WILSON AUDIO WATT System 8, Owner'S Manual

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Section 1.1 - Room Acoustics
You are surely excited about setting up your WATT/Puppy® System 8 loudspeak-
ers and doing some listening, but before you begin, we would like to discuss some of
the important room acoustical information that will help you set up your loudspeakers
properly.
Final Listening Room Setup (Voicing)
For a speaker system its size, the WATT/Puppy System 8 is unmatched in its abil-
ity to reproduce the musical event. It is truly state of the art. However, room acoustics
and boundary interactions affect the sound of a loudspeaker to such a large degree that
poor setup can seriously degrade your enjoyment of even the finest loudspeaker.
Therefore, we offer the following section, which will present some guidelines on
room acoustics and their interactions with loudspeakers. While we will also outline
some detailed suggestions on the setup of the System 8, we strongly suggest that you
have your local Wilson Audio dealer perform the final speaker “voicing” with you.
Wilson dealers are specially trained in setting up Wilson loudspeakers and will ensure
that you realize the full value of your purchase.
Zone of Neutrality
The “Zone of Neutrality” is an area in your room where the speakers will sound
most natural. This location is where the speakers interact the least with adjacent room
boundaries. It is important to have a clear working space while determining the Zone
of Neutrality.
The following is a simple method to locate the Zone of Neutrality within your lis-
tening environment:
1. Stand against the wall BEHIND the location where you intend to position