Genelec
Introduction
Since 1978, Genelec has made some of the greatest monitor speakers to ever be used by legendary recording studio engineers in fabulous recording studio facilities around the world. Their monitors are legendary for their true to the source sound reproduction, their ability to reproduce the entire spectrum of musical frequencies and their smoothness— which allows their users to listen to them for prolonged periods of time without fatigue. Genelec monitors can be found in every place where critical listening is required— mastering houses, recording studio control rooms, post-production (sound for film and television) editing suites and in entertainment facilities. The reputation of Genelec is impeccable because their products sound fantastic and are well-designed, engineered to astounding standards and last their customers for a lifetime of excellent service.
Which products from Genelec that were used by the great engineers and recording studio facilities of the past would be a great fit for the educational space?
I was fortunate during my stint working as an assistant recording studio engineer in the professional music recording industry that I had the opportunity to work with engineers who used Genelec monitors while mixing some of our greatest projects. I have had the opportunity to spend hours listening to music critically through their monitors and know that what you are hearing through them will translate well to any other monitoring system. They may well be the sweetest sounding monitors I have ever had the opportunity to sit in front of in a recording studio control room. Today, Genelec makes a wide array of amazing monitoring speakers, including main monitoring systems, midfield monitors and of course, some of the very best nearfield monitors in the world of music recording today. The monitors from the current Genelec line-up that I will introduce to you are all amazing nearfield monitors— the Ones Series and the legendary 1032C.
Genelec— The Ones
The Ones are a series of three-way, compact nearfield monitor speakers that are among the very best speakers to ever be produced for the world of professional music recording. Each of the monitor speakers in this line-up are powered speakers that will not require outside amplification systems. The monitor speakers in this line-up sound natural, true to the source— and in fact, they can actually make your music sound beautiful— as they reproduce music with an incredible smoothness that has become the signature of the great monitor speakers from Genelec. The following models compose the line-up of The Ones from Genelec— the 8331A, 8341A, 8351B and the 8361A, plus the W371A Woofer System. Each of these amazing monitors would be an excellent fit for the educational space.
Image: Genelec 8331A
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Image: Genelec 8341A
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Image: Genelec 8351B
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Image: Genelec 8361A
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Image: Genelec W371A
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Genelec— 1032C
The Genelec 1032C is one of the greatest monitor speakers ever produced in the history of professional music recording. It is incredibly smooth in its ability to reproduce the full range of the sound frequency spectrum. This monitor speaker sounds smooth, natural and true to the source— like The Ones, the 1032C is a monitor speaker that can make your music sound beautiful (or, magnificent). Genelec also creates subwoofer systems that can work with the monitor speakers in The Ones series and also with the 1032C. This amazing monitor speaker would be an excellent fit for the educational space.
Image: Genelec 1032C
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Why should an educational institution invest in products from Genelec?
The amazing monitor speakers from Genelec are used each and every day by the greatest professionals in the world of music recording, post production for sound (for both film and television) and in mastering. In places where critical listening is the major requirement, you will always find monitors from Genelec being used. The company is based in Finland and has been creating some of the world’s greatest monitor speakers for more than 45 years. While the company is known for their excellent products on the one hand, it is also known for their amazing customer service and dedication to education, research and development on the other. Though most professional audio companies are known for their vintage staple products, Genelec is known for always producing a new generation of amazing products. Each product that is made by Genelec for the purpose of making great music would be an excellent fit for the educational space.
If you would like more information about Genelec and the amazing products that were discussed in this article, please use the following links which are listed below.
The following link will take you to the Genelec website where you can learn more about this legendary corporation and also, find an authorized dealer for their fabulous products in your area.
Special Note: Each of the images in this article appear through the courtesy and generosity of the wonderful people at Genelec.
Special Thanks— At The Recording Session Vault Educational Website Project, we would like to take a moment to express our thanks and appreciation to Eric Daubney at Genelec for his time and assistance with this article.