What exactly makes one speaker better for near wall placement than another?
As I understand it from how folks here talk about it from a design perspective the main consideration its how much baffle step is designed into the crossover, but is that the only factor that determines placement? Is general tonality and voicing also a consideration to how its going to sound when placed near a wall?
When reading some write-ups for designs sometimes its specifically called out but now always so I just assume a 1 - 3' away and not up near a wall. I know you want to avoid room reflections so you generally don't want a speaker right up against a wall if its not designed for that but if someone designed a speaker 3' away from the wall and I build it and place say 1.5 -2' away how much am I compromising the sound?
As I understand it from how folks here talk about it from a design perspective the main consideration its how much baffle step is designed into the crossover, but is that the only factor that determines placement? Is general tonality and voicing also a consideration to how its going to sound when placed near a wall?
When reading some write-ups for designs sometimes its specifically called out but now always so I just assume a 1 - 3' away and not up near a wall. I know you want to avoid room reflections so you generally don't want a speaker right up against a wall if its not designed for that but if someone designed a speaker 3' away from the wall and I build it and place say 1.5 -2' away how much am I compromising the sound?
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