Didn't suggest that, just pointing out that you doing such measurements don't change anything about them not being available (thus my original comment of waiting for more data on more models).
I hate to quote Olive & Toole to someone who obviously knows their work, but the preference score, as flawed as it is, includes global and local smoothness of the predicted in-room response for a reason. This score was determined via the listening tests.
I do agree that direct sound is massively more important than what the PIR may show, but this is obviously something that depends on listening distance; same for power response.
I don't have enough datapoints by myself to say so, but I did have that experience when comparing Dali Zensor 1 (relatively wide) with Genelec 8030Cs and only extreme metal. I mostly quote @echopraxia who seems to be quite reasonable while having experience with both very wide directivity speakers (Ascend Sierra RAAL Towers, Revel Salon 2) along with medium ones (Neumann KH310, Genelec 8351B), all with excellent on and off-axis accuracy.
Is that supposed to prove anything? As you can see, I'm in France.
Anyway, you asked for listening tests, do you have any study grade ones about the relative important of dispersion width and smoothness? (in stereo, please, mono will benefit too much, otherwise).
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