Genelec setups in living rooms [how to]

[Descartes]

Genelec 8331 and 8341 are now avilable as RAW model

Not my cup of tea!

 

[Descartes]

Found some updated pics of that setup

It's from South Korea, BTW

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Wild! I think this person lives alone!

 

[Descartes]

Which is a better setup ?
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Or this ?
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I will take the surround system

 

[Descartes]

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Very nice

 

[sajgre]

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Move of apartment has given me the chance to remodel my setup. Particularly happy with the 3.5mm headphones cable extension, to put the volume controller on a side table by the sofa. The cable and all the genelec network control wraps around the far side of the room in cable wraps.
It sounds way better now it has the space to breathe.

Amazing setup, beautiful as well. Who cares about tv size. Congrats!!

 

[FrantzM]

Amazing setup, beautiful as well. Who cares about tv size. Congrats!!

Some of us do care about TV size, I'm going soon for a 90"+ one,
else, we are in agreement...

Peace.

 

[7Tiger]

I think this person lives alone!

You are totally right ...and he is a college teacher (in case anyone wondering what one should do for a living to afford such gear )

 

[Zetti]

My living room

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I just registered to say this is awesome.

This is awesome.

 

[Mr. Widget]

I just registered to say this is awesome.

This is awesome.

Awesome? Perhaps, but I think shocking is the word I'd use.
Thank you for posting and bringing this thread up, I had missed it and it is one that needs to be seen to be believed.

 

[kma100]

Why is it shocking?

 

[Pearljam5000]

Why is it shocking?

Lol
I'm also curious to know

 

[Mr. Widget]

Why is it shocking?

A series of otherwise gorgeous rooms where many of them have what looks like a commercial audio installation cluttering up the space.

I'm not suggesting that audio gear must always be hidden, and I understand there are often practical/financial concerns that dictate the design, but many of these rooms seem to have unlimited or at least large budgets and were quite beautiful before the little white warts were sprinkled throughout.

For some of the rooms where the budget is obviously more limited, I understand the need to make the compromise to satisfy your audio passion.

Below are three examples where speakers are placed in a gorgeous room and are treated as sculpture. To me that works, but placing an ATMOS mixing system into a living room just seems wrong to me.

 

[Zetti]

Genelecs in general seem to be very divisive in the looks department, and I would agree that some rooms are just too cluttered or complete overkill.

But the one I quoted I enjoyed a lot, way more than the first room. Too gray and red is not my taste. Anyway, we could be debating tasts all day and go nowhere, I guess.

 

[mkt]

ATMOS mixing system

2.1 version

 

[Mr. Widget]

2.1 version

There were a number of simpler 2 channel systems early on in the thread that were fine looking, but some of these rooms seemed more like a mastering suite, which is fine for work, but not so much if that is your living room.

 

[beeface]

Not my cup of tea!

Do people actually leave them raw? I always assumed that the raw models are supposed to be painted

 

[Ciobi69]

Do people actually leave them raw? I always assumed that the raw models are supposed to be painted

There is some models with the raw finish

 

[Pearljam5000]

Do people actually leave them raw? I always assumed that the raw models are supposed to be painted

Raw is the best