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THE
RENOWNED PEABODY CONSERVATORY CHOOSES GENELEC 8260A AND 8250A ACTIVE
MONITORS TO TAME A CHALLENGING SURROUND CONTROL ROOM
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Multi-purpose control room at the world-famous Peabody Conservatory
had been plagued by uneven sonic response, but the 8260A’s ability
to calibrate itself to accommodate any room design proved to be the
perfect solution —
NATICK,
MA, August 25, 2010 — Johns Hopkins University’s
Peabody Conservatory, which
has educated some of the world’s finest musicians and whose
curriculum also has an extensive professional audio training component,
recently purchased and installed an entire new 5.1 surround monitoring
system from Genelec, the
pioneer in Active Monitoring technology for three decades.
The
new system consists of an L-C-R array of three Genelec 8260A
Tri-Amplified DSP Monitors, and a rear pair of 8250A
Bi-Amplified DSP Monitors. Both models feature Genelec’s proprietary
AutoCal™ automated calibration, Genelec Loudspeaker Manager
(GLM™) control network, advanced Genelec Directivity Control
Waveguide™ (DCW™) and MDE™ (Minimum Diffraction
Enclosure™). All five monitors are mounted on stands surrounding
the control room’s console. The system is completed with the
powerful and precise Genelec 7270A
Active DSP Subwoofer. The Conservatory also purchased a Genelec AD9200A
, high quality, 192kHz 8-Channel Analog to Digital Converter. The
Genelec monitors and converter were sold by Greg Lukens at Washington
Professional Systems.
The
Peabody Conservatory’s Director of Recording Arts & Sciences,
Scott Metcalfe, says he chose the Genelec monitors because they were
the best choice to solve a perplexing acoustical problem in one of
the school’s four control rooms. “The studio is used for
recording, mixing and mastering, as well as recording live concerts
from either of two performance halls we’re tie-lined to,”
explains Metcalfe, who adds that the school’s studios record
over 800 performances a year. “But the control room has problematic
acoustical nodes and antinodes that we’ve had to contend with,
and we weren’t in a position to do a major overhaul of the room’s
design. We looked for a solution that could offer self-calibration
and great sound. I explained this to Paul Stewart at Genelec when
we met at last year’s AES Show. That’s when I first encountered
the 8260A speakers and I was impressed with how they sounded and what
they could do.”
Metcalfe
says the implementation of the Genelec monitors has raised the overall
performance of the control room. “In addition to being able
to address the acoustical issues with its self-calibration, the 8260A’s
are three-way monitors with concentric tweeters and mids, and we very
much like that design,” says Metcalfe, noting that other studios
at the Conservatory are also fitted with Genelec 1031A
and 8020A
monitors. “We’ve been very impressed with Genelec’s
performance.”
For
more information, please visit www.genelecusa.com.
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Photo Caption 1: The Peabody Conservatory’s recording/control
room, which recently got a sonic upgrade with the addition of Genelec
Active Monitors. Pictured is an L-C-R array of three Genelec 8260A
Tri-Amplified DSP Monitors, part of a larger 5.1 Genelec system.
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Photo Caption 2: The Peabody Conservatory’s recording/control
room, which recently got a sonic upgrade with the addition of Genelec
Active Monitors. Pictured is an L-C-R array of three Genelec 8260A
Tri-Amplified DSP Monitors, part of a larger 5.1 Genelec system. Seated
is Scott Metcalfe, the Peabody Conservatory’s Director of Recording
Arts & Sciences.
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 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 Active Monitoring
Systems, contact: Genelec Inc., 7 Tech Circle, Natick, MA 01760.
Tel: (508) 652-0900; Fax: (508) 652-0909; Web: http://www.genelecusa.com/. |