absolute fidelity
of the power supply in delivering the bass frequencies, resulting in “floorshakingly musical” bass to power the servo woofers.
A further advantage to separating the amplifier modules of the left and right woofer towers is that if you are lucky enough to have multiple 20amp circuits in your listening room, you can power each woofer tower with a separate circuit! This allows for even better transient bass dynamics. The Dynamic Reservoir (from the Genesis Reference Amplifier) can also be adopted for the Servo- Controlled Bass Amplifier, which will give even faster bass transients.
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. Nevertheless, we do recommend no less than 100 watts as a minimum for the mid/tweeter sections.
The Acoustic Suspension
The suspension for each loudspeaker tower comprises three elements:
1)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 on.
2)The skeletal frame acts as a tuned absorber. Made of an inch of solid acrylic, no two parts of the frame will resonate at the same frequencies. This ensures that all midrange frequencies are “dumped” below the base of the cabinet so that
3)The spikes rigidly couple the suspension system to the floor. If you have hardwood floors and do not want to make holes in the wood, use a copper penny (instead of expensive “spike cups”) under the spike.
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