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In Reply to: Demensions of a listening Room posted by Kindablue on April 14, 2017 at 13:16:24:
Near Field positioning of speakers relative to your listening position substantially reduces the importance of room dimensions, within certain limits. I define near-field as placing the speakers so that each speaker is the same distance away from your normal listening position AND the distance between the speakers should be no more than the distance from the listening position to either loudspeaker. In other words the speakers and the listening position should make a equilateral triangle or a triangle where the listening position is INSIDE of an equilateral triangle.
As long as the side walls are at least 1/2 of the speaker separation distance from any speaker and the back wall is about the speaker separation distance behind the listening location, you are okay. The optimum distance to the front wall depends on the speakers, but could be any where from 1 to 2 feet in my experience. If you have rear-firing speaker elements, then the speakers must be much further from the front wall.
Far Field conditions begin to appear when the listening position is OUTSIDE the equilateral triangle. The further you go out, the more the walls and ceiling will matter. I have never found a far field listening position to be phase coherent because of multiple reflections off of walls, etc. However, some people LIKE the sound "swirling" around you, and for some music it can be fun IMO.
Find whatever you enjoy most!
Enjoy!
Jim E
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