Crapping? It is all true.
Just pointing out the compromises it has made. Might well help with better system tuning.
These originally were shipped with a FR/widerange in the middle. That made a whole lot more sense (to me) than a horn as far as XO point goes, and that you (sort of) have dipole over the entire spectrum..
Let me point out another compromsise, OB below the XO, quite narrow, forward only dispersion above.
But i matters not at all if the listener is connected to the music by the system.
dave