Marty, thanks for your thoughtful response. It's caught me off guard. You're saying that integration is the priority and that a trade off in the speaker (at my price point) could be considered.
Do you think this is the best approach for a room that can sound very different depending on your location within it? I suppose if I can visualize the room's eq's, and I'm aiming (compromising!) for the best overall sound throughout the room, rather than "ideal" at the vaulted "sweetspot" or listening position, I would measure the eq at various specified positions in the room, note curves and try to reproduce a "summed" or average curve that doesn't have pronounced peaks or valleys for all measured locations? Assuming that the above approach makes sense, will the SMS help me achieve my goal?
Do you think this is the best approach for a room that can sound very different depending on your location within it? I suppose if I can visualize the room's eq's, and I'm aiming (compromising!) for the best overall sound throughout the room, rather than "ideal" at the vaulted "sweetspot" or listening position, I would measure the eq at various specified positions in the room, note curves and try to reproduce a "summed" or average curve that doesn't have pronounced peaks or valleys for all measured locations? Assuming that the above approach makes sense, will the SMS help me achieve my goal?