Speaker Height / Tilt


What are the benefits / drawbacks of putting speakers on shorter stands and tilting the speaker up?  Do you run into phase and time alignment issues when tilting speakers?  
b_limo

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I’m not understanding how a dome tweeter is directional... I have a d’appolito designed speaker.  How does that change things.  

But seriously, how does a dome tweeter radiate sound below its axis vs above its axis?  Am I misunderstanding you?  I would think that a dome tweeter radiates sound uniformly top to bottom, side to side...

And if its okay to sit below the tweeter and not above, can you fix that by turning the speaker upside down?  

Last, if its not good to sit above the tweeters axis, why are manufacturers making shorter floor standing speakers with tweeters below a listeners ear level?
I understand that tweeters sound / measure differently off axis, but I don’t understand how they radiate differently above vs below the axis. 

Also, changing tilt changes the tweeter axis, right?