Wilson Electronics MAXX 2 Series Manual de usuario
MAXX Series 2 Owner’s Manual
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with Sales and Marketing. The information contained herein is subject to change without
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Section 1 – In Your Room ..............................................................7
Section 1.1 – Room Acoustics ..........................................9
Final Listening Room Setup (Voicing) ............................9
Zone of Neutrality ......................................................9
Section 1.2 – Room Reflections ......................................11
Slap Echo ..............................................................11
Standing Waves ......................................................13
Comb Filter Effect ....................................................14
Section 1.3 – Resonances ............................................15
Structural Resonance................................................15
Air Volume Resonance ..............................................16
Section 1.4 – Your Room ................................................16
Room Shapes ..........................................................16
MAXX In A Dedicated Home Theater............................17
Speaker Placement Versus Listening Position ..............19
Speaker Orientation ..................................................20
Summary ................................................................20
Section 2 – Initial Preparation ......................................................23
Section 2.1 – Uncrating the MAXX ..................................25
Initial Check ............................................................25
Uncrating the Woofer Modules ..................................25
Uncrating the Upper Array Modules ..........................26
Section 2.2 – Crate Content Checklist ............................27
Section 3 – Assembling Your MAXX ..............................................31
Section 3.1 – Initial Assembly ........................................33
Spike Assembly........................................................33
Upper Module Assembly ............................................33
Alignment Block Installation ......................................35
Section 3.2 – Placement of the Upper Module ................35
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Section 4 – Group Delay ..............................................................39
Section 4.1– Geometric Time Domain Alignment..............41
Pulse Alignment ......................................................41
Room Setup ............................................................41
Alignment Procedure ................................................42
Section 5 – Finishing Up ..............................................................47
Section 5.1 – Anchoring Upper Module to Fascia ..........49
Section 5.2 – Wiring Attachments ..................................50
Section 5.3 – Spike Installation ......................................51
Materials Required....................................................51
Section 5.4 – Leveling the MAXX ....................................52
Section 5.5 – Installing the Painted Hole Covers ............52
Section 6 – Care of the MAXX ......................................................55
Section 6.1 – Painted Finish ..........................................57
Section 6.2 – Break-in Period ........................................58
Section 6.3 – EnclosureConstruction ............................58
Material ................................................................59
Adhesive ................................................................59
Conclusion ..............................................................60
Section 7 – Troubleshooting..........................................................63
Section 8 – Specifications ............................................................69
Section 9 – Alignment Table ..........................................................73
Section 10 – Warranty Information ................................................77
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Figure 1 - Common Room Reflection Problems ..............................15
Figure 2 - Possible Placement within Various Room Shapes............18
Figure 4 - Upper Module ................................................................26
Figure 3 - Woofer Module ..............................................................26
Figure 5 - Woofer Paw Assembly....................................................33
Figure 6 - Installing spikes into the Upper Module ........................34
Figure 7 - Installation of the Alignment Block ................................34
Figure 8 - Installation of the Upper Module ....................................35
Figure 9 - Place the Rear Spike on a Step of the Alignment Block 36
Figure10 - Rotation of Upper Module ............................................42
Figure11 - Listening Distance and Bar Height................................43
Figure 12 - Alignment Block Step Configuration ............................44
Figure13 - Alignment Assembly with StandardSpike......................44
Figure 14 - Alignment Assembly with Two Inch Spike......................45
Figure15 - Securing the Upper Module ........................................49
Figure 16 - Attaching Upper Wires ................................................50
Figure17 - Installing the Spikes ....................................................51
Figure 19 - Fascia Holes................................................................53
Figure 18 - Fascia Hole Cover........................................................53
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Section 1 –In Your Room
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Section 1.1 – Room Acoustics
You are surely excited about setting up your MAXX® loudspeakers 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. Please read this
section before you uncrate your MAXXs.
Final Listening Room Setup (Voicing)
The MAXX® is unmatched in its ability 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 MAXX, 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 bound-
aries. 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 listen-
ing environment:
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SECTION 1 - INYOUR ROOM
1. Stand against the wall BEHIND the location where you intend to position your
MAXXs. 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” quali-
ty because of your proximity to the rear wall.
2. While speaking, slowly move out into the room, progressing in a direction parallel
to the sidewall. It is helpful to have another listener seated in the listening posi-
tion 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 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,
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