Should we pay more attention to delays in sound?

I waited a couple weeks to get my Herron, almost two months to get my Moabs, and now waiting on DHL to deliver my Origin Live Sovereign turntable. Oldhvymec waited even longer on his Decware ZP-3. And that is nothing, after saving for more than a year for a Raven Reflection when finally ready to order was told it will be more than a year! So yes someone somewhere definitely needs to pay more attention to delays in sound!

I've been saying for years speakers must be precisely equidistant and symmetrical. The researchers could have saved an awful lot of time and money simply asking me. Seven inches, ha! Even a fraction of an inch has an audible effect on image focus.  

Don't need no anechoic chamber. Don't need no measurements at all. Simply set your speakers up with tape measure and framing square to be perfectly symmetrical and equidistant. Listen. Then move one an inch or so. Listen again. 

Once again the reality of listening proves superior to measurebating.