Rolling Thunder studio chooses Genelec monitors
(Dave Molter | Posted 2010-10-16)
For its new year-old facility in Traverse City, Michigan, Rolling Thunder Studios owner Nick Vasquez has installed
five Genelec 8240A Bi-Amplfied DSP Monitors and a 7270A Active DSP
Subwoofer. The L-C-R array is
mounted atop the control rooms new Avid Icon D-Command console, and
the rear surround monitors are wall mounted.
These are great-sounding monitors, exclaims Vasquez, who founded
Rolling Thunder Studios 17 years ago and nurtured its expansion into
new areas such as audio post production and scoring Rolling Thunder
recorded some of the score to director Michael Moores documentary
Capitalism: A Love Story. I traveled to Sweetwater, where my salesman
Brian VanDeKeere and I listened to a lot of monitors, and the Genelecs
just sounded better than any of them to me, he says, adding that as he
researched his studios move into 5.1 surround monitoring for the first
time, he discovered that Genelec monitors consistently came up rated
number-one. They are the most versatile, in terms of being able to
handle all kinds of music, as well as the most precise and with the
most clarity, especially in the midrange. They are fantastic monitors
and Im glad to have them in my studio.
About the 8240A and 7270A
The Genelec 8240A Bi-Amplified DSP Monitoring System is ideal in
applications where a wide frequency response is needed but space is
limited. The 8240A builds on the rock-solid technology of the
highly-acclaimed 8040A, featuring an ingenious, flow optimized, reflex
port that provides solid, clear and articulated low frequencies
without compression, distortion or port noises. Combined with the
advanced Genelec Directivity Control Waveguide (DCW) and the rounded
edges and gently curved front and sides of the MDE (Minimum
Diffraction Enclosure) enclosure, the result is an astoundingly flat
frequency response both on and off axis. Other benefits include superb
imaging precision and minimum listening fatigue. The Genelec
Loudspeaker Manager (GLM) control network and software enhances
further the performance of the 8240A: it features adjustment of
levels, distance delays and flexible room response improvement
equalization with the reliable and robust AutoCal automated
calibration system via the GLM control network. The 8240A has both
analog and AES digital inputs in combination with a digital thru
connection.
The Genelec 7270A Active DSP Subwoofer brings the flexibility and
accuracy of room response equalization to an entirely new level. This
powerful and precise low frequency monitoring solution is designed for
modern 6.1 or 5.1 multi-channel systems as well as traditional stereo
applications. With its 19 Hz lower cut-off frequency, high sound
pressure output capability and versatile digital bass management
system, the 7270A adapts to all low frequency monitoring situations.
For more information, please visit www.genelecusa.com.
From a press release.
