The desk and wall mode adjust for boundary gain. Desk mode for the desk surface in front of the speaker; wall mode for the wall behind the speaker. Boundaries act as acoustic mirrors. The direct signal from the driver interferes with the reflected signal from the boundary. Those settings provide a degree of compensation.

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House of the Rising Sone
Out in the mid or far field
Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated