Latest Users Stories

Bostjan Kosir from Ljubljana, Slovenia recalls: I still vividly remember the first time I heard Genelec monitors in a proper installation in a recording studio – it was a breathtaking experience.

But, I am being too quick here. Let us go a few decades back in time into my childhood, when my father played an LP recod to me on his old compact record player – made by Iskra I believe, at that time pretty much the only alternative to hear R'n'R records in Yugoslavia. It was Pink Floyd's Dark side of the Moon LP, a recod that hipnotises me every time I hear it, even today More

Jonathan Selander from Göteborg, Sweden explains: Since I was a child, I’ve always been very interested in music. I could listen to almost everything, would it be rock, ethnic, electronic or classical. As long as the music gave rise to some kind of substantial emotion, I enjoyed it. As I grew older, electronic music became the style I listened to the most and at 14 years of age, I started producing my own music. Filled with inspiration both from songs and the fact that my computer was a fully-fledged music machine, I spent almost all of my spare time creating blips and blops. Soon I realised the power of good monitoring. More

Nathaniel Raubenheimer from Cape Town, South Africa says: "I am an electronic music producer based out of Cape Town, South Africa. I've been producing music for a living now for 7 years.

With my style of music, I often work with in excess of 150 channels of audio at times, with layers of percussion, layered instruments, and tons of fx sounds.

Finding a balance and keeping a mix clean when working like this can be a difficult task and I needed a monitoring solution which allowed me to easily distinguish the sounds and mix them appropriately. More

Luke Thompson - aka Luke Da Spook - from Auckland, New Zealand tells: the one thing I have noticed since having the pleasure of working with Genelec monitors is how it has changed everything I do when mixing down, it has help immensely with giving me the confidence to master live recordings on a weekly basis with ease. My learning and understanding of the mid range frequencies with these monitors has meant we spent less time experimenting and more time achieving what we set out to do. More

Steve Parker from U.S.A. recalls: alright, so my friends call me a gear fanatic. Maybe I am. I prefer to refer to myself as a pro audio enthusiast or even more so as a musician. I read the latest blogs and magazine articles and I am up on the latest trends. I'm not rich, but I like my gear and I want to do what I do to the best of my ability. After listening to Genelecs, a whole new world of clarity became apparent to me. I could not believe the difference. I really never thought I was missing that much, but wow was I wrong! More

Attila Juhász from Szerencs, Hungary explains: my name is Attila and I revise the Hungarian folk music in world music style with my band ‘Motiva’.

I have looked around on the Internet what speakers should I get for a long time. I have read many forums and everybody speak highly of Genelec. They are not cheap but worth it! More

Luis Aguilar is the winner of a pair of 8050A's in the 2008 Genelec Studio Competition - Congratulations!

Luis Aguilar from Guatemala reacalls: Well, my dream started when I was 15 (I am 33 now). I dreamed about making my own recordings because I couldn`t afford to make one. So I said, let’s work on it.
When I got married (26), I bought my first computer and a small Alesis console and after that I got my first DAW. Echo Layla 20 by then. Then I saved some money and I started to read on the internet about some studio monitors. More

David Wilts explains: Genelec monitors have changed my life, to put it mildly. I have been a musician since I was nine years old, starting on drums and adding guitar, bass, keys along the way.

Unlike actors who wait at tables, I was lucky enough to start mixing live sound at the age of 19. Mixing house for Public Enemy and Wynton Marsalis by the age of 20 and moving to New York (with Wynton's sage advice) at the age of 21.
As he said: "You may think LA is where all the bands get signed, but the checks are still signed in New York." More

Mattias Valenca from Stockholm recalls: I remember the first time I listened to music through a decent pair of loudspeakers. I had just arrived at a music high school in Stockholm, and it was my first time in real a studio. I remember the sound being clear and very strong, unlike anything I had ever heard before. It was as if someone had taken away all the things that obscured the music.This experience was, unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, not with Genelecs. My experience with the speakers that produce sound as true as your own ears was yet to come. More

Claes Markby from Helsingborg, Sweden, explains: Being a Hi-Fi nut since I was 16 years old, I have always been searching for the ultimate "perfect" sound.

I started way back in 1970 by importing JBL components and building S7 monitors. In 1995 I read an article in Studio Sound and got familiar with DCW and Genelec Engineering. The article was very well written and I was impressed. I ordered a pair of 1037A for test and tryout. They still are in my ownership! More

Bertram Knappitsch, student of Sonic Arts at Queen’s University in Belfast reports: the first time I was introduced to the sonic world of Genelec was during a CD production for an Austrian classical radio station. After sleepless nights, and days of hesitations over different professional speakers, I decided to get some beautiful 8040As. Probably the best decision I’ve ever made! More

Gabriel Hildebrandt from Hamburg explains: I am active in the House genre and went into music productions via deejaying. In the beginning average Hifi speakers were used, until I made too thin mixes, not particularly well-balanced. I searched and found manufacturers with countless monitors and at that time I loved already the Genelecs. Now I am a proud owner of Genelec 8040A and I regret only the late circumstances. More

Márton Helényi from Budapest recalls: "First of all, I began recording my band with my PC to save money. I thought, I can make our own demo and it will be of a bearable quality. After I heard it few times, I could only hear the mistakes of the recording. These mistakes "forced" me to look after what I did wrong. This experience taught me how important the speakers I'm working with are." More