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Owners Manual and Set-up Guide

Genesis 2.2 Loudspeaker System

Contents
SET-UP GUIDE 1
PLANNING THE PLACEMENT 1
UNPACKING 3
ASSEMBLING THE ACOUSTIC SUSPENSION 4
THE SERVO-CONTROLLED BASS AMPLIFIER 5
MIDRANGE/TWEETER CONNECTIONS 7
CONTROL ADJUSTMENTS 8
SERVO-CONTROLLED BASS AMPLIFIER PROTECTION 10
TUNING THE SYSTEM 12
BEGIN WITH THE BASS LEVEL 12
IMAGING AND SOUNDSTAGE 13
PHASE CONTROL 14
FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS 15
THE REFINEMENT STAGE 16
MAKE ONE CHANGE AT A TIME 16
DEFINING THE SOUNDSTAGE 16
APPROPRIATE MID-BASS/LOW-BASS BALANCE 16
ROOM TREATMENT 18
MASTERING THE REFINEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM 19
THE TECHNOLOGY 20
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY 20
THE GENESIS RIBBON TWEETER 21
48INCH MIDRANGE RIBBON 22
THE SERVO-BASS ADVANTAGE 22
THE WOOFER TOWER 23
SERVO-CONTROLLED BASS AMPLIFIER 24
THE ACOUSTIC SUSPENSION 25
SPECIFICATIONS 27