I prefer nearfield. I've tried farfield in my room, but it doesn't work nearly as well. The biggest advantage of nearfield, IMO, is that it takes a lot of the room and ceiling height (if you have a low ceiling) out of the equation--which is good for those of us who don't have custom-designed rooms. Knowing what I know now, I'd be hard-pressed to listen any other way.
How do you listen your system? Front, mid or back
row?. Meaning near field or relatively far field? I find there are advantages in all listening positions.
Near field listening position has its benefits- Clear, intimate, abundant of details, wide soundstage- you can hear a pin drop, Drawbacks could be less perception of whole sound stage/imaging presense and probably less realistic instruments space. In otehrwords, sound is so involving but you are almost in middle amongst the band or orchestra.
Far field has its advantages, You can 'watch' the whole band playing-the parallax is now removed, the soundstage is much more clearer, clear imaging, you can 'see' back of the stage and now you can raise the volume a bit higher. Drawbacks are the sound is not as involving, loss of some details, imaging.
For me, I prefer near field most of the time inspite of some drawbacks.
Conversely, can there be two or more sweet spots for given systen, for same set up?
Near field listening position has its benefits- Clear, intimate, abundant of details, wide soundstage- you can hear a pin drop, Drawbacks could be less perception of whole sound stage/imaging presense and probably less realistic instruments space. In otehrwords, sound is so involving but you are almost in middle amongst the band or orchestra.
Far field has its advantages, You can 'watch' the whole band playing-the parallax is now removed, the soundstage is much more clearer, clear imaging, you can 'see' back of the stage and now you can raise the volume a bit higher. Drawbacks are the sound is not as involving, loss of some details, imaging.
For me, I prefer near field most of the time inspite of some drawbacks.
Conversely, can there be two or more sweet spots for given systen, for same set up?
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