The Genesis
APM-1 embodies our commitment to the shattering of traditional high-end
loudspeaker price-to-performance ratios. With a stunning new form factor and
engineering innovations that belie their cost, our new APM-1 is a ideal
audio/video loudspeaker system, offering unprecedented ease of placement in
your listening environment.. Their sleek modern industrial design encompasses
innovative engineering and driver technology, setting the stage for the
captivating performance of the revolutionary new APM-1 from Genesis
technologies.
This series
of loudspeakers, by virtue of its extraordinary dynamic range and extended
frequency response, is perfect for both high-end home audio and video
applications. The AMP-1 has in fact been specifically designed to excel in both
of these areas.
Like all
genesis loudspeakers, the APM-1 embodies
a dipole design producing sound from both the front and the rear, one out of
phase with the other. While the advantages of dipole design are many, the two
main benefis are ease of placement in the room 9they can even be located very
close to a wall boundary) and more natural, spacious sound reproduction.
Dipoles
achieve their superior performance because they create a radiation pattern
where the energy emanating to the sides of the speakers is nearly non-existent.
With very little acoustical energy reaching the side walls of your living room,
not only is placement of the speakers easy but, remarkably, the listener is
able to experience the music unencumbered by the normal room interactions which
plague most other speaker system.
The APM-1
Loudspeakers utilize our most sophisticated technology. Suspended within
sculpted cherry wood front baffles measuring a mere 11" wide are four
1" planar ribbon tweeters, a pair of our newly minted titanium midrange
modules, as well as four mid-bass couplers. Down below are two 15"
aluminum cone servo subwoofers driven by twin intergal G-SAT 500-watt
servo-controlled switching power amplifiers.
Drivers.
The tweeter
used in both the front and back of the
APM-1 has been described by many reviewers in both the American and
foreign Audiophile press as "possibly the world's best". It is a
1" planar ribbon design that is handcrafted from an extremely thin,
laminated membrane of aluminum and kapton. It measures a mere 0,0005"
thick. The advantage of incorporating such an extremely thin membrane is its
low mass. The result of this design is a driver that produces a rapid and
uniform response to high frequency transient and has the speed of the best
ribbon/electrostatic designs without the characteristic distortion and poor
dispersion associated with them.
Our new
5-1/2" midrange driver is machined from pure titanium, one of the lightest
and stiffest materials known to man. Its super low mass makes it one of the
best transducers ever made. With its nearly instantaneous transient response,
this titanium midrange inspires the APM-1 loudspeakers to sound lifelike and
effortless. This driver will be incorporated into forthcoming Genesis products
costing many times that of the APM-1.
To create a
"sound bridge" between the midrange and the servo-woofer system,
the APM-1 incorporates two of our
world-renowed 6-1/2" metal cone mid-bass couplers ( as found in our
Genesis V and Genesis 500). Being of an extremely light and stiff design, this
metal cone is capable of handling the huge dynamic range demands of the system
while maintaining the extremely low coloration and excellent transient response
critical in reproducing the classic "Genesis Power Band".
As in all
Genesis loudspeakers, the drivers used in the APM-1's are custom crafted
devices designed and tuned by Genesis engineers for transparent and dynamic
performance.
The APM-1
gets the "low Down"
Servo
control of the woofers coupled with metal cone technology are the keys to the
phenomenal bass performance of the APM-1. listening to traditional woofer
systems, one could describe the bass as "heavy", 'soggy", or
"boomy" to some extent because the woofer has high mass and therefore
high inertia. This causes poor control and high distortion. In a servo woofer
system, complete control of the woofer is made possible by the addition of a
motion sensor (accelerometer) mounted directly on the woofer itself. The
resultant decrease in distortion, greater frequency extension and tight control
yield musically accurate yet "floor shaking" bass.
The servo
controlled metal cone woofer system of the APM-1 are driven by the new Genesis
G-Sat Amplifier. This unique power plant utilizes an axtraordinary technology
known as the switching amplifier, first introduced to the audio world by
Genesis co-founder Arnie Nudell. Acclaimed for exemplary performance by virtue
of its perfectly linear response, near-perfect efficiency, and "slam
factor", our switching amplifier is superior to just about any other form
of amplification. In fact, the Genesis servo-bass system forges the best
melding of driver and amplifier imaginable, yielding the precise and powerful
bass required for today's demanding dual-purpose speaker systems.
Specifications
Frequency
Response: 20 Hz to 36 kHz (±3 dB)
Impedance: 4 Ω
Sensitivity: 90 dB
Woofer
amp.: 500 watt switching amp. Built-in
Dimensions
(W x H x D): 11" x 64,5" x 25"
