Wilson Audio Cub Series 2 User Manual
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The location of your listening position is as important as the careful setup placement
of your Cub speakers in your room. The listening position should ideally be no more than
1.1 to 1.25 times the distance between the tweeters on each speaker. Therefore, in a long
rectangular room of 12’ x 18’, if the speaker tweeters are going to be 9’ apart, you should be
sitting 9’11’’ to 11’3’’ from the speaker. This would be about halfway down the long axis of
the room. Experiment carefully for best low frequency response.
Some people place the speakers on one end and sit at the other end of the room.
Needless to say, this will not yield the finest sound. Carefully consider your listening position
for optimal performance. Our experience has shown that any listening position which places
your head closer than 14” to a room boundary will diminish the sonic results of your listen-
ing.
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HOOSING
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ISTENING
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OSITION
Decide where you want your listening position to be. Please remember that your
Cub can fill most rooms with beautiful sound. However, for the time aligning advantage, we
want to ensure that you get all the benefits possible with the group delay adjustment features
that are built into this design. For this purpose we ask you to consider the following ques-
tions:
What is the main purpose of your Cubs? Is it for a listening room dedicated to 2-
channel audio? If yes, you should choose your position carefully to yield the finest sound.
Are your Cubs dedicated for a home theater?
Are you going to sit on a couch, or will there be multiple rows of chairs?
If it is a couch, you should center the loudspeakers on the center position of the
couch.
Multiple rows of chairs - In this case you should calculate the 1.2 times equation on
your second row of seating. Now more people will enjoy the power of your Cubs.
Do you still want to listen to 2 channel music at its highest quality? In this way you
can enjoy optimized sound from that second seat.
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