Genelec 8381A: active vertical monitor with adaptive point source

As part of its 45th anniversary, Genelec has filed 8381A, its new flagship vertical active monitoring system, con Adaptive Point Source, in which it combines optimal precision with low frequency control.

Designed for recording, music mixing and mastering and listening, the new Genelec 8381A provides a solution full range vertical monitoring, that can adapt to any acoustic environment.

For audio professionals, the 8381A monitor offers precise mixes across the entire bandwidth, that play consistently in other rooms and systems. In the listening part, los audiophiles They will experience every detail and nuance of a musical work, just as its creators intended it to be heard.

As part of the family The Main Ones, The model 8381A is an acoustically coaxial system even at low frequencies, based on technology developed by Genelec for its patented and award-winning range of point source monitors The Ones and in the adaptive woofer system W371A, which can be combined to create a full range vertical monitoring device.

Genelec 8381A raises the bar for performance even further, providing coloration-free response and on- and off-axis directivity control, with an ultra-wide frequency response range of 20 Hz a 35 kHz.

Additionally, with almost 6 kW amplification power and an optimal sound pressure level of 126 dB (the highest figure achieved to date for a precision point source acoustic design), The 8381A model offers advanced and differential features of any audio monitor currently available.

The 8381A monitor core contains the minimum diffraction coaxial (MDC) and a high sound pressure level for treble and midrange that, combined with Genelec's powerful digital processing engine, provides clarity, extraordinary image and adaptability.

This MDC shares an acoustic axis with the four 5” domes of the 8381A monitor, that function as a mid-range transduction system and, in turn, it is array unique is combined with a 15” bass driver to provide direction, very stable control and consistency.

To further enhance and extend low frequency playback, The 8381A monitor features a pair of woofers the 15” high-performance cars that use adaptive technology originally developed in the W371 model, offering high resolution and a very high level of control in low frequency, despite the effects of room acoustics.

This technology allows Genelec 8381A carefully adjust playback to the room, providing a flatter, smoother response in the listening position, with a low frequency image consistent across the entire audio frequency range, so that acoustic cancellations are minimized and harmful reflections and resonances in the walls are reduced, ceiling and floor of the room.

As part of Genelec's family of smart active monitors (smart active monitoring), The 8381A model integrates perfectly with the software GLM, that allows you to configure, calibrate and monitor any Genelec SAM system.

Based on the experience of thousands of studies from around the world, GLM minimizes the influence of the room on listening, giving the user the ability to produce mixes that play perfectly on other systems, either in stereo format, surround or immersive.

GLM also includes the pioneering Room Report Grade function, which gives the user a complete analysis of their room and the performance of their monitoring system, with specific observations and advice on any acoustic problems.

Thanks to it, professionals and studio designers have valuable help in fine-tuning room treatment, to find the best monitor and listening positions, and for optimization of bass management.

Designed and manufactured with high sustainability standards and environmental responsibility at the Genelec headquarters in Iisalmi (Finland), The 8381A monitor is supplied with a complete Sonic Advisor calibration service, as part of the celebration of 45manufacturer's th anniversary.

“The demand for high-quality, full-range vertical monitoring systems has been made clear by the exceptional response to the combination of the W371 model with The Ones series,” he explains. Siamäk Naghian, director general de Genelec-. It was also evident that there was a desire on the part of customers for a vertical system that could deliver more headroom and greater extension in low frequency”.