FA: Genelec monitors, 8020A, and subwoofer, 5040A

aud...@gmail.com

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Jun 17, 2013, 9:07:59 PM6/17/13

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I'm moving and downsizing, so some great gear is going up for sale:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130930110277

Thanks for having a look!

Paul

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Jun 17, 2013, 10:07:42 PM6/17/13

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I have to admit, those look like cheapie computer
satellite speakers, but upon more research, it
appears they are serious monitors, albeit for a
very small room.

Sean Conolly

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Jun 18, 2013, 1:14:42 AM6/18/13

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<aud...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm moving and downsizing, so some great gear is going up for sale:
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/130930110277
>
> Thanks for having a look!

Yikes - that's smallest sub-woofer I've ever seen! Maybe a 'supra' woofer?

Sean

Matt Faunce

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Jun 18, 2013, 6:30:38 AM6/18/13

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Here's a pic with people in it for scale:

http://www.genelec.fi/news/125/370/Genelec-6010A-5040A-System-wins-TEC-Award-2009/

I'm curious about the function of the mini grey attachment. Anyone?

--
Matt

Phil W

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Jun 18, 2013, 7:13:50 AM6/18/13

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Matt Faunce:
> Sean Conolly:
>> aud...@gmail.com:

>>> I'm moving and downsizing, so some great gear is going up for sale:
>>>
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/130930110277
>>>
>>> Thanks for having a look!
>>
>> Yikes - that's smallest sub-woofer I've ever seen! Maybe a 'supra'
>> woofer?
>>
>> Sean
>
> Here's a pic with people in it for scale:
>
> http://www.genelec.fi/news/125/370/Genelec-6010A-5040A-System-wins-TEC-Award-2009/
>
> I'm curious about the function of the mini grey attachment. Anyone?

Quote from the website above:
"The subwoofer conveniently features a
*remote volume control*
allowing adjustment of the entire sound system..."

Phil

hank alrich

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Jun 18, 2013, 10:29:04 AM6/18/13

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I've been using 8040A's for several years and they are quite effective
as tracking and mixing monitors.

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Paul

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Jun 18, 2013, 3:29:19 PM6/18/13

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Yeah, it looks like with modern speaker engineering, you can't judge
a speaker by it's size anymore...

Trevor

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Jun 19, 2013, 6:13:39 AM6/19/13

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"Paul" <Quill...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Yeah, it looks like with modern speaker engineering, you can't judge
> a speaker by it's size anymore...

But the laws of physics still have some say in it. Low or loud is easy
enough, low and loud a little more difficult.

Trevor.

Scott Dorsey

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Jun 19, 2013, 10:32:53 AM6/19/13

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In article <1l4ngqx.bgwmzv4deyliN%walk...@nv.net>,

hank alrich <walk...@nv.net> wrote:
>Paul <Quill...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 6/17/2013 6:07 PM, aud...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > I'm moving and downsizing, so some great gear is going up for sale:
>> >
>> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/130930110277
>> >
>> > Thanks for having a look!
>>
>> I have to admit, those look like cheapie computer
>> satellite speakers, but upon more research, it
>> appears they are serious monitors, albeit for a
>> very small room.
>
>I've been using 8040A's for several years and they are quite effective
>as tracking and mixing monitors.

I found the low end on them a little restricted for my taste, but I am amazed
at how much cleaner the 8000-series monitors are compared with the 1030s and
1031s.
--scott

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Scott Dorsey

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Jun 19, 2013, 10:34:35 AM6/19/13

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Physics haven't changed. You can have any two of low end extension,
high efficiency, and small size. You still can't have all three.
But a lot of what has happened is that efficiency has become far less
important.

Sean Conolly

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Jun 20, 2013, 11:16:16 AM6/20/13

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"Phil W" <z@z.z> wrote in message
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I think I got the pics ot the remote mixed up with the sub. Late night.

Sean

Trevor

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Jun 20, 2013, 11:51:40 PM6/20/13

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"Scott Dorsey" <klu...@panix.com> wrote in message
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> Physics haven't changed. You can have any two of low end extension,
> high efficiency, and small size. You still can't have all three.
> But a lot of what has happened is that efficiency has become far less
> important.

That's true, but even ignoring efficiency it's still hard to get low bass
from a small speaker at high SPL (the fourth factor you forgot to mention)
Huge excusions and power handling from tiny speakers is just not possible,
not with normal cone speakers anyway.

Trevor.

Scott Dorsey

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Jun 21, 2013, 9:33:09 AM6/21/13

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That's true. High levels change everything. There have been some ingenious
high displacement transducers in the past couple decade, from the Servodrive
rotary subwoofer to the weird cylindrical thing from NHT, but none of them
seem to have caught on in a market where people want a lot of thump for little
money.