Genelec 8030C Studio Monitor Review

[Ilkka Rissanen]

I just learn the proper pronunciation for Genelec, or at least I think I did.

Gen-na-lec

If I go around pronouncing it as Ge-ne-lec, that wouldn't be audiophile of me, now would it?

Had I not watch some videos of Genelec and Neumann online, man, that would be embarrassing.

I am sorry but it is indeed Ge-ne-lec, no matter the language or location. That Sweetwater video of Paul is about 10 years old and he was quite new to the company back then. I am sure his pronunciation has got better since.

 

[CleanSound]

I am sorry but it is indeed Ge-ne-lec, no matter the language or location. That Sweetwater video of Paul is about 10 years old and he was quite new to the company back then. I am sure his pronunciation has got better since.

Alright, you gonna have to have do a voice recording if it to make sure everyone is getting it right.

 

[changer]

我的距離約為 60-70 厘米，我的 8020d 從來沒有聽到任何嘶嘶聲（靈敏度 -6dBu）。
這說明我的耳朵確實不好？


Translation by Moderator. Please post in English going forward. Thank you.

“I have a distance of about 60-70cm and I never hear any hiss from my 8020d (sensitivity -6dBu). Does this mean my ears are really bad?”

I wrote from memory, and at 1 meter, it is close to impossible for me to hear them (used a scale). At 80 cm however, I can hear them when it is silent and from 70 to 60 it becomes easy. In any case, the self-noise is so low in volume that it does not even bother me from close up, like 50 cm. They can be placed on a desk as near field monitors without being a source of annoyance.

 

[Ilkka Rissanen]

Alright, you gonna have to have do a voice recording if it to make sure everyone is getting it right.

It was already posted some time ago. https://forvo.com/word/genelec/

 

[CleanSound]

It was already posted some time ago. https://forvo.com/word/genelec/

Thank you for the correction. And I am glad Paul has learn the proper pronunciation at this point

 

[CleanSound]

It was already posted some time ago. https://forvo.com/word/genelec/

And looks like there is a female English pronunciation in the way Paul pronounced it?

Now, your link is only adding more confusion. If the manufacturer can't even agree on pronunciation amongst themselves and than sends a link with two different pronunciation then screw that, Gen-na-lec it is.

 

[Ilkka Rissanen]

And looks like there is a female English pronunciation in the way Paul pronounced it?

Now, your link is only adding more confusion. If the manufacturer can't even agree on pronunciation amongst themselves and than sends a link with two different pronunciation then screw that, Gen-na-lec it is.

The issue might be that in Finnish language letter e is pronounced almost the same as the letter a in English language. To my ears both the woman in the link and Paul on the ad video are saying it as Ge-ne-lec. Your American ears may hear it otherwise and we just have to accept that.

 

[Pearljam5000]

The issue might be that in Finnish language letter e is pronounced almost the same as the letter a in English language. To my ears both the woman in the link and Paul on the ad video are saying it as Ge-ne-lec. Your American ears may hear it otherwise and we just have to accept that.

Will there ever be a new 8000 series with new drivers / amps?
Thanks

 

[CleanSound]

The issue might be that in Finnish language letter e is pronounced almost the same as the letter a in English language. To my ears both the woman in the link and Paul on the ad video are saying it as Ge-ne-lec. Your American ears may hear it otherwise and we just have to accept that.

It's not the a/e pronunciation in question for me.

Paul and the English language in that link you sent pronounced Gen as in the word "generation," vs. Finnish, Gen is pronounced as in the word "Get" but replace the T with an N.

Either or, I was just trying to clear up how Genelec ought to be pronounced, but apparently I failed miserably and then things only stirred up with further more confusion.

The salesman from Sweetwater actually took the time out to correct me on the "proper" pronunciation of Genelec when I spoke to him over the phone; and according to the Sweetwater salesman, it is pronounced how Paul pronounced it. This implies perhaps Genelec needs to do a round or training with their dealers on proper pronunciation of the brand.

The good news is (if this is considered a good news), to a lesser degree, similar problem exist with pronunciation for Neumann.

 

[tmtomh]

Genelec has their own official YouTube channel where you can hear multiple Genelec employees, with multiple accents and multiple different apparent national origins, all say the company's name. I quickly found a NAMM video featuring an employee with a US accent and one with a UK accent. And the GLM5 walkthrough video has a voiceover from another employee with a third accent (I won't hazard a guess here as to what it is, but it's not a UK or US accent).

All of them pronounce the company name in the same way: soft-Gee to begin, and Gen-EH-lec, not Gen-AH-lec.

I suppose it's possible that when the Finnish employees are speaking in Finnish they switch to a hard G, but it appears that in English it's pronounced with the soft G, even when being voiced by non-native speakers of English (as with the GLM5 walkthrough voice over).

 

[Pearljam5000]

Genelec has their own official YouTube channel where you can hear multiple Genelec employees, with multiple accents and multiple different apparent national origins, all say the company's name. I quickly found a NAMM video featuring an employee with a US accent and one with a UK accent. And the GLM5 walkthrough video has a Voice over from another employee with a third accent (I won't hazard a guess here as to what it is, but it's not a UK or US accent).

All of them pronounce the company name in the same way: soft-Gee to begin, and Gen-EH-lec, not Gen-AH-lec.

I suppose it's possible that when the Finnish employees are speaking in Finnish they switch to a hard G, but it appears that in English it's pronounced with the soft G, even when being voiced by non-native speakers of English (as with the GLM5 walkthrough voice over).

The hard G just sounds more...hardcore

 

[CleanSound]

The hard G just sounds more...hardcore

For me, it depends on the mood, it will dictate how hardcore or softcore, I want to . . .pronounce that is.

 

[thewas]

The issue might be that in Finnish language letter e is pronounced almost the same as the letter a in English language. To my ears both the woman in the link and Paul on the ad video are saying it as Ge-ne-lec. Your American ears may hear it otherwise and we just have to accept that.

Maybe its not his American ears but his American loudspeakers and he needs Genelec monitors to hear the pronunciation to hear it correctly?

 

[tmtomh]

The issue might be that in Finnish language letter e is pronounced almost the same as the letter a in English language. To my ears both the woman in the link and Paul on the ad video are saying it as Ge-ne-lec. Your American ears may hear it otherwise and we just have to accept that.

That could be. All I know is that my American ears are quite pleased with the sound produced by the speakers!

 

[CleanSound]

Maybe its not his American ears but his American loudspeakers and he needs Genelec monitors to hear the pronunciation to hear it correctly?

Well. . .what if I told you I watched the video and listen to the clip using my Neumann KH 120

 

[Pearljam5000]

Well. . .what if I told you I watched the video and listen to the clip using my Neumann KH 120

That's a whole new discussion
I bet some people think Neumann is pronounced like :

 

[CleanSound]

That's a whole new discussion
I bet some people think Neumann is pronounced like :View attachment 354887

That was a-noy 'in man

 

[Atanasi]

The good news is (if this is considered a good news), to a lesser degree, similar problem exist with pronunciation for Neumann.

Neumann is unambiguous in that the name consists of regular German words, so if you know German pronunciation, it is natural to pronounce the name that way. Genelec is more obscured with respect to the origin of the name.

 

[Ilkka Rissanen]

Paul and the English language in that link you sent pronounced Gen as in the word "generation," vs. Finnish, Gen is pronounced as in the word "Get" but replace the T with an N.

Either or, I was just trying to clear up how Genelec ought to be pronounced, but apparently I failed miserably and then things only stirred up with further more confusion.

It depends if you want to speak English or Finnish. In English it is pronounced with a soft G and in Finnish it is pronounced with a hard G, and both are equally correct.

 

[Miguelón]

KH120-II plus a USB to SPDIF adapter?

Have you tried the Neumanns? I’m thinking about going with them.

Hesitating between Genelec 8030 also…