Dipole Radiation Pattern

At Genesis, we recognize that the most important component of the sound reproduction system in the home is the room - a component that the loudspeaker designer usually has no control of. In order to mitigate much of the "room sound", Genesis loudspeakers employ a dipole design, (some models from the mid-bass or mid-range on up) producing sound from both the front and rear, one out of phase with the other. While the advantages of dipole design are many, the two main benefits are ease of placement in the room and more natural, spacious sound reproduction.

Dipoles achieve their superior performance because they create a radiation pattern where the energy emanating to the sides of the speakers is nearly non-existent. With very little acoustical energy reaching the side walls of your living room, not only is placement of the speakers easy but, remarkably, the listener is able to experience the music unencumbered by the some of the room interactions which plague most other speaker systems.

Thus, the "wall bounce" makes much less of a sonic impact on the sound, resulting in, as one reviewer put it, "a near-perfect combination of depth re-creation and pinpoint lateral imaging."

This is further improved in our high-end speakers which are dipole line sources - this means that the sound only radiates horizontally, not vertically. There is no floor and ceiling bounce, which also contributes to mitigating the sound of the room.