Near Field Listneing

Can’t answer your question of why someone would seek a near field setup but can relate my experiences with mine. First off, I have been in the hobby for around 50 years and it seems that due to room restraints I have always had my setup in near field, the system I live with now is an all tube system centered around a pair of Wilson Audio Sophias that are set up in a triangular setup at close to equal distances and there is definitely a sweet spot which is where I sit to listen, with that said I am lucky to have a good friend with the same speakers and equivalent tube gear in a dedicated room that is acoustically tuned and I have to say it is marvelous but when I listen to his system and then go back to mine, I can truthfully say I don’t miss anything and enjoy both systems. I have had the opportunity lately to change my system to a dedicated room and have chose not to because in my mind am getting it all in near field and am at the end of this journey and just want to listen to music without the hassle of trying to set up a room. I realize that I am in the minority on this but am just saying you can get there with near field. Enjoy the music