| B&W are one of the few manufacturers who publish, usually in their owners manuals, the reference vertical listening axis. It is expressed in inches from the top or bottom of the enclosure. It is seldom on the tweeter axis, but usually between that and the mid range or bass/mid axis.
It surprises me how seldom this is taken into account even in reviews in magazines seeking respectability (like Stereophile), where there seems to be some sort of irrational assumption that the tweeter axis is the reference axis and measurements are taken accordingly.
Last edited by Russell Dawkins; 3rd July 2009 at 11:43 PM..
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