Every aspect of the speakers design would have an affect on how it sounds.
With this in mind then how does one choose what works best?
It comes down to each speaker designer looking to have a particular sound for that speaker. There really is no best. This is why you have to listen to each speaker you are considering to purchase and decide which YOU like the best. I try to listen to many different speakers when I get a chance in a store and for the most part I would buy any one of them until I start to compare their indivicual sonic signatures, then you can start to hear subtilties, more detail from speaker A, better midrange from speaker B etc., they all sound good just different. As I bought Axioms I like the clear, clean, uncolored approach and I find many speakers out there sound slightly muffled in comparison.
