Genesis G1 "Dragon" Launch Party - May 4th, 2012

carolkoh · Apr 18, 2012

Before we send one of our big line-source babies off on the high seas (nah - via air actually) to its lucky owner, we always play it in for at least a week and can schedule ourselves a "bon voyage" party on the factory floor. This one is pretty special. It is a custom design with narrower wings and a carbon-fibre finish, with the Genesis gold "Dragon" logo.

Gary has already dropped hints all over this forum and at the last Pacific Northwest Audio Society meeting, so I am inviting all interested members of the WBF and PNWAS (and spouses/friends) to come and join us.

At this time, we are planning this for Friday, May 4th, 2012 starting at 5pm and running until late. Keep your eyes on this thread for any changes and list of gear - Gary is planning on putting all Burmester top of the line equipment on this system.

As I will be planning the refreshments, DO let me know if you intend to come. Anyone showing up before 5pm will be put to work, and no... not with the gear... No touchee! You will be humping chairs, the carpet, arranging plastic silverware etc. etc.

garylkoh · May 1, 2012

Here's a sneak peek at the Dragon Burn-in.

We are still setting up........

garylkoh · May 1, 2012

Any forum members confirmed coming?

MylesBAstor · May 1, 2012

If no one is coming from the West Coast, you could have the unveiling on the other coast

garylkoh · May 1, 2012

MylesBAstor said:
If no one is coming from the West Coast, you could have the unveiling on the other coast

The Pacific Northwest Audio Society members should be here in force even if WBF members don't turn up. If Frantz is coming, I'll put the Burmester 909's on, otherwise it's going to be my own amps.

garylkoh · May 1, 2012

Here's what we will probably end up using - but there's three more days to go yet:

Roksan Xerses 20+ turntable with Artemiz and Magic Diamond
Burmester 089 CD Player
Gary's Stupid-good Music Server with M2Tech Young DAC
Genesis SMc-1 prototype preamp with built-in prototype phono stage
Genesis Anniversary 1440W Monoblocks

I'm eagerly anticipating Ki Choi bringing one of his tape machines.

garylkoh · May 1, 2012

garylkoh · May 4, 2012

The system.......

The PNWAS EXCO played here tonight....... The speaker is still running in - woofers are tight, the long ribbon is still making strange squeaky sounds, but by the time we have to pack these babies up early next week - they should be ready for the customer

amirm · May 4, 2012

I like to come Gary but have to leave by about 1 or 2 pm. Should I do it or will it be too early?

Bruce B · May 4, 2012

amirm said:
I like to come Gary but have to leave by about 1 or 2 pm. Should I do it or will it be too early?

Bring ear protection. I measured 108dB from 15' away!!

amirm · May 4, 2012

Bruce B said:
Bring ear protection. I measured 108dB from 15' away!!

Holy cow! If I lose what is left of my hearing, there will be hell to pay.

LL21 · May 4, 2012

garylkoh said:
The system.......

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The PNWAS EXCO played here tonight....... The speaker is still running in - woofers are tight, the long ribbon is still making strange squeaky sounds, but by the time we have to pack these babies up early next week - they should be ready for the customer

Beautiful...

jazdoc · May 4, 2012

Congratulations Gary. I have to send my regrets...have to work :-((

garylkoh · May 4, 2012

amirm said:
I like to come Gary but have to leave by about 1 or 2 pm. Should I do it or will it be too early?

Amir, you can come and leave at any time. We will be in all day.

garylkoh · May 4, 2012

Bruce B said:
Bring ear protection. I measured 108dB from 15' away!!

You had a silly grin on your face

Isn't Trioscapes an awesome band though?

garylkoh · May 4, 2012

jazdoc said:
Congratulations Gary. I have to send my regrets...have to work :-((

Pity... there's always the next time.

treitz3 · May 4, 2012

Hello, Gary. I noticed that the woofer array is located back behind both of the main speakers. The last time I listened a Genesis speaker setup like the ones pictured [I was 15 at the time and they had wood sides], I noticed that they were set up roughly with the same placement. May I ask why the woofer array is placed in this manner? I have always been curious about this as I have seen photos of other similar setups with the same type of placement.

Sounds like it will be a good time. Have fun!

garylkoh · May 4, 2012

treitz3 said:
Hello, Gary. I noticed that the woofer array is located back behind both of the main speakers. The last time I listened a Genesis speaker setup like the ones pictured [I was 15 at the time and they had wood sides], I noticed that they were set up roughly with the same placement. May I ask why the woofer array is placed in this manner? I have always been curious about this as I have seen photos of other similar setups with the same type of placement.

Sounds like it will be a good time. Have fun!

It's just for space considerations. In a large enough room (I usually recommend 10m x 16m as the 'ideal' room) you would have the woofer towers equidistant from the listening position but to the outside of the midrange/tweeter wings with all four pieces in an arc. However, when the room is not large enough, up to 2m behind the wings is OK. At the sort of wavelengths we are dealing with in the bass, a little difference in positioning doesn't make a huge difference.

By the way, even though the woofer towers are over 2m tall, they are still effectively a POINT source.......

treitz3 · May 4, 2012

I see, thank you. The room I heard them in was relatively small [for a speaker set like that] and somewhat "L" shaped but they sounded rather nice. The immediate thing that struck me on first glance was just how big those speakers really are. Pictures don't really do the actual size justice, IMO. I'd love to listen to them again in an arc type setup.

garylkoh · May 4, 2012

treitz3 said:
Pictures don't really do the actual size justice, IMO.

Let's see if I can persuade Amir to let me put up a picture of him next to the speakers for scale

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