WILSON AUDIO Watch Surround 2 Series, Owner'S Manual

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cause the soundstage to become unnaturally high with a lack of focus, dynamics and
low end extension.
• Find the front to back location where the bass is tight, dynamics are cor -
rect, and image is well focused, and you find the best sound staging.
• Mark this as your final front to back location.
Determining Side to Side Distance
The distance the speakers are from the side walls is very important. This distance
determines the amount of comb filtering you will hear. In effect, you are “tuning” the
comb filter interaction between the speaker and the wall. Perform the side to side anal-
ysis as follows:
• Place a piece of tape on the floor parallel to the front edge of the speake -
and again mark off 1/2” increments side to side.
• Using only one channel/speaker at a time, you will now determine the op -
timum position with regard to the side walls.
Note: A high quality, solo piano recording works well for this step.
• While the music is playing, slowly move the speakers left or right 1” then
1/2” at a time until you achieve the best harmonic integrity.
You should not need to move the speaker any more than one inch left or right
from the original location. Do this independently for each channel. What you will
hear when the speaker moves into the correct location is a reduction of hardness and
muddied harmonics from the piano.
Note: If you continue moving the speaker past this point, you will begin to hear again
this fatiguing artifact.
When you have determined the optimum location for each speaker, mark it care-
fully, and make certain the toe-in is correct. When installing the spikes, the speakers
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