WILSON AUDIO WATT System 8 Manuel utilisateur

WA T T / P u p p y S y s t e m 8 O w n e r ’ s M a n u a l

W A T T / P uPPy S ySTem 8 O Wner’Sm AnuAl

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Cub®, Sophia®, WATT/Puppy®, MAXX®, and Alexandria® are registered trademarks

of Wilson Audio Specialties, Inc.

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are trademarks of Wilson Audio Specialties, Inc.

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ing Department. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.

Current Revision 1.8. If you are in need of a more recent manual, please contact your

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Section 1 – i nY our r oom �� 7

Section 1 � 1 - r oom A couSticS �� 9

Final l istening R oom s etup ( V oicing)�� 9

Zone o F n eutRality �� 9

Section 1 � 2 - r oom r eflectionS �� 11

slap e cho�� 11

standing W a V e s �� 14

comb F ilteR e FFect�� 15

Section 1 � 3 - r eSonAnceS�� 16

stRuctuRal R esonance�� 16

Volume R esonance �� 16

Section 1 � 4 - Y our r oom �� 17

Room s hapes �� 17

W a t t / p uppy s ystem 8 i na d edicated h ome t heateR � � � � � � 1 9

speakeR p lacement V eRsus l istening p osition �� 19

speakeR o Rientation �� 20

summaRy �� 21

Section 2 – u ncrAting Your W At t / P uPPYS�� 23

Section 2 � 1 - u ncrAting the W At t / P uPPY S YStem 8 �� 25

initial c heck �� 25

uncRating the p uppy �� 25

uncRating the Watt �� 26

Section 2 � 2 - c r A t e c ontent c heckliSt �� 26

Watt 8�� 26

puppy 8�� 27

Section 3 – A SSembling Y our W A t t / P uPPYS �� 29

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Section 3 � 1 – i nitiAl A SSemblY �� 31

pRepaRation �� 31

W a t t a ssembly �� 31

mounting the W a t t o n the p uppy �� 32

puppy t ail c onnection �� 35

Section 4 – f iniShing u P�� 37

Section 4 � 1 – f inAl S etuP �� 39

puppy p a W s �� 39

spike/ d iode a ssembly �� 39

installation p RoceduRe �� 41

leVeling the W a t t / p uppy �� 41

RemoVing the p RotectiVe F ilm �� 42

Section 5 – c Are o f W A t t / P uPPY S YStem 8 �� 45

Section 5 � 0 – c Are o f the f iniSh �� 47

dusting the W a t t / p uppys �� 47

caRe o F the g Rilles�� 48

bReak-i n p eRiod �� 48

Section 5 � 1 – e ncloSure t echnologY �� 49

mateRials �� 49

adhesiVe �� 49

Section 5 � 2 – D ePth o f D eSign �� 50

Section 6 – t roubleShooting �� 53

Section 7 – S YStem S PecificAtionS �� 59

W A t t / P uPPY S YStem 8 D imenSionS �� 62

Section 8 – P roPAgAtion D e l A Y t AbleS �� 65

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Section 9 – W ArrAntY i nformAtion �� 69

Section 9 � 0 - W ArrAntY i nformAtion �� 71

limited W aRRanty �� 71

conditions �� 71

Remedy�� 72

WaRRanty l imited t o o Riginal p uRchaseR �� 72

demonstRation e quipment �� 73

miscellaneous�� 73

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S e c t i o n 1 – I n Y o u r R o o m

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SeCTiOn 1 – i ny Our r OOm

Section 1.1 - Room Acoustics

You are surely excited about setting up your WATT/Puppy® System 8 loudspeak-

ers and doing some listening, but before you begin, we would like to discuss some of

the important room acoustical information that will help you set up your loudspeakers

properly.

Final Listening Room Setup (Voicing)

For a speaker system its size, the WATT/Puppy System 8 is unmatched in its abil-

ity to reproduce the musical event. It is truly state of the art. However, room acoustics

and boundary interactions affect the sound of a loudspeaker to such a large degree that

poor setup can seriously degrade your enjoyment of even the finest loudspeaker.

Therefore, we offer the following section, which will present some guidelines on

room acoustics and their interactions with loudspeakers. While we will also outline

some detailed suggestions on the setup of the System 8, we strongly suggest that you

have your local Wilson Audio dealer perform the final speaker “voicing” with you.

Wilson dealers are specially trained in setting up Wilson loudspeakers and will ensure

that you realize the full value of your purchase.

Zone of Neutrality

The “Zone of Neutrality” is an area in your room where the speakers will sound

most natural. This location is where the speakers interact the least with adjacent room

boundaries. It is important to have a clear working space while determining the Zone

of Neutrality.

The following is a simple method to locate the Zone of Neutrality within your lis-

tening environment:

1. Stand against the wall BEHIND the location where you intend to position

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your WATT/Puppys. Speaking in a moderately loud voice and at a con-

stant 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 direc-

tion parallel to the sidewall. It is helpful to have another listener seated

in the listening 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 local-

ize) 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 cor-

rect 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 to three feet

from the rear wall.

4. Continue to walk slowly away from the rear wall. After some distance,

usually one to two feet past the first piece of tape, you will begin to hear

your voice lose focus and appear to reflect (echo) in front of you. This is

caused by the return of the room’s boundary contribution; your voice is

now interacting with the opposite wall. At the point where you begin to

hear the reflected sound of your voice, you have reached the inner edge

of the Zone of Neutrality. Place a piece of tape on the floor and mark

this location. The distance between the “inner” and “outer” edge tape

marks is usually between eight inches (for small, interactive rooms) and

three feet (for large, more neutral rooms).

5. Now position yourself against the side wall perpendicular to the intended

speaker location. Stand between the two tape marks. Using the same

procedure as above, begin moving into the room toward the opposite

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