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[Marc ♫]

I know this is Hifi and it's not as easy to just move our speakers up, down, back, forward. However I thought it was really interesting.
These are the setup instructions for my Genesis III speakers (circa ~1990) and I believe I have the only pair this side of the globe! They retailed for $25,000 USD back in their day and are in brilliant condition, particularly considering they've been privately shipped to Australia by the original owner. They stand nearly 6 feet tall!

http://www.genesisloudspeakers.com/whitepa...p_Procedure.pdf

Might be worth buying a few of the discs mentioned in the instructions, which I've found at www.elusivedisc.com

Have a read!

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[Pulse-R]

just as a side note, Rockian have most of the discs that elusive carry, including FIM/LIM records

[Marc ♫]

I didn't find them in their catalogue Simon?

[Pulse-R]

yeah, Ian was saying it's a recent thing, they had about 20 or so titles at the last audio club meeting (November is Rockian Night).

also - love the instructions.

[DG Phil]

Move the speaker back by 1mm???

To listen to these, do you have to strap into head gear and bolt your head still? LOL

[~Spyne~]

i wonder how many other manufacturers include such detailed set-up instructions?
i would guess not very many at all...

and to think i could have bought these speakers Marc...though i don't know how i would have possibly fit them in my lounge room

[Marc ♫]

~Spyne~, on Dec 14 2009, 09:28 AM, said:

i wonder how many other manufacturers include such detailed set-up instructions?
i would guess not very many at all...

and to think i could have bought these speakers Marc...though i don't know how i would have possibly fit them in my lounge room

You could have Adam, but then you would have had to spend the small fortune I have redoing the passive crossovers and electronics, and restoring the drivers to their former glory!

[Cyberpunky]

spending the small fortune is the easy bit...its getting the small fortune in the first place that's the hard bit lol

Nice speakers Marc...do they sound ok ???

peace
Punky

[shiny_car]

Marc, do you have a 'couch' or a 'love seat'?

great stuff. i'd love to hear these in all their full glory one day.

[~Spyne~]

trust me, it's a love seat

[Pulse-R]

they sound "OK"

lol

actually, very nice

[Marc ♫]

You haven't heard them since they got 100w of beautiful Weston Acoustics valve power up their bums

[Pulse-R]

meh, valves mostly sound soft... I have only been massively impressed by one valve amp (well, two monoblocks actually) . problem is, the designer only built one pair - at parts cost ~$5k each.
pretty they are with 4x 1kW mercury rectifier power supply. not bad for a 30W class A amplifier.

like this, but this isn't the one I mean:

[Marc ♫]

Hmmm, I don't think I have ever heard valves being described as sounding "soft". In any case, it wins it's class almost every night when I judge it. And that's all that matters

[Pulse-R]

sorry Marc, I wasn't trying to detract from your amps - how can anyone judge them without hearing them.. They can't. Simple.

and knowing your requirements for precision sound, I think they wouldn't last long if they were no good.

But you have to admit, the purple/blue glow from those Mercury Rectifiers is pretty.

Edited by Pulse-R, 16 December 2009 - 06:25 PM.