Michael Fremer's system

Great kit, but I am surprised that he has such huge speakers in a near field set-up. I appreciate he says that this is his workspace, and a tool, but surely to make a tool operate properly it must be put in the conditions to make it work - you ain't gonna use an F1 car on a rally track...

@robd2 made an interesting point about the records with the room acoustics.
My concern with large speakers in small rooms is the issue of bass. Simply put when we go lower in HZ the wave becomes longer - that is why bass is so hard to damp and control. In addition to this a small room simply won't go low -I though that is a scientific fact (or have I got that wrong?) - I always thought the whole point of large multi driver speakers is largely their dynamic range - in particular the bass.