Originally Posted by
toddalin
Then you pose the delemma as to what is preferable..., the smoothest frequency response, or the best time alignment. But let me say that using my current technique, I've never heard speakers that image as well or throw as big a soundstage as the Mermans, so I can't be too far off. And I've heard Magicos, Focals, and Harbeths.
On further throught, I don't see how I could be one wavelength off. The crossover between the 2251J and Heil is ~2,500 Hz, so a wavelength would be ~5" long. The cabinet is only 8" deep and the center of the Heil would appear to be somewhere within the magnetic structure/heat sink fins of the 2251.
Similarly, the 2251 sits somewhere close to/within the magnetic structure area of the 2241. That crosses over at ~350Hz and is all done by less than 1kHz, so the wavelength would be over a foot long.
In either case, how could I be even one wavelength off?