In the diagrams below we have a graphical representation of the speaker systems operating at the crossover point where both high and low frequency drivers produce the same output level. The first one shows a pair of
HORIZONTAL
Stereo occurs from left to right, so that is the listening plane in which we try to minimise the changes in physical/time offset between the woofers and tweeters. And we have to be honest, it’s not perfect, the driver offset is still there, but by stacking the woofer and tweeter vertically on the baffle we can give the mix engineer the widest range of movement in the horizontal plane. You can roll your chair across the length of your mixing console and not change the relationship between the woofer and tweeter (just don’t bob your head up and down while you do it).