From Switzerland, Geneva is revolutionising home stereo by proving that great sound needn’t require piles of boxes and coils of cable. By using an innovative acoustic design, a Geneva Sound System reproduces recordings exactly as intended by their Grammy and Oscar-winning creators. With its patented EmbracingSound™ digital signal processor, it creates an amazing 3D sweet spot from two closely aligned speaker arrays housed in a single piano-lacquered cabinet. Available in a choice of three sizes and piano lacquered colours, a Geneva Sound System offers an optimal, easy-to-use sound experience anywhere in the home, either from a table top location or from an optional heavy-gauge aluminium floor stand. Each Geneva Sound System has iPod connectivity, a built-in low distortion CD player and digital FM radio tuner with external antenna for superior signal capture.
The response to the Geneva system has been overwhelming, with launch reviews proclaiming ground-breaking technology:
Sound & Vision: Its design features and build quality push it well past the competition… The design has “high-end” stamped all over it… My wife rarely comments on gear passing through our house, but she immediately took notice of this system – a good sign… The soundstage from the stereo recordings I listened to extended well beyond the boundaries of the box. Not only that, the system’s off-axis performance was strikingly good.
Home Theater: The XL has the hallmarks of true originality. Like the iPod itself, it may inspire imitators, but it will be devilishly hard to replicate… I was totally satisfied with the overall sound quality and musical experience of the XL. While it was around, my 5.1 and 2.1– channel reference systems gathered dust. That is the most telling comment I can make… The Model XL was compatible with literally every form of music I threw at it.
Robb Report: Impeccably finished in white, red, or black lacquer, the unit’s solid wooden cabinet looks more like a modern art piece than a typical A/V product… It frequently takes a minute or longer for flabbergasted guests to speak after hearing their first demonstration of the Geneva Sound System L. Invariably, they just croak a barely intelligible, “That’s unbelievable.”… None can believe that a single box is capable of producing the clarity, realism, power, and sense of depth delivered by the Geneva Sound System L… Even when I am seated approximately 70 degrees off axis to the unit, it delivers an expansive soundstage and terrific stereo separation. Using, a 180-degree sound stage is perceived no matter where the listener is in the room.
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