A competently designed speaker will use the vertical dispersion characteristics of the tweeter (and upper midrange) drivers to great advantage to provide realistic and natural perceived height of performers and instruments in the soundstage as well as critical tonal impact at an ear height that should be specified and adhered to.
I built a podium for my listening sofa to sit upon to achieve this as it was too low without and I suspect this is an issue in many such situations.
Dave
I built a podium for my listening sofa to sit upon to achieve this as it was too low without and I suspect this is an issue in many such situations.
Dave