Alexia Setup - Upper Array Adjustment Question
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Well, let's just say that I'm still waiting. After all it's only been 5 months or so. I could tell you some very interesting stories but as I've recently found out, complaining only makes the situation worse.
How would they not be - unlike the Sashas, there's only 1 spike size (if I recall correctly). Do you mean getting the threading exactly the same on the spikes? Could you elaborate?
Ian,
This is straight from our Engineering department in response to your question:
Assuming that the enclosure is 2" from the bottom of the woofer cabinet to the floor the set up is as follows:
Upper Array Spike Length: #3
Upper Array Alignment Block Position: 14
Upper Array Alignment Block Step: 9
Tweeter Detent Position: 5
And as always, room acoustics play a role in sound reproduction, so playing with the alignment positions might be necessary. No other speaker system offers the unique ability to adapt to a room by changing driver locations relative to one another.
This is straight from our Engineering department in response to your question:
Assuming that the enclosure is 2" from the bottom of the woofer cabinet to the floor the set up is as follows:
Upper Array Spike Length: #3
Upper Array Alignment Block Position: 14
Upper Array Alignment Block Step: 9
Tweeter Detent Position: 5
And as always, room acoustics play a role in sound reproduction, so playing with the alignment positions might be necessary. No other speaker system offers the unique ability to adapt to a room by changing driver locations relative to one another.
Interesting - for an intermediate distance you pick the values of the shortest distance, except for the tweeter detent position that uses the longer distance.
It is nice to get such a direct response from the manufacturer. Ian, please let us know how this works out and whether or not you end up moving the speakers up or back and in or out. I have found that it often takes a lot of listening and repositioning to get the speakers, listening seat and room working well together, but when it does, it can dramatically increase listening enjoyment. It should be well worth the effort in the end.
It certainly is, Peter. I just tried it and seems pretty good.
I did try moving the speakers forward 6" but things get a little cloudy and lumpy in the bass. I'm guessing I have the speakers near the outer edge of the zone of neutrality and that extra 6" takes it out. If I go back 6" I further increase the listening distance which I really don't want to do, so the setting Wilson just provided helps.
Another forum member was kind enough to call me and convey all the things he's watched his dealer go through to setup the speakers and it was very enlightening. This marvelous speaker has so much flexibility (something that attracted me to the speaker in the first place) but it really needs to be carefully setup.
Good luck, Madfloyd. Hopefully, you're going to find the right arrangements pretty shortly that get you 98% of the way there or better...and you can settle in and enjoy...and from there, slowly take your time to figure out if there is any minute tweaking to be done, or whether you are, in fact, at 100%.
Measure from the floor to a known point on the speaker. I use the top socket cap screw on the woofer. On initial install I was off 1/4" and couldn't figure out why everything sucked. Made the adjustment by the threaded spikes so the 2 spks were identical and everything snapped into place!
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