How to listen to speakers?

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On 10/24/2018 at 4:04 PM, stevenswall said:

I think it in part shows reflected, off axis response in a way you won't get in the sweet spot. According to Sean Olive at Harman, the idea speaker doesn't change at all with off axis response, and had flat frequency response sloping down about 8dB from mids to treble.

 

Speakers targeting sound power over axial response often are too bright sitting in the sweet spot in a typical equilateral triangle design. Those types of speakers are best pointed forward and listened to off-axis.