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I bet you couldn't find any of those "sometimes it doesn't help" builds with data to actually prove such a claim. Reducing secondary cabinet related sound sources is always beneficial. There's tons of evidence out there showing improvements with round overs, which lines up with all my own data and listening impressions. I already made a pretty long post here about it citing tons of examples and how basically in every single speaker generating HF information, round overs/chamfers/etc are of benefit.
I'll look later. But the gist of it was that if you have a crossover already optimized for a speaker (exact non-coincident drivers + cabinet) for a target X-axis response, and you change the baffle by adding a big roundover, that X-axis response might change in ways that are detrimental to the original goals.
So, upon reflection of my comment, I take back what I said and think that you are correct; a roundover will make a difference (assuming that the drivers can even "see" the edge). It just might not always be a desirable difference.