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Genelec 8381A SAM™ point source studio monitor – 8381AW white
incl. VAT
36.499€
- active point source main monito
- Room adjustment with SAM™ DSP
- Frequency response: 20 – 35000 Hz (± 1.5 dB response)
- 5926 W RMS (Class D)
- active crossover & directivity control waveguide
Genelec 8381A enables sound engineers and sound professionals to perceive every sonic detail and offers high sound pressure reserves and great dynamics – with the full flexibility of a freestanding speaker setup and advanced room adaptation.
In conjunction with Genelec Loudspeaker Manager (GLM) software, the 8381A monitoring system adapts intelligently and optimally to the acoustic conditions of the listening room. This enables the greatest possible flexibility even in difficult listening environments – and delivers a highly precise presentation with a low bass response that integrates perfectly into the overall sound.
The 8381A has been designed to reproduce the entire audible frequency range, time aligned and with a frequency response that goes beyond the normal listening range. It delivers a precise insight into every detail of the recorded material, no matter how small. With its high sound pressure capacity and wide dynamic range, the 8381A makes even very quiet signal components clearly audible, making it a unique and uncompromising tool for reliable monitoring.
Make the right mixing and mastering decisions quickly and confidently with uncompromising detail reproduction. The point source principle of the 8381A offers the unique advantage that the precise timbre and imaging remains the same at all listening distances. This allows exceptional freedom in the choice of placement and eliminates the vertical tonal coloration typical of larger monitors.
The perfectly designed Directivity Control sound guide ensures clean, coloration-free reproduction. It reduces the influence of reverberation in the listening field and at the same time improves the accuracy and reliability of the listening situation in all rooms.
The 8381A is a floorstanding speaker and positions the sound stage at a natural listening height, while also supporting traditional high main monitor positions with the included tilt system. This allows the acoustic axis to be optimally aligned with the listening position for all installation heights.
The 8381A is designed for a lifetime of creativity. That’s why you also get access to the unique Genelec SonicAdvisor™ services. So if you need support on your journey with the 8381A – from initial configuration to on-site advice – we are there for you as a Genelec support point and Genelec Service.
Amplifier power
Total amplifier power 5926 W (Class D)
2 X 0 W Full range (Class D)
Frequency response
20 Hz – 35 kHz (“-6 dB”) (± 1.5 dB accuracy)
Driver dimensions
2 x ⌀ 381 mm bass + ⌀ 381 mm bass + 4 x ⌀ 127 mm midrange + ⌀ 127 mm coaxial midrange + ⌀ 25 mm coaxial tweeter
Weight
Speaker: 235 kg / 518.1 lb
Amp: 2 x 11.2 kg / 24.7 lb
Connections
2 x XLR Analog Input
2 x XLR Analog Output
2 x XLR AES/EBU input
2 x XLR AES/EBU output
4 x RJ45 Control
Dimensions
H 1458 x W 500 x D 694 mm
-The Genelec 8381A Smart Active Monitor is delivered on a plywood-lined pallet containing two cabinets, two individually calibrated RAM-81 amplifier units and an accessory kit with tilt wedges to optimize the vertical acoustic axis
-Quick Setup Guide with link to product website and documentation, including the user manual
-9320A SAM™ Reference Controller and access to GLM software
-8381A-specific SonicAdvisor™ services
Manufacturer’s warranty:
10 years for registered users (manufacturer website)
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 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
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
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
(± 1.5 dB)
Low cutoff -6dB
20 Hz
High cutoff -6dB
35 kHz
Vertical directionality
Horizontal directivity
SPL
Peak SPL
≥129 dB
Maximum output per pair.
Short-term max. SPL
≥126 dB
Mean SPL in range 100 Hz – 3 kHz,
THD < 10 % f < 200 Hz, THD < 3 % f > 200 Hz
Short term sine wave, at 1 m, on axis, in half-space.
Max. Long-term SPL
≥121 dB
Maximum long term RMS acoustic output, IEC-weighted noise (limited by protection circuit) at 1 m, half-space.
Intrinsic noise
Intrinsic noise
≤5 dB SPL
Self-generated noise level in free space at 2 m on axis (A-weighted).
Dimensions
Height
1458 mm (57 3/8 in)
Width
500 mm (19 5/8 in)
Depth
694 mm (27 3/8 in)
Enclosure 1 dimensions: 880 x 694 x 500 mm Enclosure 2 dimensions: 570 x 694 x 500 mm Packing dimensions: 1076 x 1200 x 1000 mm
Speaker Driver
Bass 1
Driver type
Cone
Double Low Woofers
Quantity
2
diameter
381 mm (15 in)
Bass 2
Driver type
Cone
Front woofer
diameter
381 mm (15 in)
Midrange
Driver type
Dome
Quad Midrange System
Quantity
4
diameter
127 mm (5 in)
diameter
125 mm (4 7/8 in)
Midrange 2
Driver type
Cone
Coaxial Midrange
diameter
127 mm (5 in)
Treble
Driver type
Dome
Compression tweeter voice coil 25 mm (1 in), throat 13 mm (0.5 in)
diameter
25 mm (1 in)
| Weight | 257 kg |
|---|---|
| Color | White |
| System | active |
| Connections | RJ45, speakON |
| Manufacturer | Genelec |
| Construction | Bass reflex, Coaxial |
| Signal Level | Line Level |
| Amp Class | D |
| max. SPL | 126 dB |
| Driver size | 3x 15 inch, 15 Zoll |
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
Our offer is primarily aimed at commercial users who test and use products on their own responsibility for their professional use. Please note that safety-relevant information, instructions and symbols may be contained in the supplied instructions for use. These are enclosed with the product and, if available, can also be downloaded in digital form from our website. We recommend that you read the instructions for use carefully and check the product for safety and suitability for your intended use before using it. If you require further information, please contact the manufacturer or the manufacturer's EU representative directly.
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