I am moody, and when I am in a bad mood I don’t even want to listen to music.
I found this an interesting:statement regarding near field listening:
It kills the sound stage presentation - or something to that effect
I listen in a small room in what I considered a near field/an equilateral triangle with somewhat over four feet between the points of the triangkle and about 25" from the rear faces of the speakers to the front wall . . . I always thought that was pretty near field . . . but I do get a soundstage . . . I listen in the dark and usually with my eyes closed and I clearly hear the audible illusion that the side walls have disappeared as the music extends beyond their boundaries . . . depending upon the source material I get height and instruments float in the air within that height . . . depth (as in front to back) is a bit shallow and I’ve always wanted the front wall to disappear the way the side walls do. I would say that I doubt that it is an accurate sound stage that I am getting, but I enjoy it.
(I have always wanted to hear the low powered SET with high efficiency speakers magic, however.)
