Not a silly question. If the wavelength of the sound being created is longer than the speaker-driver separation, then the two point sources work as one (basically projecting the same wave). Woofers in a single speaker are usually spaced next to each other, so not an issue. Since wavelength gets smaller with higher frequency, it's mostly a tweeter issue in 2-way systems. A wavelength of 1m is 340 Hz, and 1 foot is about 1 KHz. Some people actually disconnect one of the tweeters. So if you lay them on their side, keep the tweeters closer together in the middle. It should be fine. I would be more worried about the orientation of the horn and its dispersion pattern.
Awesome thread... Thank you for the knowledge in this forum. I have a Left Center Right... the Center is comprised of (4) 6 inch 8 ohm 2 way in wall speakers wired series/parallel to give my amp an 8ohm resistance. I am about to install as my remodel is almost complete. Based on what I have read and my understand, I won't have any issues. I did like the post from PSG that suggests removing the tweeters as they are more prone to combing and interference pattern issues because of the higher freq... If necessary I will remove 3 of the 4 tweeters if I find they mess with each other. I will let you know how it all works out.
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Awesome thread... Thank you for the knowledge in this forum. I have a Left Center Right... the Center is comprised of (4) 6 inch 8 ohm 2 way in wall speakers wired series/parallel to give my amp an 8ohm resistance. I am about to install as my remodel is almost complete. Based on what I have read and my understand, I won't have any issues. I did like the post from PSG that suggests removing the tweeters as they are more prone to combing and interference pattern issues because of the higher freq... If necessary I will remove 3 of the 4 tweeters if I find they mess with each other. I will let you know how it all works out.