@douglas_schroeder
Hi Doug, although I do agree that there are several speakers that are nice to listen to that don’t necessarily come close to that ruler flat acoustical challenge. I have to disagree on the idea that seeking and building toward that flat response a fairly fruitless effort.
All Amplifiers and Pre Amplifiers come VERY close in a flat response, but as you know, One can and will sound much different than another. The flat response is no more than the idea that everything starts with a level playing field, but yes, you are absolutely correct that a totally flat response curve does not at all guarantee excellent results and/or a system can be satisfying with all kind of things being out of wack.
@ieales
As far as the Phase discussion, there are a ton of threads on Phase (not to be confused with phase angles), but phasing affects imaging and sound stage much more than it does frequency curves.
Tim
