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OMG Moment

I had spent two days detailing my wife’s new car and just came back from the dog taking me out for a long walk. Wife was out, so I finally had some time to listen to an album that Juan @blisshifi had recommended. I never rest during daylight hours, but as I played Isolde Lasoen’s album “Oh Dear” I was half out. I’ve got a six foot couch as a listening area and slumped down and tilted my head back, closed my eyes and “Douce Melancolie” completely transformed. The soundstage width, depth and height went crazy. It was the most amazing, life like sound that I had ever heard on my system, or any system that I can remember. The whole 180 degrees of the room was filled with music without loss of localization. The speakers usually/mostly disappear with many albums, but they were completely gone. I don’t understand any of this, but I’m just going with it.  I suspect that I just discovered that the Wilson Sabrina X has a very critical vertical dispersion pattern.  I would never have expected this and can imagine someone saving lots of money by changing their vertical seating position.

vonhelmholtz
vonhelmholtz OP
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It is true that there might be some reflections off the couch, but my ears are still above the back of the couch.. barely.  The results seem to be consistent when the recording allows.  Pretty sure if I put isolation stands under the speakers that the added height would help.  These speakers are not very high.

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blisshifi
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This is true, the Sabrina’s tweeter is fairly low, as was my Yvette’s when I owned Wilsons. I believe in the manual Wilson provides some guidance on setting tweeter height by adjusting the spikes, but that may change how the whole speaker sounds all the way down to bass response in the room.

If you’re using stock spikes, definitely consider trying some isolation solutions regardless just to minimize resonance in the speakers and improve imaging. I’ve used Isoacoustics Gaia footers which tend to raise the total height of the speakers by 1-3” compared to the spikes any speaker may have had prior. That might be just enough to make the difference you are seeking vs full out isolation platforms.

edcyn
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Yeah, listening to it right now. Clean. Spacious. Fun! But with my set up, for better or worse slumping down only makes maybe a five percent difference. A tad more width but that's about it.

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nonoise
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Bartender, I'll have what he's having, and keep them coming.
Congrats on your epiphany. 

All the best,
Nonoise

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