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GENELEC CUSTOM INSTALLATION SYSTEMS PROVIDES SOLUTIONS
FOR TWO CHALLENGING HOME THEATERS
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The AIW26 Active In-Wall Loudspeaker allows for a clean look for the
front wall while the compact yet powerful HTS3B Active Subwoofer
reinforces low frequencies in a fireplace —
— Genelec Custom
Installation products easily interface with high-end home automation
and whole-house audio systems to integrate complete home theater
solutions —
CEDIA EXPO, ATLANTA, GA, September 10, 2009
— Components from Genelec Custom Installation Systems helped upscale
home theater designer and integrator Integrated Media Systems (IMS),
based in the Greater Baltimore/Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area,
effectively create and build two challenging home theaters in eastern
Virginia. Products including the AIW26 Active In-Wall Loudspeaker, the
HTS4B and HTS3B Active Subwoofers, and the AIC25 Active In-Ceiling
Loudspeaker were tools from Genelec’s broad array of speakers for home
theater systems integrators to use to achieve the vision that they and
their clients have for the ultimate home entertainment experience.
“Each
of these home theaters had its own, specific challenges that we had to
meet,” says Tom Wells, President of IMS, winner of several CEDIA and
other top design awards for their work since 1979. One particular
customer in The Reserve community in McLean, Virginia, sought to turn
their unfinished basement space into a family entertainment
destination, including a home theater, gaming area and wine cellar. IMS
added acoustical treatment and isolation to the theater area, including
RPG Diffusors and coordinating materials such as fabric for walls with
the interior designer. “They wanted a clean look, with none of the home
theater technology being seen,” says Wells.
In order to keep
the front screen wall as visually unobtrusive as possible, IMS relied
upon Genelec’s AIW26 Active In-Wall Loudspeaker. Three AIW26’s were
used as the L-C-R array, installed in the wall behind the perforated
screen. With the Lexicon® MC-12 Balanced Digital Controller
(THX®-certified) processor adjusting their level, the AIW26’s provide a
virtually invisible, yet powerful L-C-R array. Two more AIW26 speakers
are installed in the side and two more in the rear, with a Genelec
HTS4B subwoofer constituting a full 7.1 theater sound system. The HTS4B
is equipped with one active magnetically shielded 12" driver mounted on
the front side of a compact cabinet and two 12" passive radiators, one
on each side of the cabinet. The perfectly matched 400-Watt amplifier
unit is integrated in the subwoofer cabinet, producing powerful yet
controlled bass. “The Genelec speakers gave us pristine audio while
offering a completely transparent sound solution,” says Wells.
At
another private residence in Clifton, Virginia, Genelec Custom
Installation products offered IMS even more creative options for their
customer. AIW26 speakers were used similarly as an invisible L-C-R
array behind the screen. However, the screen wall also had a large
fireplace that had been sealed off as part of a renovation. In order to
make best use of the space, IMS utilized two Genelec HTS3B subwoofers,
configuring them to fit perfectly into the space that had been the
fireplace opening. The HTS3B is equipped with one active magnetically
shielded 10" driver mounted on the front side of a compact cabinet and
two 10" passive radiators, one on each side of the cabinet. A specially
designed 200-Watt amplifier unit is integrated in the subwoofer
cabinet, and bass roll-off rate and crossover phase can be adjusted to
suit different acoustic environments and subwoofer positioning. “That
kind of flexibility allowed us to get maximum low-frequency response
into a confined space,” says Wells.
Additional Genelec units
selected for this project were the AIC25 Active In-Ceiling
Loudspeakers. These two-way active speakers each employ a 5" bass
driver and 3/4" treble driver (metal dome) and feature a RAM2 remote
amplifier module, which includes active crossover circuitry and
separate, matched 40-Watt power amplifiers for the bass and treble
drivers. The AIC25 were used as side speakers for the 7.1 surround
system because an opening in the side of the theater rooms precluded
in-wall speaker placement. But the AIC25 was able to pull off yet
another trick, as well. The owner wanted to know if the front doorbell
would ring during a movie but didn’t want the sound to interrupt others
watching. So IMS routed the doorbell signal, through the ELAN® Home
Systems Com2 system, part of the residence’s home automation setup, to
just the one AIC25 speaker that was positioned above the owner’s
theater seat. “That was a tough place to position full-range speakers
for, but the AIC25 was the perfect solution,” Wells says. “In fact,
Genelec products have become a staple of design for us for exactly
those reasons: great sound and a clean look in any situation.”
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Photo File 1:
GenelecCustInst_IMS_McLean.JPGPhoto
Caption 1: A home theater space in McLean, Virginia, featuring Genelec
Custom Installation Systems components installed by home theater
designer and integrator Integrated Media Systems.
Photo File 2:
GenelecCustInst_IMS_Clifton.JPGPhoto
Caption 2: A home theater space in Clifton, Virginia, featuring Genelec
Custom Installation Systems components installed by home theater
designer and integrator Integrated Media Systems.
Genelec,
the pioneer in Active Monitoring technology, is celebrating over 30
years of designing and manufacturing active loudspeakers for true and
accurate sound reproduction. Genelec is credited with promoting the
concept of active transducer technology, which many manufacturers are
just now incorporating into their products. Since its inception in
1978, Genelec has concentrated its efforts and resources into creating
active monitors with unparalleled sonic integrity. The result is an
active Custom Installation speaker system that has earned global
acclaim for its accurate imaging, extremely high acoustic output from
small enclosures, true high-fidelity with low distortion, and deep,
rich bass.
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—For
more information on the complete range of Genelec Custom Installation
Systems, please contact: Genelec Inc., 7 Tech Circle, Natick, MA 01760.
Tel: (508) 652-0900;
Fax: (508) 652-0909; Web:
www.genelecusa.com.
Genelec is exhibiting in Sound Room 3 (SR-3) during CEDIA 2009 in Atlanta, GA.