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Genelec 8030C Studio Monitor Review

do genuine 8030c has sort of a sparkle on the dark grey model?
Yes, it makes part of the finishing of all dark studio monitors in Genelec. They had made a black anniversary edition to Thomann, but usually are grey with some salt-like particles or white (more expensive in general). In some other models have also raw aluminum without any finishing, it looks industrial and a little bit post- apocalyptic speakers to my eyes
 
last question, can you tell me if the sparkle is normal?
Are you suspecting that someone set up a factory to cast aluminum enclosures to make fake Genelecs?

Why does it matter to you at all? Sparkle or no sparkle, both would be normal and within spec.
 
I like the finish on this one ;)
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Just bleed from the woofer.
Bleed? The sense of the sentence is confuse to me, does mean that the tweeter invades the woofer?
“Very near field response” I suppose the mic is sticked to the drivers, so each one overlaps a lot over the other, at usual listening position should be negligible. Am I correct?
 
Bleed? The sense of the sentence is confuse to me, does mean that the tweeter invades the woofer?
“Very near field response” I suppose the mic is sticked to the drivers, so each one overlaps a lot over the other, at usual listening position should be negligible. Am I correct?
Amir's Nearfield measurement methodology is imperfect. When he measures the tweeter, the resulting graph still contains the response of the woofer, only attenuated by ~10dB.

It's supposed to indicate the individual driver response and crossover points, not precisely measure them.
 
Amir's Nearfield measurement methodology is imperfect. When he measures the tweeter, the resulting graph still contains the response of the woofer, only attenuated by ~10dB.

It's supposed to indicate the individual driver response and crossover points, not precisely measure them.
Ah, I understood, even placing mic very close to the tweeter the woofer response will be recorded at those decibels also.

I imagine the only way to measure them separately will be acceding to the internals of the speaker and cancel one of the amps.
 
The 8030C is a better loudspeaker than former 8030B. The sound is better, the distortion is lower. The Genelec 8030C has tpa3118 inside - its a better sounding chip than class A/B chip amps like 3886. I have two 3886 chip amp A/B amplifiers at home but they are collecting dust right now.

I have played around with many tpa 3116 and done modifications and so on... its really good. Noone of my klass A/B amps is sounding better. The opposite in fact.
Tpa 3251 is even better and the sound from that chip can rival high end amplifiers in class A/B.
I think the upcoming Genelec 8040C will be a killer.
Are you sure the 8030c use TPA3118? I have a pair of 8030A with damaged LM4780s on them. we try to find new 4780s but we didn't so my electronic guy suggest to replace two 3118s and we conncet 4780 input pins to 3118 module and 3118s output to the drivers. but ... sound was weak and distorted. do you have any pictures of 8030c circuit? Do you have any solution? (other parts of circuits are working well)
 
Are you sure the 8030c use TPA3118? I have a pair of 8030A with damaged LM4780s on them. we try to find new 4780s but we didn't so my electronic guy suggest to replace two 3118s and we conncet 4780 input pins to 3118 module and 3118s output to the drivers. but ... sound was weak and distorted. do you have any pictures of 8030c circuit? Do you have any solution? (other parts of circuits are working well)
I'd try to replace the LM4780 and keep the PCB original.

There's a guy in Germany who still has stock: https://www.ebay.de/itm/286257639425
 
According to MZKM's vertical directivity measurements, tilting the monitor back 10 degrees actually flattens the dip in the crossover region. Very good to know.
 
According to MZKM's vertical directivity measurements, tilting the monitor back 10 degrees actually flattens the dip in the crossover region. Very good to know.
Interesting, I will try at home. Is quite noticeable, even with the iPhone microphone and the WiiM Ultra one can watch it on the graphics.

In Genelec 8020 appears less prominent and over 3 kHz, at least in my room.
 
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