Genelec 8380A SAM™ Active Studio Monitor Pair

Introducing the 8380A SAM™ Active Studio Monitor Pair

Engineered for the Truth – Uniting Power, Performance and Precision

With its pinpoint-precise coaxial driver, powerful 15-inch woofer and high SPL capability, the 8380A delivers exceptionally accurate imaging and neutral sound reproduction for professional studios and demanding high-fidelity listening environments.

Enhance Your Main Monitoring

Joining the flagship 8381A in The Main Ones Monitor Series, the adaptive three-way 8380A SAM™ Main Monitor is here to ensure every detail of audio can be perceived truthfully in any medium or large sized studio or listening room.

Like the 8381A, the 8380A advances the main monitoring experience with its unique blend of coaxial technology, meticulous acoustical design and intelligent room adaption, offering you easier access to maximal accuracy across the full audible spectrum.

 

Sense Every Detail of Audio

Dive deep into the texture of your sound in high resolution – and flexibly decide your listening position – with time-aligned, level-calibrated playback over a wide sweet spot, and a full-body, enveloping sonic experience driven by the monitor's large 15-inch woofer.

Mix with absolute confidence, taking advantage of pristine, stable imaging, phase coherence and exceptional dynamics – all without listening fatigue. Whether mounted vertically or horizontally, you get consistent, uncoloured clarity you can rely on to help you make the right choices, even at the minimum recommended listening distance of 1.3 metres (4.25 ft). And with self-generated noise completely silent at the listening position, every nuance of audio is unmasked.

Easily Create Your Ideal System

Excellent directivity and phase matching with Genelec's entire Smart Active Monitoring (SAM™) range – and compatibility with the wider UNIO Ecosystem – is assured. This allows you to flexibly build and scale-up your monitoring system to suit any professional audio application, from stereo to immersive, with the benefit of intelligent room adaption and flexible personalisation.

The dimensions of the 8380A and its updated, silently cooled RAM-L2 amplifier are identical to those of our 1038A, 1038B and 1238A monitors and RAM-L amplifier, making direct upgrade easy, including in flush-mounted applications where the amplifier is mounted remotely.

As with all Genelec monitors, the 8380A is manufactured to the highest sustainability standards at their factory in Iisalmi, Finland – with maximal repairability and a decades-long lifespan built in.

Key Features
High-quality, active studio monitor for midfield studio applications
Accurate imaging and neutral sound reproduction for professional studios
15-inch woofer with two forward-facing reflex ports
Coaxial midrange tweeter provides precise imaging
Integrated RAM-L2 amplifier module can be remoted to a rack
Fanless zero noise amplifier design with Class D amplifiers for woofer and midrange (W 500 W + M 250 W), and Class AB amplifier for tweeter (200 W)
Super low self-generated noise: negative 2 dB SPL (16  Pa, at 1 meter) enables excellent access to low level audio details
Excellent phase matching with 8300 Series monitors, The Ones and The Main Ones, offering excellent imaging in mixed product systems
Full ISS power saving support, minimal idle power consumption, energy saving through integration with GLM software control 
 
Technical Specifications

Frequency Response
38 Hz - 20 kHz (± 1.5 dB)

Low cutoff -6dB
29 Hz

High cutoff -6dB
43 kHz

SPL

Peak SPL
≥124 dB

Short term max SPL
≥122 dB

Long term max SPL
≥115 dB

Long term max SPL
≥115 dB

Self-generated noise
≤0 dB SPL

Enclosure

Enclosure material
MDF

Enclosure type
Reflex port

Drivers

BASS

Driver type
Cone - 8380A bass driver cone

Diameter
380 mm (15 in)

MIDRANGE
Driver type
Coaxial - 8380A Midrange Driver (coaxial cone)

Diameter
125 mm (4 7/8 in)

TREBLE
Driver type
Coaxial - 8380A Treble Driver (coaxial metal dome)

Diameter
25 mm (1 in)

Harmonic distortion
50 Hz ≤0.5 %
50...200 Hz ≤1 %
> 200 Hz ≤0.5 %

Amplifiers

8380A bass amplifier
500 W Class D
 
8380A midrange amplifier
250 W Class D
 
8380A treble amplifier
200 W Class AB

Mains voltage
100-240 VAC 50/60Hz

Power consumption

ISS Active
≤0.5 W

Idle
≤21 W

Full output
750 W

Connectors

Input
Analog signal input connector XLR female, balanced 10 kOhm.

Input
Digital signal input connector XLR female 110 Ohm

Output
Digital signal output / Thru connector XLR male 110 Ohm

2 x Control
Two CAT5 (RJ45) GLM Network connectors for computer control using the Genelec Loudspeaker Manager (GLM) software.

Crossover

Bass/Mid
470 Hz

Mid/Treble
2500 Hz

Dimensions
H 810 x W 480 x D 420 mm

Weight
54 kg each

Warranty
2 years parts-and-labour (extended to 5 years with free registration)

In the Box
1 x 8380A main monitor
1 x mains cable 1.8 m
1 x RJ45 cable 5 m
1 x front plate
2 x rack mount ears
1 x operating manual

 

*This information has been obtained from Manufacturers website. We advise that Features, Specifications & Price are subject change without notice.

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