Wilson Audio WATCH Center Channel Series 1 - Manual (Page 77)

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• Place your multi-channel processor into stereo mode.
• Using a piece of full range music (dynamic with a lot of low frequency
information) played at a moderately high level, take notes on the
sound quality. Pay specific attention to upper and lower bass quality,
dynamic contrasts, image height, and focus.
• Move the speakers back or forward in one inch increments and then
1/2 inch increments.
Note: Moving the speakers BACK will generally increase low bass, sharpen
focus, lower image height, and increase dynamics up to the point where you go
too far. In this case the sound will start to lose these qualities in addition to
becoming boomy and slow sounding. Moving the speakers FORWARD will
increase air and bloom, raise image height, and generally increase the sense of
space. Moving too far forward will cause the soundstage to become unnatural-
ly high with a lack of focus, dynamics, and low end extension.
• Find the front to back location where the bass is tight, dynamics are
correct, and image is well focused, and you find the best sound stag-
ing.
• Mark this as your final front to back location.
D e t e r m i n i n g S i d e t o S i d e D i s t a n c e
The distance the speakers are from the side walls is very important. This dis-
tance determines the amount of comb filtering you will hear. In effect, you are
“tuning” the comb filter interaction between the speaker and the wall. Perform the
side to side analysis as follows:
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