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Genesis Monitor 2 System
Owner '3 Manual
Description
Standing 55.5 inches tall and only 9.5 inches wide, the Monitor 2 is a full range
loudspeaker system capable of delivering live listening levels, true active servo bass
response down to 25 Hz and high frequency response beyond 32 kHz.
The Monitor 2 has two planar ribbon tweeters, one in front and one in the rear. To
cover the midrange and mid bass frequencies, the Monitor 2 utilizes two 6.5 inch
shielded metal cone mid bass couplers.
The bass frequencies are handled by a 12 inch side firing metal cone woofer, that is
powered by a 350 watt balanced power amplifier that is built in to the back of the
unit.
Like all Genesis loudspeakers, the Monitor 2s are a dipole design producing sound
from both the front and the rear, one out of phase with the other. While the
advantages of a dipole design are many, the two main benefits are ease of
placement in the room and a greater degree of spacious natural sound reproduction.
Dipoles achieve their superior performance because they create a radiation pattern
such that the energy radiating to the sides of the speakers plane is nearly zero. So,
with very little acoustical energy reaching the side walls of your living room not only is
placement of the speakers easy but, remarkably, the listener is able to experience the
music unencumbered by the normal room iterations which plague most other speakers.
The Monitor 2's magic is in the drivers
The tweeter used in both the front and the back of the Monitor 2 series has been
described by many reviewers in both the American and foreign Audiophile press as
possibly "the world's best." It is a 1 inch planar ribbon design and is hand-crafted from
an extremely thin laminated membrane of aluminum and Kapton and measures a mere
0.0005 inch thick The advantage of incorporating such an extremely thin membrane is
that of low mass. The result of this design is a driver that has a rapid and uniform
response to high frequency transients and has the speed of the best ribbon/electrostatic
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designs without the high distortion and poor dispersion that is typically associated with
them
To create a "sound bridge" between the tweeters and the servo woofer system, the
Monitor 2 series incorporates a 6.5 inch metal cone mid bass coupler. This metal
cone is an extremely light and stiff design capable of handling the huge dynamic
range demands of the system while maintaining extremely low coloration and
excellent transient response.
Servo control of the woofers and metal cone technology is key to the phenomenal
bass performance of the Monitor 2. In a traditional woofer system "heavy",
"soggy" or "boomy" bass is present to some degree because the woofer has high
mass and therefore high inertia causing poor control and high distortion. In a servo
bass system, complete control of the woofer is made possible by the addition of a
motion sensor (accelerometer) mounted directly on the woofer itself. Lower
distortion, greater frequency extension and tight control yield musically accurate yet
"floor shaking" bass.
The metal cone servo controlled woofer system of the Monitor 2 is driven with a
unique built in amplifier. Based on a reliable bipolar design, the Monitor 2 is a
balanced AB amplifier, rated at 350 watts for efficient, floor shaking bass. Because
of its extensive heatsinking and overbuilt power transformer, the Monitor 2 power
amp offers cool, quiet operation at all power levels.
Set up the speakers.
A good starting position for the Genesis Monitor 2's is about 20% of the way into
the room as measured from the wall behind the loudspeakers (you can place them
much closer to the rear well if you wish). In the case of the classic setup based on
dividing the room into thirds (speakers one third the room length from the rear wall)
you want to sit approximately two thirds the way in the room, again as measured
from the rear wall. If you have placed the speakers closer to the rear wall, a good
rule of thumb is to try and sit approximately ten to twelve feet from the speaker.
Generally speaking, the speakers should fire into the long dimension of the room.
Measure the distance between the tweeters on each panel. Both tweeters should
be in the center, between the left and the right speaker. Start with approximately
six to eight feet apart (two and three quarter meters) if your room dimensions will
allow. Make sure that the tweeters are on the inside edge of each speaker. That
is, tweeters should be in the center between the left and right speakers. woofers
would then be pointing outside towards your side walls.
When positioning your speakers, make sure each speaker is within 10 feet of a
power receptacle so you will be able to plug in the Monitor 2 power amplifier.
Connecting the Monitor 2's
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