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Alida Owner’s Manual

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COnTenTs

seCTiOn 1 — i nTrOduCTiOn�� 7

Section 1.1—AlidA d eSign c onSiderAtionS ...................... 9

AdjustAble M ounting s ysteM: �� 9

ne w e nclosure �� 10

convergent s ynergy t weeter �� 10

ne w g rill-frAMe: �� 11

crossover �� 11

seCTiOn 2 — u nCrATing y O u r A l i d A �� 13

Section 2.1—UncrAting the A lidA ................................ 15

initiAl c heck �� 15

unpAcking the A lidA�� 15

Section 2.2—cr A t e c ontent c heckliSt .......................... 16

AlidA c r A t e �� 16

seCTiOn 3 — i ny Our r O O M �� 19

Section 3.1—th e W ilSon A Udio S etUp p rocedUre ............. 21

listening r ooM s e t u p ( v oicing) �� 21

Zone o f n eutrAlity: A lidA �� 21

Section 3.2—room A coUSticS ...................................... 22

slAp e cho�� 23

stAnding w A v e s �� 24

coMb f i l t e r e ffect�� 25

Section 3.3—reSonAnceS ........................................... 26

structurAl r esonAnce�� 26

voluMe r esonAnce �� 27

Section 3.4—YoUr r oom ............................................ 28

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rooM s hApes �� 28

AlidA i n Ad edicAted h oMe t heAter �� 30

speAker p lAceMent v ersus l istening p osition �� 30

speAker o rientAtion �� 31

AlidA A s AreAr o r side chAnnel �� 31

w A t c h d o g p Assive s ubwoofer �� 31

seCTiOn 4 — M OunTing The A l i d A �� 33

Section 4.1—moUnting the A lidA ................................................. 35

Section 4.2—SAfetY W Arning ...................................... 35

Mounting s urfAce e vAluAtion �� 35

Section 4.3—moUnting the W All B rAcket ...................... 36

MArking l ocAtion �� 36

drilling p ilot h o l e s �� 36

Section 4.3—plAcing A lidA ........................................ 38

plAcing A lidA o n its b rAcket �� 39

Section 4.4—connecting S peAker t o A mplifier................ 41

speAker c Ables �� 42

sp A d e l ugs�� 42

Section 4.5—AlidA S etUp c ompleted............................. 42

Section 4.6—locking doWn the A lidA ............................ 43

seCTiOn 5 — C Are O f The f inish �� 45

Section 5.1—cAre o f the f iniSh .................................. 47

dusting the A lidA �� 47

cAre o f the g rilles�� 47

breAk-i n p eriod �� 48

Section 5.2—encloSUre t echnologY ............................. 48

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MA t e r i A l s �� 48

Adhesive �� 49

Section 5.3—depth o f d eSign ..................................... 49

seCTiOn 6 — T rOubleshOOTing�� 51

Section 6.1—troUBleShooting ..................................... 53

seCTiOn 7 – r epAirs �� 57

Section 7.1—repAir p rocedUreS .................................. 59

replAcing A n o pen r esistor �� 59

replAcing Ab A d d river �� 59

seCTiOn 8 — A l i d A s peCifiCATiOns �� 61

Section 8—AlidA S pecificAtionS................................... 63

MeAsureMents: �� 63

diMensions: �� 63

weight u ncrAted:�� 63

shipping w eight ( ApproxiMAte): �� 63

AlidA d iMensions i llustrAted �� 64

iMpedAnce c u r v e �� 65

seCTiOn 9 — n OMOgrAph �� 67

Section 9.1—AlidA n omogrAph .................................... 69

seCTiOn 10—wArrAnTy i nfOrMATiOn �� 71

Section 10.1—WArrAntY i nformAtion ............................ 73

liMited w ArrAnty �� 73

conditions �� 73

reMedy�� 74

wArrAnty l iMited t o o riginAl p urchAser �� 74

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deMonstrAtion e quipMent �� 75

MiscellAneous�� 75

se C T i O n 1 — i n T r O d u C T i O n

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seCTiOn 1�1—Al i d A d esign C OnsiderATiOns

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Section 1.1—Alida Design Considerations

Special Applications projects have a long and illustrious history at Wilson Audio.

In 1983, Dave Wilson needed a small location monitor for the series of audiophile-

acclaimed classical music recordings he was doing at the time. Finding nothing suit-

able on the market, he went into his garage and built the original WATT®. Its truncated

pyramid shape, constructed from mineral-filled methacrylic, broke the mold of then-

current loudspeaker design and has been widely copied since for one reason: it worked

extremely well. Mated to its dedicated woofer enclosure, the WATT/Puppy, now called

Sasha W/P, continues to be Wilson Audio’s longest running and best-selling loudspeak-

er.

Alida is the latest Special Applications product from Wilson Audio. It was de-

signed to offer the timbrel neutrality, dynamic response, soundstage depth, and trans-

parency of floor-standing Wilson loudspeakers, but to do so in the extremely adverse

conditions of wall-mounted applications. The Alida is a perfect example of performance

disproportionate to size.

Unlike most wall-mount speakers, Alida possesses all the salient attributes of

Wilson loudspeakers: dynamic agility, tonal expression, and musical beauty. The Alida

incorporates the same anti-jitter crossover technology that underlies the astonishingly

grain-free transparency and musicality of full-size Wilson loudspeakers. With strong

power handling capacity and low end frequency response reaching 40 Hz, this speak-

er will forever change the perception of just how good a wall-mounted speaker can

sound.

Adjustable Mounting System:

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

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effectively masking others. Alida minimizes wall/ceiling resonant interactions through

thoroughly re-engineered mounting system. The Alida is mounted to its bracket via an

new individually machined, aircraft-grade aluminum mechanism, reducing wall-born

interactions and resonances.

Where the outgoing Wilson Surround Series 2 could be rotated up to 10 degrees,

Alida’s new mount provides up to 30 degrees of rotation. The Alida can be more fully

optimized for both the time-domain and driver dispersion.

For those clients upgrading from the Surround Series 2 to the Alida, Wilson has

made the task of swapping the two loudspeakers relatively straightforward by provid-

ing compatible mount locations on the X-material wall bracket. Simply remove the old

bracket and replace it with the Alida bracket. The top three holes in the center will cor-

respond to those same holes in the replacement bracket. For an additional fee, Wilson

will paint the X-material bracket to match the wall or the Alida itself.

New Enclosure

Using state-of-the-art materials technology first developed for the Alexandria XLF

and the Sasha W/P, Alida provides stunning results. By employing Wilson’s state-of-the-

art enclosure analysis, the heart of which is probing the minute panel resonances us-

ing laser vibrometry, the engineering team was able to reduce the resonant signature of

the Alida enclosure to vanishing levels. A rear-wave diffuser, similar to the technology

found in Wilson’s larger speakers, helps reduce time-domain distortion inside the cabi-

net.

Convergent Synergy Tweeter

The new Wilson Convergent Synergy Tweeter first found a home in the Alexandria

XLF. Wilson’s tweeter rejects exotic materials in favor of a new silk dome design that

better meets all of Wilson Audio’s musical design goals—and, perhaps most important-

ly, provides a seamless match to Wilson’s midrange driver.

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