Wilson Audio WATCH Center Channel Series 1 - Manual (Page 37)

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on the floor to mark this location. You will now be entering the outer
edge of the “Zone of Neutrality.” Although this can vary from room to
room, this is usually between 2 and 3 1/2 feet from the rear wall.
4. Continue to walk slowly away from the wall. After some distance, usually
one to two feet, you will hear the beginning of a new artifact - the inter-
action with the opposite wall. This will manifest itself when you hear
your voice again lose focus and it appears to reflect or echo in front of
you.
5. When you begin to hear this artifact, place a piece of tape on the floor
and mark this location. This is the inner edge of the “Zone of Neutrality.”
6. Repeat the procedure with the side walls, positioning yourself with the
zone you have established above. Continue to listen for the point in the
room where your voice loses the added bass energy from the wall behind
you, and continue until there is an obvious interaction with the opposite
wall in front of you. Do each side or speaker location individually.
The Zone of Neutrality for any room runs like a path, parallel to the walls all
around the room. Adjacent to very large windows and open doors, the outer edge
of the Zone of Neutrality moves closer to the wall and becomes wider. If you
extend the inner and outer boundaries of the Zone for the side walls and the front
wall (behind the speakers), they will intersect. You will now have two rectangles on
the floor on either side of the room, which is your Zone of Neutrality for each
channel.
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