Near field speaker setup


Hello!

I bought some LS-50 speakers and have them setup very close to my work table. The distance is about 5 1/2 feet apart tweeter to tweeter, around 3 1/2 feet - ear level with tweeters and I'm about 3 1/2 feet away, toe in 12 degrees.

What I want to know is, why does it sound so good this close? I hear a soundstage with the singer for example right in the middle, very detailed and instruments scattered around that sound spacious and detailed. I play at pretty low levels, maybe thats the key. If I move the speakers farther apart or move further away the effect I described fades. If anyone has a constructive comments on how to make it even better or confirm what Im hearing. Im just surprised how close I am.
I plan on trying a lot of different combinations, being stuck at home these days!

thanks for any feedback.

-Richard
rgartner

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Thanks for all the feedback. Nice setup millercarbon, that took a while to drink in! Im onboard with the "every little thing" in sum does matter.

Im using an apple laptop -> Tidal -> Yggdrasil DAC -> Naim Nait 5i setup. Very happy with the way it sounds but for some reason in this hobby my mind keeps wanting more, after partaking in some extra curricular activities :), I moved in very close with this system as I describe its crazy the way the music sounds, hard to see how it can get better and Im certain it can since my system is not that high end.
I'd like to move to tubes and been looking at a PrimaLuna setup. I have a bottlehead headphone tube amp with sennheiser hd600 (pretty basic stuff) and that sounds incredible as well. Plan on fooling around with room acoustics as described from some of you today.
Anyway, having a fun time with all this hope you all are too, thanks again!

-Richard
Hey canibefrank,

I hear you on that, the Raven looks sweet. Believe it or not Steve Guttenberg, aka The Audiophiliac (check him out on YouTube) raves about this lowend tube amp, the Reisong A10. Ive been thinking about pulling the trigger on it just for fun.

https://www.amazon.com/BOYUU-Hi-Fi-Stereo-Amplifier-Single-end/dp/B07L4GL63N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1D6H0VV1NQFVX&dchild=1&keywords=reisong+a10&qid=1585588756&sprefix=reisong%2Caps%2C211&sr=8-1