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Owners Manual and Set-up Guide:
Genesis 5.3 Loudspeaker
Contents
A QUICK START SET-UP GUIDE 3
UNPACKING 3
ROOM PLACEMENT 3
SET-UP GUIDE 4
POSITIONING 4
POWER CONNECTIONS 4
SOURCE INPUT CONNECTIONS 5
THE ACOUSTIC PLATFORM 6
CONTROLS 7
TUNING THE SYSTEM 8
ADJUSTING THE BASS GAIN 8
LOW PASS FILTER 9
IMAGING AND SOUNDSTAGE 10
TUNING INTO THE ROOM 11
HOME THEATER AND MULTI-CHANNEL MUSIC 12
LFE INPUT 12
LFE GAIN 13
LFE OUTPUT 13
THE REFINEMENT STAGE 14
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ A Message from Genesis Congratulations! You are now the owner of one of the finest loudspeaker systems in the world. Based on technologies developed and evolved over the past four decades, the Genesis 5.3 is a small 4-ft tall floor-standing loudspeaker, and yet it delivers some of the dynamics, imaging and soundstage of our largest 7-foot tall reference Genesis 1.1 product. The G5 loudspeaker system was created for the music lover living in smaller environments. It
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ A Quick Start Set-up Guide Now that you have your new Genesis 5.3 loudspeaker system, we realize that you can’t wait to hook it up and start playing! However, please read this quick set up guide (even if your dealer is setting it up for you!) before you proceed. Unpacking Your loudspeakers will come to you in two large shipping cartons. The G5’s weigh over 145lbs (66kgs) each, so we suggest a minimum of two strong people to move the speakers around. We will not be
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ Set-up Guide Positioning A good starting position for the Genesis 5 is about 20% of the way into the room as measured from the front wall (the wall you look at as you are seated listening to the speakers). If you are in a smaller room, try to have at least 24 inches (60 cm) of space from the back of the speaker to the front wall. You may have to sit closer to the back wall, or sit closer to the speakers, but try to keep at least 24 inches of space behind the speak
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ G5 into an unswitched outlet, or a switched outlet that can always be left ON. The built-in amplifier has an auto-sensing circuit that will put the amplifier into stand-by when there is no music being played for around 25 minutes. It will immediately switch the amplifier on if there is a signal sensed. Hence, leave the amplifier on unless you will not be using the system for an extended period of time (like a month-long vacation). When you return, the system may so
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ invert the high-level inputs when the bass section of the G5 is driven by the preamplifier. If you do this, use a good quality balanced interconnect cable to connect the balanced output of your preamplifier to the preamp level input XLR connector, or the single-ended output of your preamplifier to the preamp level input RCA connector on the back plate of the G5. While using this connection, switch the Bass Input Selector to the down/line-level position. This will b
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ Controls There are a total of five control knobs in two rows on the back plate of the Genesis 5 loudspeaker. The upper left knob on the back plate marked “Tweeter” is a volume control for the front tweeter. Turning this control clockwise will increase the level of the front tweeter. Use this control if you need a bit more treble or to increase the apparent space of the soundstage. Start with this control at the 12 o'clock position. There is about a one dB range
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ Tuning the system Two channel stereo music is the best way to begin your setup procedure. We suggest that multi-channel and video sources be used only after you have setup the system to properly reproduce music. The room in which the G5 is placed would probably be the greatest influence on the sound of the loudspeaker. Since we do not live in anechoic chambers, at Genesis, we do not design our loudspeakers to work perfectly in a perfectly damped room. The amount of
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ music accompaniment should sound as if it were cut from one cloth, not separate. If the voice sounds “thin” or does not have enough “chest” to its sound, turn the woofers amplifier’s gain up till it does. If you find that turning the volume up creates too much low bass and makes the speakers sound boomy, you will then need to work on the low pass filter. Low Pass filter This control will lower the upper-frequency cut-off point of the woofer. It does not affect th
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ Imaging and Soundstage If your vocal selection is a well-recorded audiophile CD or LP, the performer should appear to come from behind the loudspeakers and be at the appropriate height and size for a person. If it is not, there are several remedies that will address this. If the vocal appears to be larger than life, you should first check the system volume. Is it a volume that would be appropriate for someone actually singing in your room? If there is too much volu
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ music. When these speakers are properly set up, you will have a sweet spot wide enough for you and your spouse. When you sway side to side while enjoying the music, the image and tonality of the system should also not waver. When properly set up very little sound should appear to come directly from the speaker, instead, the sound stage should extend far beyond the left and right edge of the loudspeakers and they should have tremendous front to back depth. When the r
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ bright and you will have to turn the tweeter control down significantly. On the other hand, large sofas and arm-chairs tend to absorb frequencies in the lower mid-range and mid-bass. When your room is full of furniture, you may find that you have to turn down the tweeter, midrange, and bass gain. Ultimately, an enjoyable and musical system is all about balance. You have a number of controls at hand with which to adjust the bass response, the low-pass filter frequen
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ The LFE input bypasses the internal crossover, and hence uses the home theatre processor’s crossover. Since the G5 is able to play down to 18Hz, the bass section can also be used as your Home Theater System’s LFE sub-woofer if you do not have one – even if you are using a completely different set of loudspeakers for your home theatre system! On the home theatre processor, set the speakers to “LARGE” and sub-woofer to “YES” even if you do not have a separate sub-woof
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ Distributing the bass is also helpful for reproduction of multi-channel music because you get incredible articulation and detail in the bass all around the room. The Refinement stage After following the rough setup guide above, you may not be completely satisfied with the results. We share with you here some of our observations in setting up these loudspeakers. One rule of thumb you should always keep in mind. Make one change at a time! Do not, for instance, chang
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ 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
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ small amount of absorption. Hence, a curtained glass window would just be about perfect. 2. Sidewalls. Because the speaker is a dipole it is less sensitive to the sidewalls. However, as a rule of thumb, it is a good idea to keep the speaker as far away from the sidewalls as is practical. With this in mind, it may be helpful to add some damping material or diffuser panels to the point of first reflection. This is a point on the sidewalls between the listener and the
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ sound. This ability is useful in fine tuning your system because if every recording you listen to has a similarity of sound (too much or too little of a certain frequency for instance) then you can be fairly certain that you have yet to perfect your set-up. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at Genesis. Our website is the first place that you can look to for more information, but you are welcome to either send us an email, or just give us a call! v
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ The Technology The Genesis Ribbon Tweeter Reviewers in the Audiophile press have often remarked that the Genesis circular ribbon tweeter is the world’s best. It is a one inch circular planar ribbon design crafted from an extremely thin membrane of Kapton with a photo-etched aluminium “voice coil” that is a mere 0.0005 inch thick. The entire radiating structure has less mass than the air in front of it! That is why it will reproduce accurately frequencies beyond 36k
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ Mid-Bass Couplers In order to create a “sound bridge” between the midrange and the bass section, the G5 incorporates two 6.5inch metal cone mid-bass couplers. One front and one rear firing, again working as a dipole. Made of aluminum, this metal cone is extremely light and stiff. The driver is hence capable of handling the huge dynamic range demands of the system while maintaining extremely low coloration and excellent transient response. The Servo-bass Advantage
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~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™ moderate levels. The Genesis servo bass system reduces this distortion to below one percent at almost any output level. It also drives the woofer to constant acceleration, which makes its frequency response totally flat!! The servo system is a more proactive approach to controlling a loudspeaker than high-damping factor and high current in the normal amplifier. However, this also means that the woofer, the cables attaching the woofer to the amplifier, and the power
