This comment displays a lack of understanding. If nodes developed randomly it would be impossible to treat them because you have a moving target. Any given speaker in room will set up a consistent pattern if nothing is added or removed and the doors,
Thanks for taking my comment out of context, @lemonhaze
My meaning was that most audiophiles should not take the -3 dB point of a speaker and think that it means much once it is in a room. While the physics of room modes is understood, the final -3 dB point of a speaker in a room is not something anyone can gauge well by back of the envelope calculations. That is what I meant by "random" and why I encourage measurement as a much better place to start than speaker specs.
Room mode simulators like the great one from AM Acoustics are fantastic tools which should be leveraged when considering room treatment, and I encourage it’s use as well.