Why doesn't nearfield listening get more love?

[Joaquinín]

What do you think of this?:
https://audioxpress.com/article/non-linear-amplitude-modulation-of-loudspeakers
"Consequences for Listening
The significant relationship by a factor of approximately 10000 of the membrane travel amplitudes between recording and play back leads to a non-linearity, generating inter alia harmonic and intermodulation distortions. At deep notes and high SPL these distortions can easily dominate the distortions generated by a good loudspeaker chassis at relatively small listening distances. This may, for example, be the case for monitor rooms. Consequently, one must not go below a minimum listening distance (e.g., 3m) to achieve a fairly undistorted sound experience."
I have a very good setup at workplace (nearfield Neumann Kh-80 + Arendal 1723 1S sub; Dirac Live Bass Control; the room is very spacious and also very well damped acoustically). My home speakers are certainly not as neutral (BC Acoustique Gange + BK XLS300 sub below 50hz), but they sound subjectively "cleaner/purer" at 3.5 meters distance (without any digital room correction!). The workplace sound is certainly more neutral, but at home everything is more relaxed and less grainy...

 

[respice finem]

In my room 0.5 meters/1.64 ft listening distance to my speakers, then I might as well use headphones.

I may have missed this in the thread, but has it addressed or emphasized the advantages of point source speakers for near field listening?
Intuitively, if I were to have speakers placed at 1-0.5 meters/3.3-1.64 ft, I would want some good point source speakers.

It may be subjective, but at least with my 1,3 m desktop setup, I hear "normally". Maybe it would be different at half the distance.

 

[Flaesh]

example.

Vifa TC\TG9, Joachim Gerhard hat-phones

I don't use headphones for music at all. But just in case (for example, listen to matt test for comparation)), I have these:

 

[MattHooper]

Yes, I use headphones at the desk for music—no loudspeakers there currently. Which has the side effect of delineating relaxed listening in a bigger space from work-adjacent stuff.

Interesting, that makes sense.

For my work, I’m listening in nearfield all day long. And I may be working for a very long stretches (anywhere between 10 to 14 hours… sometimes 24 or almost 48 hours in a row)… and yet somehow I’m still able to separate that work from listening to my two channel system, and I still feel compelled to fire up the audio system to relax after work.

 

[Axo1989]

Interesting, that makes sense.

For my work, I’m listening in nearfield all day long. And I may be working for a very long stretches (anywhere between 10 to 14 hours… sometimes 24 or almost 48 hours in a row)… and yet somehow I’m still able to separate that work from listening to my two channel system, and I still feel compelled to fire up the audio system to relax after work.

Such dedication! But it's interesting, when working at home and getting into an area of eg programming or UI intransigence, it's often effective/rewarding to head over to the listening room (currently at the other end of the house) and unwind to some music. Even if I've been listening to music at the desk. The latter was often essential when I worked in other people's offices, but not required so much at may own.