Genesis Advanced Technologies and Arnie Nudell Part Ways

On June 6, as we traveled back from HE 2006, we received near simultaneous press releases from Genesis Advanced Technologies and Arnie Nudell describing the same event.

From Nudell: "Arnie Nudell, co-founder of Infinity Systems and founder of Genesis Technologies, announces his resignation from Genesis Advanced Technologies, effective immediately.

"Nudell comments, 'After 3½ years acting as chief scientist of GAT, it became apparent that there existed fundamental disagreements with president Gary Koh concerning the marketing direction and future product development of the company.' Further from Nudell, 'It's clear to me that there have been many new directions in our industry and therefore, advancements in product design need to be developed in order to succeed in this new marketplace. I'm ready to pursue those new avenues vigorously.'

"Mr. Nudell wishes Gary Koh and Genesis Advanced Technologies great success in their future endeavors.

"Lastly from Nudell, 'In the near future I will be involved in developing high-end products for a new venture in conjunction with a few other industry heavyweights. My first love is creating state-of-the-art loudspeaker systems, which I will be pursuing in this new venture.'"

From Genesis Advanced Technologies: "After a collaboration of 3½ years, Genesis Advanced Technologies and chief scientist Arnie Nudell have agreed to part ways.

"President & CEO Gary Leonard Koh cites fundamental disagreements in loudspeaker design and company direction resulting in the mutual decision made in May, 'The high-end loudspeaker market is experiencing many different forces right now and we need to move in different directions for the success of the company. It was just time for both of us to move on.'

"Both Mr. Koh and Mr. Nudell wish each other well. Gary adds, 'Arnie and I may not agree on the direction for Genesis Advanced Technologies, but I wish him success in his future endeavors.'"

Nudell is considered one of the high-end's luminaries, having designed (with Cary Christie) the Infinity Servo-Statik 1 loudspeaker (the first loudspeaker this writer ever heard that convinced him there was a musician in the room), the Infinity IRS Beta, the Infinity IRS V, and the Infinity RS-1B—all contenders for Loudspeaker Hall of Fame honors.

Genesis was formed in 1991 by Canadian loudspeaker mega-corporation API. Arnie Nudell and Paul McGowan purchased the company from API in 1994, and Polk acquired an interest in the firm in 1997. A different set of investors held the company from 1998 until its bankruptcy in 2001. In August 2002, Genesis Advanced Technologies was created by Gary Leonard Koh, and GAT acquired Genesis' assets, including its inventory and intellectual property.

We reached Nudell for comment, but he's staying mum until he has solid news to announce, which, he promises, will be "any day now." Koh told us that GAT will continue to manufacture high-quality loudspeakers and will be announcing new products for its line in the near future. Stereophile favorably reviewed the Nudell-designed Genesis 5.2 loudspeaker in February 2006.

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