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Placement, tweeter diffraction treatments, or DSP are options that easily deal with first reflections. I don't have any issues as placement solves most issues for me. Dennis has, a long with Paul Kittinger, designed many great speakers that have been easy for me to deal with in room. YMMV

Please explain more how these would work.

Placement: sure you can change toe-in/toe-out to change how the sidewalls interact, but you're still getting sidewall interaction, either the left or right wall

Tweeter diffraction treatments: you mean like blinders? Doesn't seem like a good idea. Waveguide would help, which Revel implements.

DSP: how? DSP doesn't change dispersion width. Maybe some exotic active cancellation could do it...

Only "easy" way to deal with early reflections, AFAIK, is to (1) put up absorption panels or (2) just remove the wall entirely and go free field (or have the wall so far away that the arrival time is well after direct sound, so your perception doesn't combine them as one, which smears the sound).
 
Please explain more how these would work.

Placement: sure you can change toe-in/toe-out to change how the sidewalls interact, but you're still getting sidewall interaction, either the left or right wall

Tweeter diffraction treatments: you mean like blinders? Doesn't seem like a good idea. Waveguide would help, which Revel implements.

DSP: how? DSP doesn't change dispersion width. Maybe some exotic active cancellation could do it...

Only "easy" way to deal with early reflections, AFAIK, is to (1) put up absorption panels or (2) just remove the wall entirely and go free field (or have the wall so far away that the arrival time is well after direct sound, so your perception doesn't combine them as one, which smears the sound).
You have the concepts down of what I was referring to and DSP can reduce the intensity. My rooms are unique to me so it varies. My Be tweeters are in a very large room but the distance to the side walls is fairly similar to my other setups and I don't have first reflection issues. I should measure them to see what actual affects are occuring, I just haven't felt a need as the sound is good.
 
You have the concepts down of what I was referring to and DSP can reduce the intensity. My rooms are unique to me so it varies. My Be tweeters are in a very large room but the distance to the side walls is fairly similar to my other setups and I don't have first reflection issues. I should measure them to see what actual affects are occuring, I just haven't felt a need as the sound is good.

How do you know you don't have first reflection issues? Have you looked at the impulse response with REW to check the impact of reflected sound? What do your clarity C50 measurements look like? Sound may be good now, but you may have an easy low cost opportunity to make it even better.
 
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