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In Reply to: RE: What exactly constitutes a 'near field' setup ? posted by AbeCollins on July 18, 2014 at 22:26:21
.....and get primarily direct sound from the speaker and little reflected sound. extreme near field might be getting as close to the speakers as possible while allowing the speaker's drivers to still be coherent where you don't hear individual drivers.also; 'near-field' can refer to sitting inside the equilateral triangle made up of the speakers and the listening position.
mikel
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It is a false belief (and that's all it is) that you might remove room effects by listening near-field, but as you say, you can certainly reduce them ("somewhat").
I do agree with your assessment of the concept though.
Everybody comments about me listening in the near-field, it's certainly apparent to people ("audiophiles") who visit my room, for some reason people seem to notice it immediately and comment on it. So I guess it's not that common overall. It's not really obvious until you sit down and get a view of things, because the speakers are sufficiently large that you're not really really close.
It is much easier to treat a room to get a good sound when you listen in the near-field...fortunate for me. It might be awkward to arrange things unless you have a dedicated room, and can work around speaker/chair placement instead of "decor". It is the only thing that worked well for my room, it's not like I designed the room to be that way = discovered by trial and error.
I think nearfield is when we use a small equilateral triangle, maybe a max of 5 feet sides. We could also sit inside this triangle.
Nearfield can also be a single speaker 5 feet away.
Imagine a single KEF LS50 5 feet away.
Cheers
Bill
on both counts as I see it. Some will say 6ft. I do mine at between 6 and 7 feet and have a HUGE image. Of course this image improved greatly when I added room treatment.
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