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Wilson Alexia V seating distance

I haven't had my dealer out to calibrate my speakers as I've been working on some remodel work.  But I noticed in the manual for seating distance is says:

"The listening position should ideally be no more than 1.1 to 1.25 times the distance between the tweeters on each speaker."

Does this mean I should be sitting between 1.1x and 1.25 times the tweeter width?  Or does no more than 1.1x mean that I could sit closer than 1.1x.  

Let's say my tweeter width is 10 feet to make it simple.  Does that mean I need to sit between 11 feet and 12.5 feet away?  Or just closer than 11 feet....

Thank you!

chauncey

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james633
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If you go wider (closer to the speakers and wider apart) you will need to toe them in more and the sweet spot gets smaller. For a single seat it is honestly fine to have them wide. No real harm but the sweet spot will be tiny if you get too wide. If you don’t toe them in more as you get closer you will lose the phantom center. I find wilson’s need about 9’ for the drivers to integrate. 

james633
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I would just do what you like. I don’t follow my JBL manual. They want them pointed straight ahead close together (8’-9’) and back farther (10-12’) but I have them at 10’ wide and 10’ back, toed in. Following the manual’s setup I felt like I lost some presents but the center image was probably wider and more correct. 

 

I have found this setup pretty true for all box speakers. If you want vocals to pop out get them wide and toed in. This type of setup is more likely to cause comb filtering depending on how much to room fills back in that comb filter… I find setups close and farther back a touch boring with a more defused sound. 

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