The engineering team’s goal with Wilson Audio Duette was to create a product that would produce the signature Wilson sound in hostile environments.

The Other Side of Duette by Wilson Audio

Instead of taking a loudspeaker designed and voiced for optimal room placement (with plenty of air behind and beside the speaker) and then trying to force it into a "bookshelf" mode, Wilson's engineers did the opposite; they designed Wilson Audio Duette from the ground up as a "hostile environments" loudspeaker.

But what if you want to use Wilson Audio Duette on its custom stand as a typical floor-standing system? Not a problem. Change the tweeter resistor on the external crossover, change the custom speaker cables which connect the crossover to the speaker, and Duette by Wilson Audio is transformed into a compact, two-way stand-mounted system tuned to a "far boundary" room.

Another possibility: you want Wilson Audio Duette on its stands in a room too small to place speakers away from wall boundaries. Just configure Duette by Wilson Audio to its "near boundary" mode and place the stands against the wall.