RE: "Nearfield" at a concert hall? Physically impossible...but, have you considered Anechoic ?

As far as I know, "nearfield" listening is (relatively) small speakers placed in close proximity to the listener, to create an illusion of "larger size" due to less air needed to be moved in order to produce the bottom end and scale of the music....... The effect would go away completely once the listener leaves the "sweet spot." ... (I could be wrong here.... )

Sitting in the first rows in a concert hall creates a different illusion altogether...... You hear the individual musicians in close proximity..... It is almost impossible to create that on recording, unless close miking is used directly in front of the orchestra. (The speakers would also have to be set far apart, to re-create the stereo "spread" from that vantage point.... Which is not typical of nearfield listening.)

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Topic - Nearfield orchestra listening - jimbill 15:50:21 04/29/24 (16)

"Nearfield" at a concert hall? Physically impossible...but, have you considered Anechoic ? - peppy m. 08:17:46 05/06/24 (1)

RE: "Nearfield" at a concert hall? Physically impossible...but, have you considered Anechoic ? - Todd Krieger 00:14:34 05/11/24 (0)

I'm in Row E tomorrow................. - Kal Rubinson 13:28:34 05/01/24 (9)

I've got row E this Sunday. - jimbill 09:10:23 05/03/24 (1)

Only thing wrong with it is visiblity. - Kal Rubinson 13:20:01 05/03/24 (0)

you'll love it.... - kuma 23:09:06 05/02/24 (3)

I certainly did! (NT) - Kal Rubinson 08:16:34 05/03/24 (2)

- kuma 19:08:00 05/03/24 (1)

? - Kal Rubinson 05:05:20 05/04/24 (0)

RE: I'm in Row E tomorrow................. - blakey 15:54:13 05/01/24 (1)

Rattle/Berliner... - kuma 23:15:25 05/02/24 (0)

Three soloist - jimbill 15:46:08 05/01/24 (0)

Did that at the ASO years ago for Orff's piece - E-Stat 11:36:50 05/01/24 (0)

BTW, I've sat in the first couple of rows too - not ideal - Chris from Lafayette 00:51:32 05/01/24 (1)

RE: BTW, I've sat in the first couple of rows too - not ideal - pbarach 03:49:29 05/01/24 (0)

That commercial was a totally masterful concept! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 20:50:51 04/29/24 (0)

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RE: "Nearfield" at a concert hall? Physically impossible...but, have you considered Anechoic ? - Todd Krieger 00:14:34 05/11/24 (0)

RE: "Nearfield" at a concert hall? Physically impossible...but, have you considered Anechoic ?

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