Aki Mäkivirta

You are so familiar with this phenomenon. The world is all around you, at all times. You were born to this and you grew up with this reality. Nothing could be more natural. Only recently have those w... Read more

Thomas Lund

The highest non-professional sound levels we encounter on a regular basis may easily exceed 110 dB SPL. Normally, that is not a health concern, provided integrated sound pressure per day (8 hours) is... Read more

Aki Mäkivirta

Installed audio systems often contain a large number of loudspeakers, spread over a wide area to create an even distribution of audio inside a building or a hall. Traditionally, the challenge in inst... Read more

Siamäk Naghian

Read in Finnish Earlier this week, I was honoured to receive the Vuoden Yritysjohtaja – the Enterprise Executive of the Year award from the Finnish, business-oriented newspaper Kauppalehti. I would... Read more

Siamäk Naghian

More than 40 years ago, in spring 1976, Juhani Borenius, an acoustician at the Finnish Broadcast Company YLE, asked Ilpo Martikainen and Topi Partanen if they could design and produce a reliable, hig... Read more

Aki Mäkivirta

With stereo comes the concept of the sweet spot. Wikipedia defines it as “a term used by audiophiles and recording engineers to describe the focal point between two speakers, where an individual is... Read more

Thomas Lund

New medical studies conclude that we have been too optimistic about the amount of sound exposure it takes for a hearing injury to occur. ... Read more

Siamäk Naghian

We believe that the emotional engagement between a brand and its users must always be based on facts related to the products or services offered.... Read more

Siamäk Naghian

At Genelec, we have always possessed a holistic attitude to our work, searching for new innovations which create more value for users, but which cost less in terms of resources.... Read more