Wilson Electronics Sophia Series 2, Owner'S Manual

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• It adds harshness to the upper midrange and treble by storing time-domain
smearing energy.
• It destroys the delicate phase relationships, which help to establish an ac -
curate soundstage.
Slap echo (see Figure 1) is a common acoustical problem in the typical domestic
listening room because most of these rooms have walls with a hard, reflective nature,
only occasionally interrupted by curtains, wall art, or drapes. The best (but least prac-
tical) solution to eliminate slap echo is nonparallel walls. This is because, rather than
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