This line of thinking I greatly respect!From my perspective, I don’t really care if Genelec’s coaxials have GLM or not. I’m purely interested in finding the best active stereo speakers I can find in this price range, in terms of objective measurements like FR, horizontal/vertical directivity, and bass SPL capabilities. Whether it comes with a built in DSP solution I do not much care as long as the measurements in the end are the best (trade off) I can find.
When it comes to bass I have some thoughts based on experience;
- There's often a difference between small speakers with subs and bigger speakers without subs and that is likely the mid/upper bass capability. Looking at the different graphs posted where the SPL capability of different speakers posted here my thought is that most smaller speakers have marginal capacity between 100-300 hz. That same area is where you're most likely to have huge dips due to boundary interference and EQ will put a strain on this headroom.
- Most subs aren't designed to play up to 200-300 hz very effectively so it might not be as straightforward to "win back" that superior capacity in that region.
- Buying subs to use up to that area defeats the purpose of separated subs as they would need to be placed very close to the mains. Then it would look better and be more sane to buy bigger mains instead.