Nearfield listening

Based on Onhwy61's corrected definition, I don't listen in the nearfield, it's around 5-6 ft.

Same here. I'm at about 6ft. from the speakers.

Silverline Sonatinas work great for me in nearfield with 9 watts/side.

6 feet is not near-field and not quite far-field. The main reason to use big speakers is to get accurate bass reproduction and to achieve realistic higher SPL levels and a more natural presentation (think headphones most unnatural as no reverberant field and small near-fields as in between and large speakers in far-field as most natural sounding balance between primary and reverberant sound).

The main reason to sit near-field is to hear more primary signal and less room reflected response. Studios will often mix on near-fields (for precise mix decisions) and then use main monitors in far field for bass checks and to impress clients.

Listener57,

What vintage are your Clements RT-7s? I bought a pair in about 1985-86 and kept them until about 2000. Mine were the old version that had a complete foam grille wrap from top to bottom. They looked very much like a vandy 2C, only turned sidways (narrow profile toward the front).

Funny, I can't remember why I sold them.......

Enjoy,

TIC