Wow, these are excellent for 600 a pair.
I wonder how these would do near field.
Would these work in an nearfield (1.1-1.2 meters) situation?
How well would they work in a near-field application?
I second this.
They are quite deep and large for such a use. While I did not test them as such, I stood in front of them while playing and it seemed to integrate well.
It's true that many woofers have bumps at or a little under 1 kHz. (This is distinct from the baffle step, which affects all woofers in a cabinet and can usually be easily compensated for by the crossover). The culprit is resonant modes at the point where the cone meets the surround. Modest bumps (or dips) aren't worth fixing, but larger ones are, and it usually requires a 3-component trap circuit. Premium priced drivers can be just as prone to this problem as cheapies. I recently got a distress call from Jim Salk who had just measured one of his flagship SS9.5 towers and found a very prominent peak at 900 Hz coming from the uber-expensive AT (Skanning) midwoofers. AT apparently had changed the surround or sourced materials from a different supplier, and the dreaded midrange bump had reared its head. I had to completely redo the crossover to get things back to normal.
Below animation is not a answer if its good nearfield or not but should give a feel what happens at 2 meter standard of CEA2034 spins verse closer distances, also note for interested users in this size category that some frequencyes will wrap all around enclosure and in this regard this one is square on all surfaces where M16 have some care invested get the enclosure sides in a kind of more round shape.
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