WILSON AUDIO WATCH Dog Passive Owner's manual

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Section 1.1 – Passive WATCH Dog Introduction
The WATCH (Wilson Audio Theater Comes Home) Dog subwoofer is the culmina-
tion of over twenty years of experience at Wilson Audio in building high output, ultra-
low distortion woofer and subwoofer products. It was designed to further extend and
enhance the bottom octave performance of music and theater systems without compro-
mising speed, tonal accuracy, or phase coherency. The WATCH Dog will seamlessly and
coherently integrate with any loudspeaker, whether you are augmenting a two-channel
system or using the Dog as the LFE channel in a surround system.
Like other WATCH products, along with music system applications, the WATCH
Dog was designed to take advantage of todays multi-channel formats. The unique tune-
ability of the WATCH Dog is greatly enhanced when used with the Wilson Controller
active crossover. The Controller’s comprehensive control allows the WATCH Dog to be
optimized for both music and multi-channel applications, even within the same system.
The Controllers adjustments allow critical setup, ensuring the best possible perfor-
mance in a wide range of rooms and with a variety of speakers.
The fact is you haven’t truly experienced home theater until you’ve felt the im-
pact, power, and passion of a film score the way the director intended it, and no com-
pany will deliver this passion like Wilson Audio. That’s why, in the past decade, so
many blockbuster hits have been mixed, composed, or recorded using Wilson Audio
loudspeakers.
Design Considerations
Your WATCH Dog subwoofer has been designed to augment and extend the bottom
octave performance of Wilson Audio loudspeakers. This was a difficult task because of
the inherent speed, phase coherency, and dynamics typical of Wilson speakers. Wilson
Audio loudspeakers have set the standard for performance in a wide variety of two-
channel audio and multi-channel home theater applications. The WATCH Dog subwoof-
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er ensures the most seamless integration with your Wilson Audio loudspeakers. The
WATCH Dog system is the only sub designed specifically to match the inherent quality
of the Sophia, WATT/Puppy, MAXX, and, in many instances, the Alexandria X-2.
Applications
One of Wilson Audios most important criteria in speaker development is that a
speaker meets the accuracy and dynamic demands of studio monitoring, analytical
hardware and software evaluation, and of course, critical music and theater soundtrack
listening. The WATCH Dog has been designed to deliver all of the speed, dynamics, and
musical accuracy to satisfy even the most demanding music lovers.
The WATCH Dog has been engineered to take full advantage of todays multi-
channel surround formats, including the latest AC-3 (Dolby Digital) and DTS (Digital
Theater Systems) formats.
It will provide years of satisfaction whether listening to two-channel audio, multi-
channel audio, or to the latest movie sound track.
Section 1.2 – WATCH Package
WATCH Center
Specifically designed to excel at center channel functions, WATCH Center is ex-
tremely dynamic with high sensitivity and robost power handling. Unlike most center
channels, it provides listeners not only with optimal on-axis response, but also smooth,
linear, off-axis performance. This is, in part, a result of Wilson PDC™ (Phase Delay
Correction) technology first developed for the WAMM
®
and X-1 Grand SLAMM
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sys-
tems and later applied to the rest of the Wilson Line. PDC allows for optimal tuning
of a loudspeaker for various listening distances and heights and gives listeners much
greater control over their sound.
The WATCH Center was designed from the ground up as a center channel. It is
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not merely a standard speaker that was
tipped onto its side. The center chan-
nel was voiced and optimized to truly
represent dialogue for movies as well as
music and vocals when used in a multi-
channel audio setup.
Of course, WATCH Center lives
up to Wilsons high standards of cutting
edge design, superior build quality, and
stunning sonic performance. WATCH
Center is available with a matching
stand.
WATCH Surround
WATCH Surround is a perfect example of performance disproportionate to size.
With strong power handling capacity and low end frequency response reaching 45Hz,
this speaker will take your surround sound to new heights. Unlike most surround speak-
ers, WATCH Surround is more than a noisemaker. It brings accuracy, dynamics, and
emotion to your theater, and with its gorgeous Wilsongloss™ finish, it looks right at
home on your wall.
The greatest challenge for any wall-mount loudspeaker is accounting for the del-
eterious interaction with the wall and ceiling, as well as degradation caused by the
mount itself. This causes frequency nonlinearities – accentuating some frequencies and
effectively masking others. WATCH Surround minimizes wall/ceiling resonant interac-
tions through its advanced mounting system. Using state-of-the-art materials technology
first developed for the X-1 Grand SLAMM, WATCH Surround provides stunning results.
The Surround is mounted to its bracket by strategically located spikes, further re-
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ducing wall interaction and resonance.
The Surround can also be rotated to-
wards the listening position, offering
improved integration with the front
speakers and better imaging.
Conclusion
Finally, a subwoofer designed and
manufactured with the same commit-
ment to excellence that has character-
ized all products from Wilson Audio.
The WATCH Dog combines Olympian
structural, design, and finish consid-
erations with superior sonic quality. It
is this approach that distinguishes Wil-
son Audio products. As a part of a truly
high-end multi-channel system, or in a
music system, the WATCH products offer unparalleled performance, quality of build,
and longevity. Wilson Audio delivers a product that maintains the strictest structural
tolerances, durability, and reliability. You will have consistent, repeatable performance,
unaffected by the climatic conditions, anywhere in the world. The WATCH Dog, as well
as the other WATCH products, will provide an experience with film or music only ob-
tainable through Wilson products.
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Note: To avoid damaging the Alexias painted surface. Please remove any jewelry such
as rings, watches, necklaces, and bracelets during this process.
Section 2.1 - Preparation
You will need the following items:
Supplied hardware kit
Tape measure
Known listening position
Electric screwdriver
Phillips head drive bit
Uncrating the WATCH Dog
A minimum of two strong adults are required to set up the WATCH Dog. The
WATCH Dog is very heavy and care should be taken to prevent injury.
1. With the crate lid facing up, unscrew the wood screws securing the lid.
Remove the lid. Remove the foam packing material that is positioned be-
tween the casters (on the bottom of the WATCH Dog). The WATCH Dog
will not roll out of the crate with this packing material in place.
2. Rotate the crate so that the WATCH Dog is upright.
3. While one person holds the crate, another person should gently roll the
WATCH Dog out of the crate. Be careful not to scratch the sides of the
painted enclosure.
4. Move the WATCH Dog into the desired location. It is recommended that
you leave the casters attached to the bottom of the WATCH Dog during
the positioning process.
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Note: Be careful not to touch the driver element when you are moving your WATCH
Dog!
Section 3.1 - The Wilson Audio Setup Procedure
You are surely excited about setting up your WATCH Dog Passive Subwoofer and
doing some listening, but before you begin, we would like to discuss some of the im-
portant room acoustical information that will help you set up your loudspeakers prop-
erly.
Final Listening Room Setup (Voicing)
For a subwoofer its size, the Passive WATCH Dog 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 WATCH Dog, 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. What follows is an outline of the Wil-
son Audio Setup Procedure (WASP). When carefully followed, the process has shown
to be the most effective method for setting up Wilson loudspeakers.
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.
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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
your WATCH Dog. 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 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 rooms 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).
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