Filter
Top Products
Genesis 5.3 Owners Manual Ver 2.2
5
~ÄëçäìíÉ=ÑáÇÉäáíó™
The built-in amplifier consumes about 10w on standby – about the
same as a child’s night-light. Hence, leave the amplifier on unless
you will not be using the system for an extended period of time (like
a month-long vacation).
Source Input Connections
Connect the speaker-level output of your power amplifier to the High
Level Input binding posts using a high-quality loudspeaker cable.
Make sure that you have the correct polarity connected for both
speakers – the plus or positive (red) terminal on the G5 should be
connected to the plus, positive, or red terminal on your power
amplifier.
The Bass Input selector switch should be in the up or high-level
position – pointing to the inputs being used. This is the
recommended hook-up, both sonically and
for convenience.
Nevertheless, if you know that your power
amplifier may be deficient in the bass, or
does not have a response down to 18Hz
(such as some Single-ended Triode
amplifiers), you may wish to connect the
bass section of the G5 directly to your
preamplifier instead.
If you use the low-level inputs for the
servo-bass of the G5, you will need to
check for the phase correctness of your
power amplifier. If your power amplifier
inverts phase, you will need to invert the
high-level inputs when the bass section of
the G5 is driven by the preamplifier.
If you do this, use a good quality balanced
interconnect cable to connect the balanced
output of your preamplifier to the preamp
level input XLR connector, or the single-
ended output of your preamplifier to the
preamp level input RCA connector on the
back plate of the G5.