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Originally Posted by Russell Dawkins  B&W are one of the few manufacturers who publish, usually in their owners manuals, the reference vertical listing 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. |
The manufacturer can make a recommendation but that doesn't mean that users agree. I have heard a number of speakers where a vertical axxis off from tweeter height was proposed and it just NEVER worked for me. The best compromise, considering all factors, to me, still seemed to be tweeter height. Maybe that's just me though (I must admit I seem to generally prefer symmetrical drivers in compensated time alignment).