D’Appolito designs in smaller rooms?


can anyone comment on experiences here? if bass is well trapped, how does the rest of the frequency come together if you're forced to listen < 10' away? is this D’Appolito design only useful for larger rooms?
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In my experience, you want a narrower radiation pattern in a small room than you do in a large room, and in most cases you want to use more toe-in than normal. This is to keep the energy in the early reflections to a minimum. To the extent that the MTM format reduces early reflections in the vertical plane imho it's theoretically a step in the right direction, but that narrowed vertical pattern of the midwoofers should carry over to the tweeter as well, which is seldom the case.