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In Reply to: thanks guys, another couple of questions posted by Shane from AUS on March 4, 2007 at 01:46:10:
...some feel the ideal room dimensions are the 'golden ration' of 1.618 to 1.My dedicated room comes close at 10.5' X 17' X 27' but still has standing wave issues as any room with parallel walls will.
Starting with a 22' width will make this difficult.
I'd call listening 20' away from the speakers "farfield". "Midfield" would be more like 10' and nearfield closer than that.
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I must admit that I call 20 ft mid field, only because my speakers are about 13ft apart, so in then equilateral triangle formationj I thought this was "nearfield".
i have a different interpretation of the terms 'near-field' and 'far-field'.i think of 'near field' as different than 'close' and 'far-field' as different than 'far'. those terms have to do with the listening position's relative distance to the speaker relative to the distance between the speakers.
therefore when ears are closer than the width between the speakers you are in the 'near-field'.....the degree of 'near-field' can vary......"the very near-field" or "slight near-field". the same with 'far-field'.....farther than the width between the speakers.
obviously 'mid-field' is a listener at the precise point of the equalateral triangle.
if not used this way it seems it would be quite useless a description as near and far already cover that better and are no less precise.
i could be totally wrong.....that is always how i have used the terms.
...my speakers are 10' apart and I sit 10' from them and I consider this "midfield" - or normal.If I move my head 2' or 3' forward, I consider that "nearfield". The perspective changes and I'm more enveloped by the soundfield than sitting back observing it in front of me as usual.
If I move back a couple of feet, standing behind my Room Tunes, I consider that 'far field" and the soundfield is a little distant.
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