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• Mounted on a stand with longer spikes in the front of the stand and shorter
spikes in the back, allowing the stand and speaker to be rotated up toward
the listener.
Each of these options allow for some fine-tuning of the Mezzo Convergent Synergy
placement. A poor placement of the Mezzo Convergent Synergy will hamper its integration
with the rest of the system. As a general rule, the distance from the main Lef t and Right
channels, as well as the Mezzo Convergent Synergy (as measured from the tweeters) should
be equal in their relationship to the listening position. This maintains the time coherence
of the three front loudspeakers. Ultimately, the Mezzo Convergent Synergy phase delay
correction will be made via the sliding tweeter module.
Wilson recommends that the Mezzo Convergent Synergy be positioned as centrally
between the Lef t and Right speakers as possible. Using the Wilson Audio Setup Procedure,
experiment with the fore to af t placement of the Mezzo Convergent Synergy. This process
will help you find the location that of fers the smoothest lef t, right, and center channel
integration.
Surround Channel
Wilson Audio has done everything possible to eliminate the boundary interactions
caused by mounting a speaker onto the wall. The mounting bracket allows for significant
improvements in detail, speed, and clarity. The Surround channels will perform well in al-
most any location in which they are placed. The mounting bracket and the careful design
of the Surround channel have eliminated most of the sonic problems encountered when
placing a standard speaker too close to a boundary. Nevertheless, we have performed ex-
tensive testing on the Surround channel and found that significant improvement on speaker
linearity and integration can be achieved by careful selection of the Surround channel
mounting location.
We realize that the location of the Surround channel is generally set by the archi-
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tecture of the room. However, if you have some flexibility in locating your Surrounds, we
suggest that you use the Wilson Setup Procedure (WASP) to find the Zone of Neutrality. Be
sure to listen for room modes and frequency response peaks or dips.
WATCH Dog and Thor's Hammer Passive Subwoofers
Because the WATCH Dog and Thor's Hammer's frequency range is limited to the sub-
frequency bass range, its placement requirements are slightly dif ferent than for a full fre-
quency speaker. The ideal position of the WATCH Dog passive subwoofer is somewhat de-
pendent on its primary use. In home theaters, where the Wilson subwoofers is used as the
Low Frequency Ef fects (LFE) channel, it may be located in a variety of positions, depending
on architectural considerations. In general, the lower frequency range will be reinforced
by room boundaries and corners. Since most of the information contained in the LFE chan-
nel is in the sub-frequency bass range, with lit tle information in the mid and upper bass,
there are some advantages to placing wither Wilson subwoofer near the room boundaries
or near a corner. Some care is needed to avoid introducing upper-bass colorations caused
by corner placement. While surround processors provide the low frequency equalized
signal for the LFE Channel, it has been our experience that in some systems it is desirable
to use the Low Pass crossover (via the Wilson Controller) to additionally limit upper bass
range. This is particularly important and useful when the WATCH Dog or Thor's Hammer
is placed in the corner. Since all Wilson Audio Speakers are phase and time coherent, it is
very important to time align any Wilson subwoofer in the room using the Phase Control on
the Controller (see Controller owner's manual).
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