And the score?ive created this chart to show the difference between some similarly sized studio monitors
Powered Nearfield Studio Monitor Comparison £265-£600
Sheet1 MODEL,A7X,KH120 A,SC207,IN-5,V6S4,Alpha Evo 65,8030C,BM5 MKIII,A7V,Shape 65 Wattage RMS,150W,160W,150W,160W,155W,85W,100W,100W,130W,105W dBSPL Per Pair,114 dBSPL,115 dBSPL,116 dBSPL,118 dBSPL,118 dBSPL,107dBSPL,110 dBSPL,121 dBSPL,105 dBSPL,112 dBSPL F10,42Hz - 50kHz,N/A,N/A,39Hz - 25kHz,...docs.google.com
the Alpha Evo 65 impressively wins in frequency response, and almost in price, this probably contributes to the speaker having lower SPL along with the slightly lower powered class D amps
The Alphas are not in the lower tier as far as hiss, medium or low-medium. I haven't heard the Genelecs but from people's comments I doubt the level of hiss is comparable. IMHO the Alphas have too much hiss for desktop listening, but I'm quite sensitive to it. I think a minimum of 0.75 m - 1 m is advisable.