Always appreciate the well thought out replies Duke! The comment I made below was mainly a response to a previous post that was made "railing" w.r.t. potential phase issues with speakers, while claiming some speakers are so good, that they don't need a treated room. The point I was trying to make, perhaps in too few words, is that "perfect" phase alignment of drivers in a speaker can be effectively ruined by reflections (of indeterminate frequency response and timing), especially in a "bad" room.
Unless you are sitting nearfield, there can be more energy in reflections than directed.... guess what reflected energy does to timing? "