Re: how far from the speakers is considered 'midfield'?

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In Reply to: how far from the speakers is considered 'midfield'? posted by ocd on April 28, 2005 at 19:49:30:

a) It depends on the room. Having little or no room in the equation was the design intent of near fields. At that distance, you better have a room that's made to be flat or you won't get flat in your ears. If that's not a problem for you, I understand, but if its your goal.... then whatever they were designed for is what will work.
b) Next, most monitors were designed to be listened to at both a certain distance, and for stereo field and dispersion, a certain angle. Also, frequencies do not all propegate with the same loss per distance because air does not resist all frequencies equally. So, its back to: do you want flat or not.. and what did the designers intend?

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Topic - how far from the speakers is considered 'midfield'? - ocd 19:49:30 04/28/05 (3)

Re: how far from the speakers is considered 'midfield'? - tmcconnell 22:44:53 05/07/05 (1)

Re: how far from the speakers is considered 'midfield'? - ayokay 12:33:43 05/18/05 (0)

Re: how far from the speakers is considered 'midfield'? - Az Barber 04:38:03 04/29/05 (0)

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