Genesis Advanced Technologies 1.1 User Manual

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woofer cone makes it slow to start moving. After it is moving, the 
momentum of the cone makes it continue to move after the signal has 
stopped.  
The sonic result is overhang, bloat, lack of tautness and definition, and 
a blurring of dynamic impact. With the servo system, the circuit senses 
that the woofer is not moving as fast as it should, and it 
instantaneously applies much more current to make it move faster. 
When the signal stops, it predicts that the woofer will continue to move 
when it shouldn’t, and applies a counter-signal to stop the woofer 
faster and more effectively than an open-loop system could possibly 
respond. 
Thus, servo-bass systems reduce distortion and improve transient 
response by making the woofer seem mass-less. Typical non-servo 
woofer systems have distortion levels that exceed 10% at even 
moderate levels. The Genesis servo-bass system reduces this 
distortion to below one percent at almost any output level. The system 
also drives the woofer to constant acceleration, which makes the 
frequency response of the woofer anechoically flat to the lowest 
frequencies. 
4.5  The Woofer Tower 
Six 12” woofers mounted in a 7½ foot tall tower operate in unison to 
control the air mass of the entire room. This means that the surface 
area of the eight cones and the large enclosure all work together in 
unison to produce bass output that descends evenly to below your 
hearing limits. 
The woofers used in a servo system must be strong enough to 
withstand the high-current approach of the servo amplifier, and yet 
delicate and light enough to react extremely quickly. The Genesis 1.1 
features a total of six front-firing 12-inch woofers per channel, each 
with its own accelerometer, enclosure chamber, and servo amplifier. 
While the servo system is able to ensure that the driver works linearly 
as a perfect piston, it is unable to correct for distortion caused by cone 
wobble, bending, and break-up. Hence, the drivers were designed to 
minimize these non-linear distortions, allowing the servo system to 
achieve maximum accuracy. 
The woofers are a uniquely designed metal-cone driver made for the 
Genesis servo system. Made of a cone of solid aluminum, the 
suspension and voice-coil have been maximized for long, distortion-
free excursion so as to increase dynamic range. Our aluminum cones