Genelec SAM / GLM vs Smart IP / Dante
They are both active Genelec ecosystems, but they solve signal transport, power and system management in fundamentally different ways.
Precision monitoring architecture.
Installed-audio network architecture.
SAM/GLM is the more natural route when the cinema is being built around high-output studio-monitor architecture and the processor can feed the active monitors conventionally. Smart IP is the more natural route when the project is being built around managed Ethernet, Dante/AES67 and PoE.
Smart IP is especially compelling for compact surround and height roles because the 4430A and 4435A can receive network audio, power and management over CAT cabling. SAM remains the more obvious Genelec route when flagship The Ones performance is the priority.
Which Genelec architecture belongs in your room?
Send the processor, network topology, room dimensions, channel count and target SPL.