Genesis Advanced Technologies G5.3 owner manual ~ Ä ë ç ä ì í É = Ñ á Ç É ä á í ó, Room Treatment

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Secondly, you may make the mid bass produced by the top of the woofer out of proportion with the mid bass produced by the bottom of the mid-bass coupler. This would tend to sound "boomy" in the mid bass regions.

Another good rule of thumb is to first set the volume control of the woofer for proper midbass rather than low bass. The theory is that if the midbass is correct, then the low bass should be very close to correct. If the midbass is proper and the low bass is still not right, here are some other suggestions.

A good balance between proper low bass extension and a deep and spacious soundstage needs to be established to optimize your speaker's performance.

In order to achieve what the speaker is capable of we suggest you focus your efforts on a proper balance of soundstage elements that includes information beyond the left and right sides of the speakers, front to back depth well behind the speaker, excellent focus of instruments and voices with proper vertical information and mid bass fill.

A Genesis loudspeaker system correctly set up, can and should provide a soundstage that “melts the walls of your room” and with pinpoint focus. The speakers disappear completely on a recording that has such quality.

Room Treatment

No room is perfect. To optimize your sonic presentation it may be helpful add some minimal acoustic treatment to your room. Here are some guidelines:

1.Front walls. This loudspeaker is a dipole and therefore there is sound coming from both the front and the back of the speaker. How the front wall is treated or not treated is important. Generally speaking, the Genesis loudspeakers prefer a live front wall to a dead 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. A heavily curtained or sound absorbent wall would be considered a "dead wall" or a non-reflective wall. A normal thin curtain across a window causes only a

 

 

 

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