I tried out the 802Ds recently in an untreated room at a store. I found the correct, time-coherent position wrt listener was tweeters aimed a little above the head, but not much toe-in: around 1-2 degrees worked well. I urge every user to try that toe-in setting. This was listening at about 13' out and speakers about 8' apart, as wide as the room could manage. I'll keep working on them, but this position was close to the best: only one is right for a 3-way. A "sweet" spot should be called the "right" spot, IMO. These speakers evolved over the years; their alignment must have changed some with xover types, etc. Yet B&W no doubt tried to keep the series consistent over time.
Anyway, loved the fabulous bass and mids, super coherent and quick, but tweeters sometimes got wild. I'm confident that was clipping or some issue not inherent to the tweeters because usually they were great.
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Sam Lord
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