Genelec 8361A Review (Powered Monitor)

[Pearljam5000]

You mean 9 square meters like 100 square feet, or a small bedroom, right?

The 8341A is a technically better measuring speaker - probably the closest thing to a perfect speaker ever measured here. If you have a small room there is no need to get huge speakers like the 8361A. The 8341A will more than suffice.

9 square meters is a small room? My room is 3 square meter and I'm scared the 8351B won't be enough lol

 

[nerdoldnerdith]

9 square meters is a small room? My room is 3 square meter and I'm scared the 8351B won't be enough lol

That's like 10x10ft. That was the size of my very small room when I lived in a cramped NYC apartment. There is no need for large speakers in such a small room.

 

[jhaider]

Maybe yes, maybe no. Sure it's a Genelec vs a JBL but not the ones in question. What I would love to see is a blind shootout of the 708p with EQ and 8361 at about 3 meters in a big room where the dynamics come into play. Now the Genelec would probably win, but by how much?

In fairness, isn’t JBL M2 the better comparator against Genelec 8361b? I think Genelec has a 2-way speaker at a 708/KH310-competing price.

As everyone here likely knows I think JBL 7-series are fantastic speakers, the inflection point in price - sonic performance for speakers generally, and I use them at the front of our main system. However, no denying Genelec’s build and materials quality is far better and that’s worth something. OTOH, JBL has to sense to provide proper grilles, while Genelec has the annoyingly naked coax.

 

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9 square meters is a small room? My room is 3 square meter and I'm scared the 8351B won't be enough lol

don't joke man... in my 4 square meter room I need to buy a passive preamp just to bring down my 8030C into some civilized volume

 

[dshreter]

9 square meters is a small room? My room is 3 square meter and I'm scared the 8351B won't be enough lol

3 square meters? Do you mean 3m x 3m? Because 3 square meters is the size of a medium closet.

 

[Pearljam5000]

3 square meters? Do you mean 3m x 3m? Because 3 square meters is the size of a medium closet.

Sorry, yes
3mX3m

 

[nerdoldnerdith]

Sorry, yes
3mX3m

So it's the same size. Unless Georgios actually meant 9mx9m, in which case that's a very large room the size of an apartment.

 

[Pearljam5000]

So it's the same size. Unless Georgios actually meant 9mx9m, in which case that's a very large room the size of an apartment.

I think he meant 9mX9m
Would the 8361A be enough for it?

 

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I think he meant 9mX9m
Would the 8361A be enough for it?

usually square meter means the total, so 9 sq meter is 3*3

 

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usually square meter means the total, so 9 sq meter is 3*3

9 m^2 = 96.9 ft^2, so about the size of a small walk-in closet

 

[Pearljam5000]

9 m^2 = 96.9 ft^2, so about the size of a small walk-in closet

Americans should switch to the metric system so there won't be any more confusion

 

[TunaBug]

It's a word order thing. 3x3 is a "three meter square". 1x3 is "three square meters".

To think of it in American, a standard 4'x8' sheet of plywood is close to three square meters.

 

[Doodski]

Americans should switch to the metric system so there won't be any more confusion

When Canada switched to metric we had tools that where in both metric and imperial to make things easier. Thermometers where in C and F and pretty much everything else for some years and then eventually things where only in metric. I went through the switch in my early teens so I can do both. Some stuff in imperial is absurdly complicated for physics calculations and metric is easier that way. I have a German friend and she was reciting equivalencies and calculations that where easily remembered at the time and made imperial look like a dog's breakfast.

 

[Pearljam5000]

When Canada switched to metric we had tools that where in both metric and imperial to make things easier. Thermometers where in C and F and pretty much everything else for some years and then eventually things where only in metric. I went through the switch in my early teens so I can do both. Some stuff in imperial is absurdly complicated for physics calculations and metric is easier that way. I have a German friend and she was reciting equivalencies and calculations that where easily remembered at the time and made imperial look like a dog's breakfast.

When I hear feet, inches and ounces I literally shake lol

 

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When I hear feet, inches and ounces I literally shake lol

well, you got to learn flying, that's all in feet and nautical miles

 

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Unfortunately, Americans will never convert to metric. For those of you not from the U.S., let me educate you. The 34th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States established the Freedom of the Measurement. F-o-M means that a U.S. citizen has the freedom to select any unit of measure without fear of government or scientific interference. We're lucky. In other countries, the mere utterance of the words "gallon" or "mile" can result in detention, garnished wages, and confiscation of one's kidneys.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Unfortunately, Americans will never convert to metric. For those of you not from the U.S., let me educate you. The 34th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States established the Freedom of the Measurement. F-o-M means that a U.S. citizen has the freedom to select any unit of measure without fear of government or scientific interference. We're lucky. In other countries, the mere utterance of the words "gallon" or "mile" can results in detention, garnished wages, and confiscation of one's kidneys.

Well if you're free to chose anything than I'm surprised that there aren't many Americans who are choosing to use the metric system because it's much simpler

 

[FrantzM]

A bit of a spoiler ...

Does anyone , really, sincerely. seriously think those measurements from the 8361A are ...poor ?????!!!???
Seems there are a few who think so according to the poll?
Sorry for the spoiler but ,Man! I had to ponder...

BAck to the scheduled discussion

 

[BrokenEnglishGuy]

Imho with active speakers people think the can sound loud because they auto protect the bass and start to roll-off the sub bass in order to protect the speaker.

Even a TV can sound loud in their high frequency's cutting the bass.

This with passive speakers doesn't gonna happen..

 

[Pearljam5000]

A bit of a spoiler ...

Does anyone , really, sincerely. seriously think those measurements from the 8361A are ...poor ?????!!!???
Seems there are a few who think so according to the poll?
Sorry for the spoiler but ,Man! I had to ponder...

BAck to the scheduled discussion

Do you think they're poor?