute fidelity T uning the system Music is t he best wa y to begin to fin e-tune your se tup. W e suggest that video sources be used on ly after you ha ve setup th e syst em to properly reprod uce mu sic. W e suggest that you start with a single vocal wit h instrumen tal accompan iment b ecause the s ound of the hu man voice is more [...]

12 12 12 12 absolute fidelity If, at this point, it do es not h ave eno ugh mid bass, tu rn the low pa ss number to a h igher po sition or, alt ernately, p osition the ma in speakers c loser to gether in order to achieve better mi d bass couplin g between the main spe akers. If it so unds too “fat” tur n the low pass control down or adjus t the[...]

13 13 13 13 absolute fidelity W he n prope rly set up v ery little s ound sh ould ap pear t o come dir ect ly f rom the s pea ker , instead, the sou nd stage shoul d extend far beyond th e left and righ t edge of the loud speak ers and they should ha ve tremend ous fr ont to b ack de pth. W hen the recording is close m iked (when the ins trument o [...]

14 14 14 14 absolute fidelity Further a djustm ents W ith the woofer t owers positione d in th e recommende d plac ement behind and o utside the midrange tweeter pan els, l o w b a s s i n t h e r oo m sh o u l d no t be a p r o b le m . Should you ha ve too much bass, simply turn the volume down on the rem ote c ontrol. To o little, and the oppo s[...]

15 15 15 15 absolute fidelity T he R efi nement stage After foll owing the rough s etup gu ide abo ve, you m ay not be complete ly satis fied with the results. We share with you here som e of our observations in setting up these l ouds p ea ke r s . Make On e Change At A Ti me One rule of thumb you shou ld always keep in mind. Make one change at a [...]

16 16 16 16 absolute fidelity should be close enough together to achieve pr oper "coupling" of th e midrange ribbon driv er. Coupling is desir able in the lower frequencies from the mid-bass on down. This simply means that the left and right drivers "work together" as opposed to working separately. If you find there is n't [...]

17 17 17 17 absolute fidelity the speakers disap pearing complet ely on a recor di ng co nt ai ni ng such information. Roo m Treatmen t No room is perfect. To optim ize your sonic pr esentat ion it may be helpful to treat your room. Here are some guidelin es: 1. Front walls . Th is lo udspea ker is a dipole and ther efore there is sound com ing fro[...]

18 18 18 18 absolute fidelity absorbers behind you for best sound. Ab sorption behind the listener is usua lly ben ef i c i a l . Mastering the Refin ements of the syste m Fine tuning an audi o syste m is an art that will take time a nd patience. I t can b e one of the m ore rewar ding learnin g exper iences you will have in the p ursuit of mus ic [...]

19 19 19 19 absolute fidelity T he T ec h nology The Genesis 201 lo udspea ker compr ises f our “towers”: two midrange/twe eter pan els and two ba ss to wers. Each tower is 6 feet tall (183cm), and th e cabin et is m ade of a vibr ation dampi ng and resonance -contro l acr ylic com posite sandwic h materia l. The rationale for the four-tow er s[...]

20 20 20 20 absolute fidelity Another ad vantage of the line source is th at the vertical sp ectral content of music is vir tuall y the same through out the length of the line so urce. Hen ce, th e seati ng heig ht does not ma tter with this speaker; un like p oint s ource spe akers where it is important for the ears to be aligned in re lations hip[...]

21 21 21 21 absolute fidelity The G201 use s twel ve of thes e twee ters co nfigured a s a vert ical line source . Be cause t he output i s distr ibuted over man y dri vers, each wor ks at very lo w-stres s. Thi s dramat ically lo wer s the distortions in th e high frequen cies. The G201 als o use t hree rear- firing tweeter s per c hannel wired to[...]

22 22 22 22 absolute fidelity monitor the mo vement of the woofer cone an d conti nuously compares it to t he inpu t signa l. Th is compar ison c ircuit instan tly identifies any d eviation from the input a nd ap plies a correct ive signal to comp ensate for any devi ation, resu lting in the vir tual elimina tion of the inher ent dis tortion of the[...]

23 23 23 23 absolute fidelity The woofers ar e a un iquel y designe d metal cone dri ver made for the Genesi s ser vo syst em. Made with a cone of soli d alum inium, the suspens ion an d vo icecoi l ha ve been ma ximized for lo ng distortion-fr ee exc ursion so as to increas e dy namic range. Our aluminium c ones ar e a magn itude s tiffer than any[...]

24 24 24 24 absolute fidelity amplifier ha ving b etter spat ial an d tonal chara cters. Ne verthele ss, we do recomme nd no less than 10 0 watts a s a min imum for the mid/tweeter sec tions.[...]

25 25 25 25 absolute fidelity Specifi catio ns  Dime nsion s: Mid/Tweet er Panel: H 72” x W 13.5” x D 9.75” W oofer Tower: H 72” x W 11” x D 22” Amplifier: H 10” x W 12” x D19”  W eight: 650 lbs (295kg) per side 70 lbs (32kg) amplifier  Frequen cy Re sponse : 16Hz to 36 kHz, + /- 2dB  Contr ols (on amplifier) : Pha se,[...]