Genelec 8000-series gets rave reviews in the UK.
Genelec 8050A has won TEC (Technical Excellence & Creativity) award 2005.

Paul Mac, Editor of Audio Media, goes to Helsinki to explore the Finnish broadcaster YLE's new outside broadcast truck. The OD-2 is YLE's new roadster, designed mainly for music. It has full recording, editing, mixing and transmission facilities built into the Mercedes frame. The truck is based around the new Lawo mc²80 console, which offers enough routing and processing possibilities to significantly reduce the amount of outboard and patch panels normally required in a truck of this size.

Genelec, DTS, Steinberg, Soundfield and Real Traps teamed up at the AES in San Francisco to show sound engineers how to successfully produce surround sound mixes. Starting with an acoustically treated space, monitors should be installed according to international recommendations.

Following from the series of highly successful Multichannel Seminars held at AES 116 Berlin, Genelec has teamed up again with Soundfield, Steinberg and DTS at the AES San Francisco to bring a complete demonstration of the audio chain from recording though distribution and onto reproduction. Ninety minute seminars, entitled "Understanding Surround Production", will be held throughout the day in a room equipped with a state-of-the-art 6.1 multichannel system comprising of 2 x 1034B, 1 x 1034BC, 3 x 1038B and 1 x 7073A subwoofer. We look forward to seeing you in Room Number 100 in Hall A.

Platinum Award review of 8030A from Future Music.
Music Tech reviewed the 8030A system in the October 2004 edition of the magazine.
Audio Media reviewed the 8040A system in the September 2004 edition.

Genelec, world leader in active monitoring, is pleased to announce the appointment of Big Bear Sound as the new distributor for the Republic of Ireland. Big Bear brings a wealth of experience having been a leading pro audio dealer/distributor in Ireland for over a decade. With Ireland's booming economy and the launch of the exceptional Genelec 8000 series, BBS is in line for continued growth.

This year's European AES in Berlin was a huge success, our stand and demo room was packed with people wanting to see and hear the new 8000 monitors.

Genelec has teamed up with Soundfield, Steinberg and DTS at the AES Berlin to bring a complete demonstration of the audio chain from recording though distribution and onto reproduction. Ninety minute seminars, entitled "Understanding Surround Production", will be held three times a day in a room equipped with a state-of-the-art 6.1 multichannel system comprising of 3 x 1039A, 3 x 1034B and 3 x 7073A subwoofers. We look forward to seeing you in seminar room in Hall nr 4.

In the quest to unify the sound of all facilities within the new TVB City, Television Broadcasts Ltd., Hong Kong, has chosen Genelec as "the official" monitoring speaker. TVB's Audio Post Production facilities have since then installed 11 pairs of 1037BM, over 9 pairs of 1032APM, and a number of smaller speakers including 1031APM, 1030APM and 1029APM.

Oceanic, the London studio of Who guitarist Pete Townshend, has upgraded with a new Genelec 5.1 monitoring system based around the new 7071LSE subs, with their unique bass management. The Genelecs were installed especially so producer Bob Pridden could re-mix a live Who performance from Boston in 5.1 format.

For Reno Nicastro, the 'best stuff' includes a Pro Tools HD recording system with a ProControl control surface, 14 Avalon microphone preamps, a Soundfield microphone, and Lexicon 480 reverb. 'I rung around and I talked to a load of people, and then I listened to a load of speakers,' he says, 'Everywhere you go has these Genelec speakers, I had a listen to them, I went to a couple of studios and the guys really raved about them, so I decided on them. I got a pair of Genelec 1038A as main monitors and a 5.1 setup using 1029As.

Just 60 km from the Russian border lies the Finnish city of Joensuu, the EU's most easterly city and self-styled 'Forestry Capital of Europe'. There's has been considerable investment in developing the local economy and infrastructure but in more recent times some EU money has been directed at stimulating the region's culture and media. One of the results is CADIMEF, the Carelian Digital Media Factory.