8340A
speaker
$1,995
Used market: $1,435*
Specifications
4 of 5 values have a recorded sourceExpert Audio Engineering Commentary
Headroom Notes
Same three-row structure as the smaller SAM models, but read the peak row carefully: on the 8340A it says «per pair in a listening room», while on the 8330A the same row says «per pair at 1 m distance» with no room named. A listening room adds boundary gain that an anechoic figure does not, so the two peak numbers are not measured the same way even within one series. The short-term >=110 dB is the per-speaker, half-space figure used here.
What the datasheet actually says
Quoted verbatim from the manufacturer’s own page, with the date we checked it. We state what is printed, not what anyone intended by it.
«Peak SPL >=118 dB - Maximum peak acoustic output per pair in a listening room with music material at 1 m.»
Genelec states three maximum-level rows per model, each with its own definition, and the definitions are not constant across the range. On the 8340A and 8331A the peak row reads «per pair in a listening room with music material at 1 m»; on the 8330A the same row reads «per pair at 1 m distance with music material», with no room; on the 8010A it reads «per pair on top of console». A listening room and a console surface each add boundary gain that a free-field or half-space figure does not include, and the amount depends on the room and the placement, so a peak figure cannot be converted back to a per-speaker anechoic one. The short-term row - «sine wave output on axis in half space, averaged from 100 Hz to 3 kHz, at 1 m» - is the one stated identically across the range, and it is the figure recorded in this catalogue.
checked 8/6/2026* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~72% retained value). · checked on 8/6/2026