I'm not sure what you're getting at here. Do you mean that these SVS speakers are made to this recipe? I don't really go along with that as it's been shown in tests that a neutral sounding speaker is preferred by all listeners. The SVS speaker I'm talking about sounds very very good according to some respected reviewers and yet we suspect they don't measure very well. I think this could be due to SVS as subwoofer experts getting great bass extension which helps listeners overlook other possible deficiencies.
Again I'm not sure what your point is. Do you mean this thread is a bad idea? By extension that would mean that looking for measurements is also a bad idea in general and measuring is a lot of what this site is about.
I honestly don't know if they are made close to "recipe" but if they are they have every reason to avoid public measurements and to rely on people or reviewers who just listen to them.We know by now that even some small speakers measured here had problems but on the listening part were ok.
Thing is that the ok part will not stand out,only the problems.
And if price is also elevated then...
Again,I'm all for measurements,one third of my posts are (newbie) measurements by me and I like the fact that this forum is as objective as it is.
But objective is one thing,ridiculing stuff is another.Specially under suspicion only.
Other than pro speakers that are made up to a task,everyone else who try to have a "house" sound" or follow the recipe or have some compromise is automatically under the danger to loose clients (and gain some others for outrageous reasons) not by the measurements alone,but by the magnification of these choices.
I,myself fall into this,example,even if people like Dr. Degges have demonstrated that distortion in speakers is not as we think it is and our perception of it is yet to be studied,I still look at the graphs and argue about it even if I have done a gazillion of tests who proved me wrong!It's only visual,but...
I don't know many companies willing to take that risk for zero or negative gain.