S P E A K E R O R I E N T A T I O - WILSON AUDIO Sophia Series 2 Owner's Manual

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O P H I A E R I E S
Many people place the speakers on one end and sit at the other end of the
room. This approach will not yield the finest sound. Carefully consider your lis-
tening position. Our experience has shown that any listening position that places
your head closer than 14" from a room boundary will diminish the sonic results of
your listening.
Decide where you want your favorite listening position to be. If you take
care in placing your new speakers, you will optimize the Sophia's performance in
your room.
S p e a k e r O r i e n t a t i o n
Speaker placement and orientation are two of the most important considera-
tions in obtaining superior sound. The first thing you need to do is eliminate the
sidewalls as a sonic influence in your system. Speakers placed too close to the
sidewalls will suffer from a strong primary reflection. This can cause out-of-phase
cancellations, or comb filtering, which will cancel some frequencies and change the
tonal balance of the music. A good place to start is with the speakers in the center
of the Zone of Neutrality, and if you need to move them relative to the side wall,
move them away from the wall, not closer.
A very important aspect of speaker placement is how far from the back wall
to place the speakers. The closer a loudspeaker is to the back wall, the more pro-
nounced the low bass energy and centering of the image will be. However, this
comes at a definite reduction in stage size and bloom as well as a deterioration of
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