100% correct. Thanks for the summary
The confusion.... Curtis.... is when David says things like the following - this stated in THIS thread:
David F, "Yes, I prefer the Sierra-1's on large but that is with no subwoofer, of which I have referenced in dozens of posts."
He's the one responsible for the confusion. As you summarized and as I stated in length, "large" means no subwoofer runs whether you have one or not. So if David F. or any audio hobbyist says they prefer to "run a speaker large", they are saying - whether they realize it or not - that they like to use it without a subwoofer. David has told us he has a sub in his house, so I and everyone else was assuming he has a great sub, but he still prefers to play the Sierra-1 without it.
It wouldn't make any sense (because it would go without saying) to say you prefer to run a speaker large if you didn't have a subwoofer in the first place. As David already conceded, its simply wrong to set a speaker to small if you have no sub, regardless of the performance of the main.
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I agree David - the readers deserve the confusion to be cleared up. And you're the one that needs to do it. You're a workaholic on making those speakers. Take a day off, grab your receiver manual at home and, as they say,..... RTFM.
With love and happy thanksgiving, Az.