Near Field Listneing

If the drivers will blend, if setup in a near field arrangement, there is a distinct benefit.  All the sound waves that first hit your ears is coming from the speaker transducers.

Therefore, you are greatly reducing any room reflections, the reflected sound waves reach your ears after the sound waves from the speakers and are reduced in dB levels.  It is a great way of "removing" the shortcomings of your acoustic space.  Caveat:  The speaker design most allow the drivers to blend together at a close distance.

Aside from the obvious reason of space constraints, are there any other reasons where near field listening/speakers would be preferred versus how one usually listens to music?  IOW, with all things being equal, what would make a listener wish to have a near field setup versus a “traditional” one?

The answer is staring you right in the face. Look at your avatar. You want it nice and loud? The closer you get, the more blown awayyyyyyyyy!

@teajay 

Ah, got it...I didn’t think about eliminating the room as the primary benefit. Completely makes sense, thanks!

Arvin