Genesis Advanced Technologies 2JR - Manual (Page 12)

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actually singing in your room? If there is too much volume the
artist will appear too big and the opposite is true for too little
volume. If the volume is set correctly and the image is still too big,
toe the speakers in a very slight amount or place them closer
together and re-listen. Repeat this process till you have it right.
If the voice is too low in height, turn the midrange control to the
next highest position and the image of the voice will move upward.
There are many solo vocal recordings where the singer is recorded
using a microphone hung above head height. In this case, it is
correct for the system to portray a singer that seems to be singing
from a pit in between your loudspeakers.
If you have the speakers too close the front wall, and you are not
getting enough front to back depth (the singer not appearing behind
the speaker enough) pull the midrange tweeter panels away from
the front wall a little bit at a time. If you do not have them pulled far
enough away, you may not have enough front to back depth. If
you get the speakers much beyond 1/3 of the way into the room,
it is unlikely that pulling them further away is reasonable.
Too much absorption on the wall behind the speakers will also
result in less depth in the soundstage. The G2jr requires a
relatively “live” front wall.
Find the best compromise for your room, your tastes and your
space requirements. If the speakers are too far apart you will lose
the side image and the image density in the middle of the
soundstage will be too diffuse. If the speakers are too close
together you will have too small a center stage, and you may find
that the edges of the soundstage collapse inwards.
We recommend you begin somewhere between six to seven feet
apart as measured from centreline of tweeter to tweeter. And then
move the speakers apart small increments at a time as you tune
the system. They seldom work well closer than six feet apart or
much more than nine feet apart.
If you are not getting proper focus of the soundstage, you may
angle the midrange panels from 1 to 3 degrees (but no more)
inwards towards your seating position until you have a properly
defined soundstage image. The usual reason that you will want to
do this is that you have a
“W” soundstage. The sound images are
most dense (or focussed) in the middle, and then dense around