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Re: Excellent document, thanks Michael. Further questions.

*** That seems very close, but nowhere could I find why that distance is recommended. Even in my small room, I am further than that... Should I move the speakers closer? What is the studio monitoring distance you use? ***

Pure speculation on my part, but I suspect it's because of the inverse square law of amplifier power required to generate a particular sound level which increases exponentially as distance increases.

Basically, if the speakers are relatively close, you don't need a lot of amplifier power to generate the recommended average monitoring level of 78-85 dB SPL. If you sit twice that distance, you may find you need hundreds of watts to be able to generate the same sort of levels without clipping. If you sit further still, suddenly you need thousands of watts to generate the same level.

For example, in my room, my 250 watt/channel amplifiers are barely sufficient for me to be able to play music at 85dB SPL without clipping.

*** If we just assume that everyone has bass management at home ***

I wouldn't make that assumption. For example, I deliberately do NOT engage bass management. I don't do any processing on any of the channels.

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