john70 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) Item: GENESIS 1. Massive 7.3 feet high, 4 Towers complete with 4000 watt Bass Amp.Location: PerthPrice: $85000Item Condition: 8/10Reason for selling: Moving to much smaller house and Health reasonsPayment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD OnlyExtra Info: For sale is the massive Genesis 1 full range speaker system considered to be one of the very best in the world by all that either have them, or heard them, I will ship WORLDWIDE, buyer pays all shipping. These were manufactured prior to the ones currently available at http://www.genesisloudspeakers.com/ known as Genesis Prime. They were purchased new by me and actually Paul McGowan (PS audio and co owner of Genesis) visited my house in Australia to do a final installation for which I actually have photos. Very rarely do extreme Hi End speakers of this quality both in sound and vision ever become available at this very low price. They are Legendary, designed by Arnie Nudell and offering vast improvements following on from his famous Infinity IRS Series V. The system is in Perfect working order. Visually there are minor scuffs on the bass amplifier. There are some faint scuffs on the black lacquered custom sculpted bases that the speakers sit on. Unfortunately this happens because of the sheer weight of the speakers and the need to move them to find the optimum position. I have given a 7/10 to cover Audiogons condition notes just in case I have missed anything that to me is simply not noticeable. Its such a massive system. The Genesis 1 system consists of four major modules: two midrange / tweeter Towers and two bass Towers. Each module is 7 ft 3inches tall (221cm), is covered in beautiful South American Rosewood, and is set on / into piano black lacquered custom sculpted bases Each bipolar midrange tweeter module sits in a sculpted base, is 7 ft 3 inches high and houses a line source ribbon midrange and twenty six ribbon tweeters in a line source array and assembled in a Corian baffle of which twenty are at the front, and six are at the rear. Two wings attach to each Corian baffle and are two inches thick and filled with sand to render them completely inert for wave launching. The bass towers are 7 ft 3 inches tall and each house six twelve inch metal cone woofers, each with its own accelerometer sensor and is set into piano black lacquered custom sculpted bases. Although not shown in the photos each bass speaker has a full length black speaker cover in perfect condition. I just prefer to see the cones. The twelve woofers (Six in each Tower) are individually driven by twelve separate Servo amplifiers for a total of 4000 watts, beautifully housed in a Single Genesis Stealth chassis weighing 160 pounds. It is currently set to 240v but easily changed to 110v / 120v. 12 Swiss Neutrick connectors are at the rear together with XLR & RCA inputs. There are 2 massive Audioquest hand made 24 conductor, oxygen free, high purity copper cabling for connecting the subwoofer Towers to their respective amplifiers. Each Audioquest cable feeds six woofers, is thirty feet long and weighs about 20 pounds. Controls for the woofers include volume, low pass, high pass and phase, and are varied by a hand held remote control transmitter. There are two crossover modules which are housed in a solid Corian enclosure and they each sit at the rear of the midrange/tweeter panels. They have two controls, one for the rear tweeter level and one for upper midrange for matching room acoustics. All cabling to this is done by Transparent Audio. The complete Genesis 1 System consisting of the seven separate elements weighs over 1 ton (2000 pounds or 909 kg). CONCLUSION BY THE DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTORERS "The Genesis 1 system contains the collective knowledge and experience of Arnie Nudell and Paul McGowan over more than 25 years. The technology contained in these speakers is the most advanced of any product currently available. We believe that no current product on the market today can approximate the sonic realism or striking beauty of the Genesis 1. There is no compromise in this system. It excels at spectral coherence and accurate harmonic structure. It has the greatest dynamic range of any High End reference system. It has superb macro and micro dynamic qualities, unparalleled sound staging and very low distortion. It does not limit or favor any kind of music. Listening to the Genesis 1 is truly a Revelation." COLLECTION / SHIPPING DETAILS. Maybe this would be better suited to a purchaser in Australia where I live as I have no shipping crates. Buyer could come with van / small truck or he could engage a removal company for which they will protect all the items with blankets etc as they do. Alternatively if the purchaser is in another country they would arrange all shipping, and In readiness each item would be wrapped substantially by me at my expense in heavy duty bubble wrap giving at least 4 - 5 inches all round protection, all speaker cones etc would receive further protection with hardboard sheets. There would be 7 pieces and I would photo this fully for any insurance purposes and so that the purchaser will know how to unpack. Should the purchaser require the items to be crated, that could be done at their expense, by the shippers, I would still wrap as above but only 2 1/2 inches thick so as to keep crate sizes reasonable. My Reason for selling is that I am 70. We now need to move to a much smaller home and health reasons. It’s really hard for me to part with these wonderful pieces of musical equipment which I have had so much enjoyment from. If Payment by PayPal which maybe not possible due to the value involved add 31/2%. Bank Transfer will i guess be the only way to pay or maybe through the banks on the day if collected. Please ask me any questions or if you require further photos. ONLY genuine purchasers need apply and they would need to bring along their amplification & source if a demo is required. Pictures: Edited June 17, 2017 by john70 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Skillicorn Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunA Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 This has to be one of the ultimate speakers of all time! I wish to know how much it cost at the time when you brought it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiohifiaudio Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Holy what the... Thats amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manbat Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Holy sheet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemarquis Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Vale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogie44 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 The Forum comes through again! Wot can't you buy here?????? GLWTS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norkle Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Just wow. I can imagine itmust be hard to part with these. Still, what an incredible experience to have the benefit of something so beautiful in your life. GLWS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norkle Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 2 hours ago, LunA said: This has to be one of the ultimate speakers of all time! I wish to know how much it cost at the time when you brought it? My understanding is they were over $200k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedgod66 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 (edited) for anybody thinking that the latest Devialet bs system( the Phantoms are a joke) etc outdoes this is having delusions - I have not heard this pair but for me one of the most memorable times ever was hearing this system and an IRS 5 on different days Arnie Nudel and his colleagues make music. Breathtaking stuff the owner will probably have Pit bulls ready to get you out of his listening chair. The low distortion and sense of ease - coupled with magnificent soundstage etc is utterly amazing. The lifelike tone flutes, harps,violins etc is just so hard to believe until you experience it. good luck with the sale ps not picking on the Phantoms but after buying Darkos Silver pair i was so under whelmed ,so cumbersome the setup -it made a Novel network an easy task and sound - car subwoofer bass - compared to Genesis Infinity bass - not even close and the $50000 system comparison hmmm? Edited June 17, 2017 by speedgod66 just adding detail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blk plastic Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 These look fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA23 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Very nice!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john70 Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 9 hours ago, norkle said: My understanding is they were over $200k. That is correct, but such a great investment,, never looked at another speaker so saved a bomb in trying to get to Audiophile heaven, I was THERE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunA Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 10 hours ago, norkle said: My understanding is they were over $200k. We need to take into consideration that $200k in those days is equivalence to over $1 million of today's money! I actually have the luck of listening to a similar system back in Hong Kong in the 90's. These and the Cello's were the the two best systems i can remember. Sadly, those were the pinnacle years of HI Fi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted July 20, 2017 Administrator Share Posted July 20, 2017 This item has been withdrawn from sale or relisted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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