Genelec
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Genelec, founded in 1978 by Ilpo Martikainen and based in Iisalmi, Finland, is a manufacturer of active loudspeaker systems especially for professional studio recording, mixing and mastering applications. In 2002, Genelec introduced a range of home cinema loudspeakers.
The company has been acclaimed for their DCW (Directivity Control Waveguide) technology: a specific horn which encloses the midrange and high frequency drivers and is claimed to greatly improve the performance of a direct radiating multi-way loudspeaker:
- Flat on and off-axis response for wider usable listening area
- Increased direct-to-reflected sound ratio for reduced room coloration
- Improved stereo imaging
- Increased driver efficiency
- Increased system SPL capacity
- Decreased drive unit distortion
- Reduced cabinet edge diffraction
- Reduced distortion
