8020A Operating Manual Genelec 8020A Active Monitoring System
General description Positioning the loudspeaker The bi-amplified GENELEC 8020A is an ex- Each 8020A monitor is supplied with an inte- tremely compact two way active monitoring grated amplifier unit, mains cable and an oper- loudspeaker designed for near field monitoring, ating manual. After unpacking, place the loud- mobile vans, broadcast and TV control rooms, speaker in its required listening position, taking surround sound systems, home studios, multi- note of the line of the acoustic axis.
Figure 1: Location of the acoustic axis Figure 2: Type of cable needed if unbalanced source is used (example shown is RCA output to the XLR input) Figure 3: Control and connector layout on the rear panel of an 8020A. balanced source may be used as long as pin 3 other source by adjusting the volume control on is grounded to pin 1 at the unbalanced source the front panel. When the volume control knob connector (see Figure 2).
Speaker Mounting Position Treble Tilt Bass Tilt Bass Roll-Off Flat anechoic response OFF OFF OFF Free standing in a damped room OFF OFF OFF Free standing in a reverberant room OFF -2 dB OFF Near field or console bridge OFF -4 dB OFF Near to a wall OFF -6 dB OFF See above See above ON With a 7050B subwoofer Table 1: Suggested tone control settings for differing acoustical environments also lead to good results if a test system is The factory setting for all tone controls is “OFF
Safety considerations minimised by placing the loudspeaker clear of reflective surfaces.
Figure 4. The curves above show the effect of the “Bass Tilt”, “Treble Tilt” and “Bass Roll-Off ” controls on the free field response of the 8020A Figure 5. The upper curve group shows the horizontal directivity characteristics of the 8020A measured at 1 m. The lower curve shows the system's power response.
SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS CROSSOVER SECTION Lower cut-off frequency, –3 dB: < 65 Hz Upper cut-off frequency, –3 dB: > 21 kHz Free field frequency response of system: 66 Hz – 20 kHz (± 2.5 dB) Maximum short term sine wave acoustic output on axis in half space, averaged from 100 Hz to 3 kHz: @1m > 96 dB SPL @ 0.
020A Operating Manual Genelec Document D0034R001 Copyright Genelec Oy 5.2005. All data subject to change without prior notice www.genelec.com International enquiries: In Sweden please contact In the U.S. please contact: In China please contact: Genelec, Olvitie 5 Genelec Sverige Genelec, Inc., 7 Tech Circle Genelec China Representative Office FIN-74100, Iisalmi, Finland Ellipsvägen 10B Natick, MA 01760, USA Soho New Town, 88 Jianguo Road Phone +358 17 83881 P.O.
