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In Reply to: Which near field speakers? (Re: Yes, but...) posted by onsoft on January 9, 2002 at 16:05:48:
My room is odd in that it's 22' by 11' but half way along the long wall there's a part wall sticking out on one side to divide it into two 11' square areas. The listening area is one of those and, because of the placement of the part wall, I can't fire down the 11' length so I effectively listen in an 11' square room with a side wall with a very large opening in it.My listening distance is a bit under 8 ft but probably not technically near field since I listen with my head very close to the wall in the pressure zone. You could listen to the Contour 1.3 SEs in the near field, but it would need to be in a bigger room than either of ours, or you would need to be prepared to listen at about 5' to 6' maximum distance. The big problem is really the need to give a bit of space behind them for the rear firing port. I get away with them being closer to the wall than recommended through using DIY bass traps and room lenses to control bass boom and improve diffusion behind the speakers.
I really can't help with other recommendations. The Contours are new - 2 months old - and replaced a set of KEF 104 aB speakers I'd had for 21 years. I'm also in Australia where many of the speakers mentioned here are just not available. My choice was largely between the Contours and the Vandersteen 2CE Signature which I've also heard in a smallish room, but I think it also needs space behind it.
My basic recommendation would be for a 2 or 3 way with closely spaced drivers. I also wouldn't go for something with a -3dB point much lower than the 1.3 SEs 37 Hz. A possible choice, given their recommendations for speaker placement, would be something in the Audio Physic range but I've never seen or heard them so I can't say for sure. The speaker placement method they recommend, however, would normally result in relatively close listening distances. I borrowed the idea of listening close to the wall from them while utilising a more normal speaker placement since putting the speakers in the centre of the room where they recommend would have been impractical in a normal living room situation and would have had me around 5 and a bit feet away from the speakers.
David Aiken
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