Hmmm. I look at the measurements and see a distortion factory. Yet they 'sound great' and are recommended
Because so much of the sound that reaches your ears is reflected from the environment rather than coming directly from the speakers, consistent and tonally correct dispersion trumps a lot of the other (not insignificant) flaws you see in the graphs.
This is the "the science of proper sound reproduction" factor Amir alludes to in his conclusion.
If you improved distortion, etc. at the cost of poorer off-axis performance, you would actually wind up with with a speaker that performed worse once placed into an actual room. Unless you had taken great pains to deaden the room and remove it from the equation I suppose.
Thank you for another piece to the LSR puzzle, so only 310S left now
I'd be interested to see how it measures. In an absolute sense it's a bit anemic. But as far as I know it's also one of the cheapest subs with a built in high pass, so you don't need external bass management.
For the ASR crowd that's not a big deal but for a "starter" objectivist audiophile setup, the level of objective performance delivered by a 305P+310S combo for a total of just $500 is very, very formidable. Shocking, even. If anybody knows of a $500 retail setup that comes anywhere near it, I'd sure love to hear about it.