TrevC
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hg said:TrevC said:With a two way with drive units only around 7 inches apart for any cancellation to be a problem you would need to stand way over on one side of the speaker, and at that point it's hard to tell which way up the speakers are anyway. How do I know? I tried it! Angle them towards you with the tweeters on the outside and they sound exactly the same as vertical.
You do not give the crossover frequency but assuming it has a half wavelength of around 2", we are at listening distance of few metres and my rusty trig is OK then the centre of the first cancellation dip will be at an angle of somewhere between 15-20 degrees. Perhaps you cannot hear it but it is the reason almost all speakers place the tweeter above the midrange and many studio monitors go to the expense of putting the tweeter and midrange on a rotatable plate so that they can be used both horizontally and vertically.
Lets assume the wavelength is longer, (crossover at 3kz, about 5") have a listen, and stop arguing for the sake of it. It sounds absolutely fine and there is nothing wrong with my ears.