Nearfield listening

Most large speakers are not designed to be listened to in a near field setup. The spectral balance will be incorrect and the overall coherence will be non-optimal. In a multiway speaker the drivers need a certain minimum distance for their soundwaves to correctly overlap.

BTW, near field is more correctly defined as listening within 3 ft. of the loudspeaker. It originated in pro studios with the speakers being placed atop the mixing console. The speakers were always either single driver or two way designs.

I sit 7 ft from my 3 way front horn using 8 15in woofers in vert array 4 per front horn with comp mid horn and comp tweeter horns. Design integrated seemlessly even as close as 6ft away. ea is 350lbs ea. 6ft-h,46in-w,38in-d. Most large loudspeakers dont do well in nearfield or sudo nearfield like my set up. Since I design loudspeakers if I want large loudspeakers for small room close listening I can design construct my own.Nice thing about DIY or having loudspeakers custom built is one can have a near perfect match to room system budgets or listening preferance.

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.