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

**amirm** · 05-03-2012, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by Bruce B

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.

**lloydelee21** · 05-04-2012, 12:46 AM

Originally Posted by garylkoh

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** · 05-04-2012, 07:31 AM

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

**garylkoh** · 05-04-2012, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by amirm

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** · 05-04-2012, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by Bruce B

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** · 05-04-2012, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by jazdoc

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

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

**treitz3** · 05-04-2012, 08:23 AM

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** · 05-04-2012, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by treitz3

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** · 05-04-2012, 08:50 AM

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.