Genesis I.C.E Genesis 6.1e owner manual 5.4Vibration-freeCabinet, absolute fidelity

Models: Genesis 6.1e

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5.4Vibration-free Cabinet

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circuit. Out of this comes the “magic” that is a Genesis designed loudspeaker system. For example, by going the more expensive route of using several smaller capacitors in parallel instead of a single big one, transparency and musicality were improved.

5.4Vibration-free Cabinet

The cabinet was designed for aesthetics, but with an obsession to sonic quality, vibration control, structural strength, and rigidity.

The design had to be bounced around our Chief Scientist, a structural furniture engineer, an interior designer, an architect, and our CEO who supplied the final “eye” to get the angles right on the cabinets.

Consultants on veneers, glues, and a German consultant on CNC machining were used in its development.

The cabinet required incredible precision in manufacturing as the cabinet is made of complex curves and subtle angles that need to be joined seamlessly and perfectly.

For example, there is not a single right- angled joint in the entire construction! In

order to achieve the optical illusion to

Joinery on G6.1eSquare Box make the cabinet look slimmer than it actually is, the sides of the cabinet are sloped 1degree top to bottom, and also

angled 3degrees front to back, and leans backwards by 5degrees. Joints and braces had to be cut precisely at 1degree, 3degree, and 5degree angles.

The result is that the cabinet is not only beautiful, but exceedingly well damped and vibration-free – contributing to a loudspeaker that is extremely low in coloration. It uses subtle angles, complex curves, and contrasting colors to transform a loudspeaker into a beautiful piece of sculpture or musical instrument.

The structural principle used in the construction is this: when any loudspeaker is operating, ALL the components of the speaker are set into vibration to a larger or smaller extent. The goal of the cabinet is to reduce this vibration to a minimum, distribute it, and damp it so that there is no energy storage in the cabinet itself. This then eliminates the boxy coloration that is evident in many loudspeakers.

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Genesis I.C.E Genesis 6.1e owner manual 5.4Vibration-freeCabinet, absolute fidelity