Wilson Audio WATCH Dog Subwoofer Series-2 - Manual (Page 28)

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most natural. This location is where the speakers interact the least with the room. (We
realize that the location of your WATCH speakers might not be very flexible.) We rec-
ommend that you wait to spike your speakers until the final system setup is complet-
ed in Section 6.
To find the zone of neutrality do as follows:
1. Stand against the wall BEHIND the location where you intend to position
your loudspeakers. Speaking in a moderately loud voice and at a constant
volume, project your voice out into the room. Your voice will have an overly
heavy, “chesty” quality because of your proximity to the rear wall.
2. While speaking, slowly move out into the room, progressing in a direction
parallel to the side wall. It is helpful to have another listener seated in the lis-
tening position to assist you during this process. Listen to how your voice
“frees up” from the added bass energy imparted by the rear wall boundary.
Also notice that your voice is quite spatially diffuse (to your assistant, your
voice will sound spatially large and difficult to localize) as you begin to ease
away from the rear wall.
3. At some point during your progression forward into the room, you will
observe a sonic transition in your voice; it will sound more tonally correct
and less spatially diffuse (your assistant can now precisely localize the exact
origin of your voice). When you hear this transition, you have entered the
inner edge of the “Zone of Neutrality.” Place a piece of tape on the floor to
mark this location. Although it will vary from room to room, the zone in most
rooms begins between two and a half or three feet from the rear wall.
4. Continue to walk slowly away from the rear wall. After some distance, usual-