A question for some of you clever guys if I may.
Here is a typical JBL 2 way - my old 4338 before the move.
Like so many before it, we have the horn sitting at ear height and the bass driver below - some 18 inches from the floor.
Could one of the resident genius's explain why we don't see the horn at ear height and the 15" bass cone ABOVE it with a sturdy stand to support them?
OK so not quite so pretty (?) but wouldn't this help reduce floor reflections and mute the floor ceiling room mode quite effeectively?
Is there some obvious reason sonically why JBL or anyone else would do it this way?