Genelec 8381AW Main Monitor (White)

The Genelec 8381AW Main Monitor empowers engineers and creators to perceive every sonic detail, offering true-to-life sound level and dynamics – with the full flexibility of free-standing monitor placement and advanced room adaption. This version features a classic white finish.

The Genelec 8381A Main Monitor is the first model to be launched in Genelec's The Main Ones Series. The 8381A is a full-range Adaptive Point Source Continued Directivity (PCD) five-way Smart Active (SAM) Monitoring system intended for free-standing placement and designed for precise stereo imaging  and neutral sound reproduction. This is ideal for high sound pressure level applications in medium to large control rooms in professional recording, mixing and mastering studios, and for the most demanding high-fidelity listening applications. Intelligent room adaption, advanced system management, and premium acoustic reporting from Genelec Loudspeaker Manager (GLM) software. GLM enables Smart Active Monitors and Subwoofers to smoothly cooperate and create monitoring systems of any size.

Tailored precisely to your room
Interacting with our Genelec Loudspeaker Manager (GLM) software, the 8381A monitor system intelligently adapts its response to the monitoring room in the optimal way. This offers great flexibility to tackle even the most challenging environments – delivering precise presentation, including low frequency reproduction that integrates perfectly with the complete sound content. The 8381A has been engineered to deliver the complete audible content, with a response extending to frequencies beyond the standard audible range – and fully aligned in the time domain – it delivers precise understanding of all the minute details in recorded waveforms. With its high SPL capacity, the 8381A is able to make even very low-level details audible, making it an uncompromising tool for monitoring.

Imaging you can trust
Quickly arrive at the right mixing and mastering decisions through uncompromising imaging detail. The point source operating principle of the 8381A offers the unique advantage of maintaining precise sound colour and imaging at all listening distances, enabling exceptional freedom of placement, and removing the vertical sound colour change typical of larger monitors. The carefully designed Directivity Control Waveguide ensures clean off-axis sound colour, reducing the impact of the reverberant sound in the monitoring room on mixing decisions, while improving the accuracy and reliability of monitoring work in all rooms. Standing on the floor, the 8381 locates the soundstage at the natural listening height, while supporting traditional high main monitor positions with the included incliner system. This enables the acoustic axis to be optimally configured towards the listening position for all installation heights.

A liberating new solution
The innovations of the 8381A push the limits of free-standing monitoring solutions, creating a powerhouse that deeply envelops the listener in flawless, true-to-life sound images. The monitor excels at revealing the finest details of audio by combining immense, controlled power with pinpoint imaging precision, even in challenging monitoring spaces. The point source design principle combined with optimised directivity control maintains the frequency balance in off-axis positions, supporting correct understanding of the sound colour when moving, standing or sitting in the monitoring room.

Genelec quality and support
Crafted with expert guidance from celebrated Industrial Designer Harri Koskinen, the 8381A is completely designed and built in Iisalmi, Finland. Drawing on more than four decades of company experience, Genelec's passionate engineering team meticulously designed and optimised every component of the 8381A. In doing so, we've created a monitoring loudspeaker that's ideal for the audio world's most demanding applications – built to perform with effortless power and zero sonic compromise. The 8381A powers a lifetime of creativity, so it comes included with access to our unique Genelec SonicAdvisor services. So, if you require any support on your monitoring journey with the 8381A – from initial configuration to on-site consultation – we're ready to help.

Optional Subwoofers
Need more low end, the optional Genelec W371AW Woofer System offers controlled low-end accuracy.

9320A Reference Controller Included!
Included with the Genelec 8381A Main Monitor, is their 9320A Reference Controller. A single 9320A is provided with the purchase of one or more 8381A Main Monitors. One 9320A is provided per end user. So for example, if you buy a single 8381A you will get the 9320A. If you buy a second 8381A a year later, you WILL NOT receive a second 9320A. The 9320A integrates in-room and headphone monitoring for a single, reliable workflow – completely personalised for total accuracy. With its flexible connectivity, reference grade headphone output and physical control of our adaptive technologies, the 9320A is the ideal hub for professional audio work – from stereo to immersive – in any space.

Genelec 8381A Main Monitor Features

• PCD Technology
• Minimum Diffraction Coaxial (MDC) Driver Technology
• Quad Midrange System (QMS)
• Double Low-Woofer (DLW) System
• Smart Active Monitoring (SAM) and GLM calibration technology
• Reflex Port Design
• Intelligent Signal Sensing (ISS) Technology
• Directivity Control Waveguide (DCW) Technology
• Optimised Amplifiers
• Protection Circuitry
• Active Crossovers

Genelec 8381A Main Monitor Specifications

• SPL: 126 dB
• Amplifier Power: Total amplifier power 5926 W (Class D)
• Frequency Response: 20 Hz - 35 kHz ("-6 dB")
• Accuracy of Frequency Response: ± 1.5 dB
• Driver Dimensions: 2 x 15 in Bass + 15 in Bass + 4 x 5 in Midrange + 5 in Coaxial Midrange + 1 in Coaxial Tweeter
• Dimensions: H 57 3/8 x W 19 5/8 x D 27 3/8 in
• Weight: 235 kg / 518.1 lb
• Connections: 2x XLR Analog Input; 2x XLR Analog Output; 2x XLR AES/EBU Input; 2x XLR AES/EBU Output; 4x RJ45 Control

Genelec 8381AW Main Monitor Includes

• Genelec 8381AW Main Monitor (top and bottom enclosures)
• 2x RAM-81 Amplifiers (individually calibrated)
• Genelec 9320A Reference Controller (one per end user)
• Accessory Kit (including incliner wedges to optimise the vertical acoustic axis)
• Power Cables
• Quick Setup Guide
• Manufacturer Warranty