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that your Sophias will fill almost any room with the most beautiful sound available.
Speaker Orientation
Speaker placement and orientation are two of the most important considerations
in obtaining superior sound. The first thing you need to do is eliminate the sidewalls
as a sonic influence in your system. Speakers placed too close to the sidewalls will
suffer from a strong primary reflection. This can cause out-of-phase cancellations, or
comb filtering, which will cancel some frequencies and change the tonal balance of the
music. The Wilson Audio Setup Procedure (Section 2.1) is the best method with which
to position your loudspeakers. Start with the speakers about 18” from each wall and,
if you need to move them relative to the side wall, move them away from the wall, not
closer.
A very important aspect of speaker placement is how far from the back wall to
place the speakers. The closer a loudspeaker is to the back wall, the more pronounced
the low bass energy and centering of the image will be. However, this comes at a defi-
nite reduction in stage size and bloom as well as a deterioration of upper bass quality.
You must find the proper balance of these two factors, but remember, if you are partial
to bass response or air and bloom, do not overcompensate your adjustments to maxi-
mize these effects. Overcompensated systems are sometimes pleasing in the short-term,
but long-term satisfaction is always achieved through proper balance.
The Sophia Series 2 is designed for maximum phase coherence and pulse repli-
cation accuracy when each speaker is aimed directly at the listener or microphone.
Thus, your Sophia should be “toed in.” In other words, the listener, when seated in the
listening position looking forward with his/her head in a rested position, should just
barely see the surface of the inner side of each Sophia. Toeing in the speakers provides
meaningful improvements in resolution of low-level detail in the midrange as well as
appreciable improvements in soundstaging performance.