There is nothing that disqualifies this as a "pleasure listening" speaker. I see this misinformation spread all the time because the speaker is labeled a near field monitor. Most near field monitors design are not anything different than the average bookshelf speaker made for home use. Near field is a designation the pro world uses. There is two criteria that defines a near field and most home bookshelves would also be called near field in the pro world.
One criteria is volume level that a speaker can achieve. A small speaker whather a bookshelf or nearfield monitor can only reach reference levels or even near reference if sitting very close. So if one wants to play very loud at a few meters of greater way, they need a bigger speaker. A small speaker simply won't cut it. Sound disperses based off of physics and all because something is labeled near field does not mean it will sound lousy in the midfield or far field, but simply just can't play as loud.
The other criteria which defines near field is if the sound is combined between all the drivers, woofer, mid-range, tweeter at a close distance less than a meter away. So if you had a very large speaker, like a tower speaker on a desk a half meter away you would only hear the drivers that are closer to your ear, the sound wouldn't be combined yet. This type of speaker would be more for the midfield or far field depending on its output capabilities and where the drivers have a combined sound.
Neumann classifies this speaker as a nearfield for the pro market. Many of the Genelec near field monitors also have a home version like the 8010 and the G1, or the 8020 and the G2, etc. They all the sound the same and the only difference between those speakers is some features. Like the home version will have an RCA input instead of a balanced connection, and the home version can turn off the LED on the front. Other than that it's the same speaker. But if you look at the monitor side, you will see a chart with recommended listening distances for the pro world. This has to do with being able to reach a certain volume level at a given distance and is the sound combined at that distance. That's all!
I wish people would stop saying nearfield monitors can't be used farther away in a home. They certainly can!