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Designed to Network
Genelec oers Smart Active Monitoring (SAM™)
solutions for AES67 standard audio-over-IP applications
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8430 IP Smart Active Monitor- (SAM™)
with Audio-over-IP Connectivity
Today’s most advanced and exible monitoring
solutions for today’s most professional users
Genelec is the leading manufacturer of active loudspeaker
solutions. Our commitment to oer state-of-the-art
technology for all professional applications continues with
the introduction of products for the modern IP networking
environments. We are proud to release the 8430, an audioover-IP enabled Smart Active Monitoring (SAM™) two-way
system. This product is a high resolution audio monitoring
solution using the power of Smart Active Monitoring
and GLM™ AutoCal™ automated system calibration
technologies for audio-over-IP applications.
Genelec has been active in audio-over-IP for many years.
In 2010, during the ISE show Genelec demonstrated
its rst audio-over-IP showcase system. Since then,
a lot has happened in the audio industry to establish
better communication standards for audio-over-IP. This
work has been actively pursued in several forums. The
AES67 standard (Audio Engineering Society standard
for audio applications of networks) about audio-over-IP
interoperability, published in 2015, is now quickly gaining
acceptance and is rapidly establishing audio-over-IP as the
mainstream approach for implementing connectivity in the
future broadcast environments.
At the same time, the world is experiencing a rapid increase
in creation and distribution of media content over IP
networks, resulting in signicant changes in the way system
solutions are implemented. Broadcast houses are moving
towards audio and video over IP solutions with increasing
speed. IP networking is quickly replacing the traditional
cabling. Modern consumers are increasingly building media
reproduction systems using IP streaming technology.
At Genelec we believe that audio-over-IP networking using
systems that are fully compatible with open standards is the
right, reliable and robust way to address the future needs of
the audio market. We believe that international cooperation
across the industry is the key to create open IP networking
technology solutions for professional users. Widespread use
of IP networking solutions will allow customers to benet
from the latest developments in IP technology and the power
of continually improving services.
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Small footprint
The 8430 Smart Active Monitor with IP
connectivity comes in a compact die-cast
aluminium enclosure. The system acoustic design
features Genelec’s Minimum Diraction Enclosure
(MDE™) technology and uses a computer
optimized advanced Directivity Control Waveguide
(DCW™). The 8430 oers high resolution audio
output with professional performance and
bandwidth. The 8430 oers uncompromising
performance for IP streaming applications.
Impressive acoustic
performance
While compact in size, the 8430 provides
outstanding performance. Its oating point
DSP engine enables precise signal processing.
Genelec-designed Class D ampliers have low
noise level and excellent linearity. The 8430 is
a low latency audio monitor. The latency from
the IP audio stream to sound output is about
3 ms. The actual conguration of the audioover-IP streaming may cause some additional
latency. The signal processing is time equalized
so that the 8430 has a latency that remains
precisely constant at all frequencies above
200 Hz, ensuring excellent translation of time
domain waveforms. The frequency response
of the 8430 is at in a 1.5 dB window on the
acoustical axis while the product has controlled
directivity characteristics, ensuring uncoloured
neutral sound also in the o-axis directions. With
its high performance, low noise and excellent
linearity Class D amplier technology, its
universal mains voltage switched-mode power
supply and long design lifetime, the 8430 fullls
all the stringent quality requirements of the
modern broadcasting industry.
Audio-over-IP connectivity
With the inclusion of the 8430 IP SAM system into
our portfolio, Genelec now oers an intelligently
controlled, IP network-capable product solution.
Ethernet audio streaming is compliant with AES67
and Ravenna industry standards and supports
all the typical standard audio sample rates from
44.1 to 96 kHz and word lengths from 16 to 24
bits. The 8430 RJ45 Ethernet connector is housed
in an XLR shell oering the highest reliability in
physical connections. The audio channel(s) to be
reproduced can be congured over the IP network.
The 8430 time synchronizes in the IP network
using the highly accurate PTP v2 (Precision Time
Protocol) method, creating a solid and reliable
sound image for audio monitoring, from stereo to
3D immersive audio setups. An unlimited number
of 8430 monitors can be congured to reproduce
a multichannel or 3D immersive audio presentation
delivered over the low-latency IP stream. The GLM
AutoCal automatic calibration method can support
more than 30 monitors in one room.
Real solutions for room
acoustic challenges
Genelec’s SAM technology is an indispensable
tool when dealing with the challenging reality
of room acoustics. Smart Active Monitors can
automatically optimize and align each monitor for
level, time of ight related to the monitor distance
to the listening position, as well as to compensates
the inuences of the room acoustics for every
SAM monitor on the network. Using Genelec
GLM 2.0 software, each system is individually
calibrated using measurements at the listening
location or over a listening area. When monitors
and production projects must move between
rooms, you can rely on Genelec SAM technology
to guarantee the highest possible monitoring
consistency and a reliable work ow, providing a
neutral sound stage and precise audio imaging.
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Features and benets
• Intelligently controlled, IP networkcapable product using AES67
standard for easy system integration
• Smart active monitors are easy
to operate and can adapt to any
acoustical environments
• GLM computer control allows
repeatable, consistent performance
• Complete solution-oriented Smart
Active Monitoring systems eliminate
guesswork in system conguration
and acoustic performance
optimization
• GLM network exibility allows set
up and computer-control of more
than 30 monitors
Technical specications
8430
• Genelec GLM AutoCal measures
the acoustic response in the
listening area and applies relevant
compensations to minimise the
room’s acoustical inuence
• Reducing the perceived dierences
between listening environments
or positions, SAM systems
enable accurate transfer of audio
productions between rooms
• In the factory, every single product is
calibrated and 100 % evaluated for
acoustic performance guaranteeing
excellent similarity between units
and consistent high performance
• Genelec quality and reliability
ensure a long term investment and
outstanding audio quality
Maximum sound pressure 104 dB ¹
Frequency range 45 Hz – 23 kHz (-6 dB)
Accuracy of the passband ± 1.5 dB (58 Hz – 20 kHz)
Crossover frequency 3.0 kHz
Drivers Woofer 130 mm (5 in) +
Amplifier power Woofer 50 W +
Dimensions H 299 x W 189 x D 178 mm,
Weight 5.5 kg / 12.1 lb
Tweeter 19 mm (3/4 in) metal dome + DCW™
Tweeter 50 W
H 11 7/8 x W 7 1/2 x D 7 1/16 in
Connections
¹ Maximum short term sine wave sound pressure level averaged from 100 Hz to 3 kHz, measured in half space, on-axis, at 1 meter
Genelec Document BBAGE158. Copyright Genelec Oy 2.2016. All data subject to change.
Genelec Oy, Olvitie 5, 74100 Iisalmi, Finland. Web: www.genelec.com
1 x XLR analogue input
1 x XLR-housed RJ45 for AES67 compatible digital audio-over-IP input
2 x RJ45 GLM control network
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