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Genelec 8361A SAM™ studio monitor – The Ones 8361AW – white
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4.679€
- Active 3-way coaxial studio loudspeaker
- Automatic room adjustment with SAM™ DSP
- linear frequency response: 36 – 20000 Hz (± 1.5 dB)
- Analog IN: XLR + AES/EBU IN and OUT: XLR, 2x RJ45
Genelec SAM™ speakers in our demo studio in Dresden. Arrange appointment
Genelec The Ones
We’re the world’s most compact 3-way studio monitors, and our exceptional imaging, extended frequency response, controlled polar pattern and fatigue-free listening help you work faster and make more informed, consistent decisions – even during long sessions. And thanks to the continuously evolving GLM software, we can adapt to even the most demanding environments.
The new flagship of The Ones series, the 8361A, offers the most advanced acoustic performance of any studio monitor in the world.
A very special listening experience
The largest of our coaxial point source transducers, the 8361A offers an extremely high dynamic range, unsurpassed directivity and imaging and a short throw sound pressure level of 118 dB, providing an excellent listening experience at any listening distance up to 5 meters. It is therefore perfect for small to medium-sized rooms.
Adapts to your surroundings
The 8361A guarantees faster and more consistent decision making and allows you to work reliably even during longer sessions. This is because unnatural imaging effects, a major cause of listener fatigue, are minimized. Combined with Genelec’s powerful GLM calibration software, the 8361A adjusts to your room and placement, compensates for room distractions and helps you produce mixes that translate perfectly – from stereo to elaborate immersive formats.
Amplifier power 700 W bass (Class D) +150 W Midrange (Class D) +150 W Treble (Class D)
Frequency response 30 Hz – 43 kHz (-6 dB)
Accuracy of the frequency response ± 1.5 dB (36 Hz – 20 kHz)
Driver dimensions 2 x H 137 x W 263 mm Bass+ ⌀ 130mm Midrange + ⌀ 25mm Treble
Weight 31.9 kg / 70.3 lb
Connections 2 x RJ45 Control, 1 x XLR Analog Input, 1 x XLR AES/EBU Input, 1 x XLR AES/EBU Output
Dimensions
Height
570 mm (22 1/2 in)
Height with Iso-Pod
593 mm (23 3/8 in)
Width
357 mm (14 in)
Depth
347 mm (13 5/8 in)
1 x 8361A studio monitor
1 x mains cable 1.8 m
1 x RJ45 cable 5 m
1 x operating manual
1 x The Ones brochure
Smart Active Monitor (SAM)
The last decade has seen a rapid increase in media content creation worldwide, which has led to significant changes in the way facilities deal with the increased workload. More than ever, a growing number of audio productions are taking place in smaller, tighter working environments. This often exacerbates acoustic problems and reduces the reliability of monitoring. At the same time, professionals need to be able to rely on a precise monitoring system that reproduces sound neutrally and without coloration.
Building on the proven electro-acoustic foundations of Genelec’s 1200, 8000 and 7000 Series products, Genelec’s advanced SAM systems are today’s most advanced and flexible monitoring solutions. They are an indispensable tool for audio professionals as they can automatically adapt to the acoustic environment and correct levels, delays and frequency response. SAM systems can be controlled via Genelec’s own Loudspeaker Manager (GLM™) network and software, allowing you to build an extremely flexible and reliable monitoring system.
The GLM software is an intuitive and powerful monitor control network system that manages the connection to all SAM studio monitors and subwoofers on the network – more than 80 devices if necessary. It allows setting levels, distance delays and adjusting the frequency response with the intelligent AutoCal™ automatic calibration algorithm. All parameters and settings are stored in system setup files or for stand-alone operation in each individual monitor or subwoofer.
In addition, all acoustic properties of the SAM systems can be optimized for different working styles or customer requirements. Even if you move between different rooms, you can benefit from SAM technology and achieve maximum consistency in monitoring.
Genelec SAM systems offer a comprehensively scalable, solution-oriented, intelligently networked product range that supports analog and digital signals in virtually any working environment.
This is what calibration with GLM 5 offers:
– Automatic adjustment of in-room frequency response, delay time and listening level.
– Automatic settings can be freely adjusted, personalized and saved.
– Create and expand systems for all types of stereo, multi-channel or 3D immersive formats.
– Measure at any number of microphone positions.
– Enjoy the benefits of consistent performance and accurate reproduction in any production environment.
Use the GRADE report:
– Create a complete, annotated analysis of your room acoustics and SAM monitoring system performance, including ITU-R BS.1116 recommendations.
– You get detailed room and system measurements, including frequency responses, direct-to-diffuse sound ratios at the listening position, early first reflections and waterfall diagrams.
– Plan improvements to acoustic treatment, system positioning and bass management.
– Make improvements to your listening environment based on the report’s easy-to-understand and intuitive acoustic advice.
The Minimum Diffraction Coaxial (MDC™) driver
enables outstanding audio reproduction.
Typical of all current coaxial designs is the somewhat unsteady frequency response due to the inherent diffraction problems. However, crossover problems caused by the non-coincident arrangement of the sources are solved with a coaxial configuration. This is the cornerstone of Genelec’s Minimum Diffraction Coaxial (MDC™) solution: while it benefits from the typical advantages of the coaxial design, it also overcomes its serious shortcomings.
The first step is to minimize the deflection of the diaphragm, i.e. to limit the low-frequency bandwidth of the driver. The next step is to avoid all sources of diffraction. The main structure of the MDC design consists of an integrated MF cone suspension tweeter construction. The visible part of the coaxial loudspeaker consists of a curved, flexible surface with the tweeter dome in the center. The inner part connects the cone to the tweeter without acoustic interruption, while the outer part connects the cone to the driver chassis.
As there are no acoustically perceptible discontinuities between the tweeter and the cone, just a smooth surface, there is also no diffraction. The cone profile is very carefully optimized to form an integrated directional sound guide for the radiation of the tweeter. The outer edge of the driver is finished with a standard Genelec DCW sound guide to also control the dispersion of the midrange driver. The frequency response is very smooth and free of any anomalies both on and off axis and the directivity is well controlled.
This breakthrough in coaxial design provides improved imaging and overall sound quality on and off axis, an extremely linear frequency response resulting in outstanding clarity and definition of all details of audio signals.
The most important innovations of the combined DCW™ and MDC™ designs from Genelec:
- Diffraction-free connection between tweeter and midrange diaphragm
- Diffraction-free connection between midrange diaphragm and DCW™ waveguide
- A proprietary technology for the midrange cone – a laminate structure that combines a rigid cone and elastic materials including the suspension
- A combination of midrange diaphragm and suspension that prevents possible non-linearities
Advantages:
- Linear frequency response
- Ensures coherent coupling of the drivers across their entire operating bandwidth
- Significant improvement in directivity in the critical frequency range
- Provides balanced suspension dynamics to minimize acoustic distortion
- Optimizes the use of the front baffle of the enclosure while retaining the look and benefits of the 8000 series
Enclosure with Minimum Diffraction Enclosure (MDE™) technology for unadulterated sound reproduction.
A common problem with standard floorstanding speakers is that the irregularities in the baffle cause diffraction and the sharp corners of the speaker act as secondary sound sources.
To improve the linearity of the frequency response and the performance of free-standing loudspeaker systems, Genelec has developed a highly innovative cabinet that is matched to the characteristics of the monitor drivers and features rounded edges and a gently curved front and side panels. In addition to the unsurpassed linearity of the frequency response, the cabinet ensures excellent imaging.
To achieve a smooth and elegantly curved cabinet surface and reduce the cabinet’s external dimensions while maximizing the internal volume for improved efficiency in the low frequency range, Genelec has developed a die-cast aluminium cabinet. Aluminum is light, rigid and very easy to damp to achieve a “dead” structure. The enclosure walls can be made relatively thin while providing good EMC shielding and excellent heat dissipation for the power amplifiers. The die-cast consists of two parts, the front and the rear, which can be easily separated for any maintenance work.
The DCW waveguide has been integrated into the MDE aluminum housing to provide better control over the directivity of the speaker. Basically, the low-frequency limit for a constant directivity is determined by the size of the sound guide, i.e. the larger the surface area, the better the control. With very controlled on-axis and off-axis directivity, the listening zone becomes consistent, which is particularly important in multi-channel applications. The controlled directivity also reduces possible first order reflections from surfaces close to the speaker, contributing to consistent audio reproduction in different acoustic environments. The entire front baffle is gently curved and the acoustically transparent grilles blend in perfectly with the various other curved surfaces.
Directivity Control Waveguide (DCW™) sound guide for balanced radiation on and off the listening axis
Genelec pursued a revolutionary approach in 1983 with the development of the Directivity Control Waveguide (DCW™) sound guide. At that time, it was used in an egg-shaped cabinet. Developed and refined over 30 years, it significantly improves the performance of direct radiating multi-way monitors.
The DCW technology shapes the emitted wavefront in a controlled manner and thus enables a predictable adjustment of the dispersion. In order to achieve a uniform and balanced directivity, the dispersion angle is limited so that the scattered radiation is reduced. This results in excellent linearity of the overall frequency response and uniform performance. Early reflections are minimized and a wide and controlled listening zone is achieved, with accurate sound reproduction on and off axis.
Low initial reflections and a controlled, constant directivity have another important advantage: the frequency balance of the room sound field is essentially the same as that of the direct field of the monitors. This means that the performance of the monitoring system is less dependent on the acoustic properties of the room.
Width and depth of soundstage, critical components in any listening environment, are important not only for on-axis listening but also off-axis. This also benefits other people in the room who are not sitting in the sweet spot, as is often the case in large control rooms.
DCW™ technology Main advantages:
- Linear on- and off-axis playback for a larger usable listening area
- Increased ratio of direct to reflected sound for reduced coloration through the listening room
- Improved stereo imaging and depth gradation
- Increased sensitivity of the drive unit by up to 6 dB
- Increased capacity of the system’s maximum sound pressure level
- Reduced distortion of the chassis
- Less diffraction at the edges of the housing
- Reduced distortion of the entire system
Acoustically Concealed Woofers (ACW™) technology for controlled directivity down to low frequencies.
The coaxial 3-way system 8361A is the first to use Genelec’s innovative Acoustically Concealed Woofer (ACW™) technology. The acoustically concealed woofers radiate through openings at both ends of the cabinet.
The 8361A is equipped with two woofers positioned in such a way that the coaxial acoustic dispersion concept is extended to low frequencies. In terms of low-frequency dispersion, the system of two woofers separated by a distance behaves acoustically like a large woofer that bridges the distance between the two woofers. In addition, such a dual woofer system extends the control of directivity to low frequencies along the largest dimension of the front baffle.
ACW technology makes the woofer ports and the woofer chassis acoustically invisible for the acoustic radiation of the coaxial driver with minimal diffraction (MDC™), which is responsible for the frequencies of the midrange and tweeter. The dispersion openings are optimized in terms of size and curvature to minimize acoustic diffraction.
The ACW solution also allows Genelec to use the entire front baffle area of the 8361A as a large Directivity Control Waveguide (DCW™) integrated into a Minimum Diffraction Enclosure (MDE™) cabinet.
The ACW arrangement of the 8361A creates a monitor with compact dimensions that behaves like a much larger system in terms of low-frequency dispersion.
This controlled dispersion behavior in the low frequency range results in improved listening quality and less interaction between the monitor and the room.
Special bass reflex port design for extended frequency response in the bass range.
Genelec’s decision to use bass reflex enclosures dates back to the S30 model, the first Genelec product from 1978. The performance of the ports has been improved and refined over the years to increase the bass extension and sound pressure level of the woofer and to achieve excellent bass articulation and definition.
Both the driver and the port contribute to the overall dispersion of a reflex enclosure. Most of the radiation comes from the driver, but at the resonance frequency of the bass reflex enclosure, the excursion amplitude of the driver is small and most of the radiation comes from the port.
To minimize the air velocity in the pipe, the cross-sectional area of the opening should be large. This in turn means that the reflex tube must be long, which is quite a challenge for the design.
The long, curved tube maximizes airflow so that deep bass can be reproduced without compression. For obvious reasons, the reflex tube ends in a wide bulge at the rear of the cabinet, minimizing opening noise and ensuring excellent bass articulation.
The curvature of the tube has also been carefully designed to minimize audible noise, compression or distortion. The inner end of the tube has a suitable resistance termination, again to minimize audible noise and air turbulence.
The design of the reflex ports makes it possible to significantly reduce the excursion of the woofer and improve the linear low-frequency performance.
Highly developed protective circuits for the drivers guarantee safe operation.
In critical production environments, it is essential that monitoring systems are reliable and fully functional at all times. One of the main reasons for Genelec’s great success in broadcast environments is the reliability of Genelec products. A key element of this reliability is the internal protection circuitry that has been included in all Genelec products since 1978.
The protection circuit prevents driver failure by detecting signal levels and automatically lowering the signal level in the event of sudden peaks or consistently high levels. Of course, this function does not affect the sound quality of the speakers in any way if they are operating within the specifications, but only prevents excessively high input signals from destroying the speaker.
- Reduces the output level when required (e.g. when the temperature of the driver’s voice coil reaches the safe limit), which significantly improves the reliability of the system
- Suitable protection circuits in all loudspeakers and subwoofers enable the system output sound level to be maximized.
Each driver is controlled by its own optimized amplifier.
Electronic crossovers make it possible to divide the audio signal into individual frequency bands that can be fed separately to individual power amplifiers, which are then connected to special transducers optimized for a specific frequency band.
In a typical 2-way speaker system, the active crossover requires two power amplifiers – one for the woofer and one for the tweeter. The power amplifiers are connected directly to the drivers of an active loudspeaker, making it much easier to determine the load on the power amplifier. Each driver-specific power amplifier has only a limited frequency range to amplify (the power amplifier is placed after the active crossover), which makes the design even simpler.
The active principle offers several advantages:
- The power amplifiers are connected directly to the speaker drivers, maximizing control by damping the power amplifier on the driver voice coil and reducing the consequences of dynamic changes in the driver’s electrical characteristics. This can improve the transient response of the system.
- The power requirement of the power amplifier is lower. As no energy is lost in the passive crossover filter components, the required amplifier power is significantly reduced (in some cases by up to 50%) without reducing the acoustic performance of the loudspeaker system. This can reduce costs and increase the audio quality and reliability of the system.
- No loss between amplifier and driver units results in maximum acoustic efficiency
- With active technology, superior sound performance can be achieved in relation to size and power at low frequencies
- All speakers are supplied as a factory-matched system (amplifier, crossover electronics and cabinet driver systems)
Active crossovers that work with low signal levels.
Electronic crossovers allow the audio signal to be split into individual frequency bands that can be fed separately to individual power amplifiers, which are then connected to specific transducers optimized for a particular frequency band.
Active crossovers are available in both digital and analog versions. Genelec’s digital active crossovers include additional signal processing such as protection circuits, delay and equalization.
Genelec analog active crossovers contain electronic components that operate at low signal levels suitable for the inputs of power amplifiers. This is in contrast to passive crossovers, which operate at the high signal levels of the power amplifier outputs and have to handle high currents and, in some cases, high voltages.
In a typical 2-way system, the active crossover requires two power amplifiers – one for the woofer and one for the tweeter.
The design of the active crossover offers several advantages:
- The frequency response becomes independent of dynamic changes in the electrical properties of the driver or the driver level.
- There is increased flexibility and precision in setting and fine-tuning each output frequency response for the drivers used.
- Each driver has its own signal processing and its own power amplifier. This isolates each driver from the driver signals of the other drivers, which reduces intermodulation distortion and clipping problems.
- Sensitivity fluctuations between the drivers can be compensated for.
- Frequency and phase response anomalies associated with the characteristics of a driver within the intended passband can be compensated for.
- The neutral frequency response of a high-quality active loudspeaker is the result of the combined effect of the crossover filter, the power amplifier and the drivers in a loudspeaker enclosure.
Using the active approach allows the frequency response of the entire speaker system to be adjusted and optimized in different room environments without the need for expensive external equalizers. The end result is a simpler, more reliable, more efficient, more consistent and more accurate active speaker system.
Frequency response
36 Hz – 20 kHz (± 1.5 dB)
Low cutoff -6dB
30 Hz
High cutoff -6dB
43 kHz
Crossover
Bass/Mid
320 Hz
Mid/Treble
2800 Hz
Vertical directionality
Horizontal directivity
SPL
Peak SPL
≥124 dB
Short-term max. SPL
≥118 dB
Max. Long-term SPL
≥109 dB
Maximum long term RMS acoustic output in the same conditions with IEC weighted noise (limited by driver protection circuit) at 1 m.
Intrinsic noise
Intrinsic noise
≤5 dB SPL
Self generated noise level in free space at 1 m on axis (A-weighted)
Dimensions
Height
570 mm (22 1/2 in)
Height with Iso-Pod
593 mm (23 3/8 in)
Width
357 mm (14 in)
Depth
347 mm (13 5/8 in)
Speaker Driver
Bass
Driver type: Racetrack
Dual 263 x 137 mm (103/8 x 53/8 in) obround cones
Quantity: 2
Width
263 mm (10 3/8 in)
Height
137 mm (5 3/8 in)
Midrange
Driver type: Coaxial
8361A midrange driver cone (coaxial)
Diameter: 130 mm (5 1/8 in)
Treble
Driver type: Coaxial
8361A treble driver metal dome (coaxial)
Diameter: 25 mm (1 in)
Harmonic distortion
> 100 Hz ≤0.5 %
Group running time
The latency at high frequencies from the input to the acoustic output, measured in the analog input:
Extended Phase Linearity in GLM set to OFF (top graph)
4.2 ms
Extended Phase Linearity in GLM set to ON (bottom graph)
8.6 ms
In Genelec performance graphics, the time of converting the from an electronic input signal to the acoustic output in a Genelec monitor is described by two factors – latency and group delay. The group delay factor can be read in the graphics for a specific frequency. The total frequency-specific input-to-output delay is a sum of the latency and group delay factors. To understand the significance of this total delay, consider that moving a loudspeaker away by 1 meter creates an additional delay of about 3 ms.
| Weight | 31,9 kg |
|---|---|
| Color | White |
| System | active |
| Connections | RJ45, XLR |
| Manufacturer | Genelec |
| Construction | Bass reflex, Coaxial |
| Signal Level | Line Level |
| Transmission protocols | AES |
| Amp Class | D |
| RMS Power | 1000W |
| max. SPL | 118 dB |
Product safety
Manufacturer information
Genelec Oy
Olvitie 5,
FI-74100 Iisalmi, Finland
T +358 17 83 881
Person responsible for the EU
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Safety instructions
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