Nearfield listening

Reubent,Listener57;

Those Clements are awesome speakers. I remember a local hifi shop growing up carried them. What ever happened to Clements?

Robr45,
Phil Clements is still making speakers under both the Clements, and Solus names.
His company website, Solusaudio.com, shows one of the Solus architectural in wall/ceiling designs retaining his ribbon tweeter.
Not sure if his patented bass loading technique is still a current design feature in any of his current box speakers.

I had the opportunity to hear the Harbeth M40s at a true nearfield, (about three feet away, and 5 feet apart) in an acoustically treated room. Matching REL Stadium 111's, tube amplification, state of the art turntable ( sorry, I don't recollect more specifics ). Let me just say it was a transformative aural experience. As big as they were, when I closed my eyes those M40s just disappeared! I could almost reach out and touch the musicians as they played. Startlingly real 3D sound stage. I never knew what can be achieved with really high end equipment in a prepared environment. But my listening and my goals in approaching my sonic ideal are forever changed. I may never get there at home on my budget, but at least I now know what to aim for. As we can all tell by reading the great information available at A-gon, there are many different ways to get to our own musical Nirvana. The fun is in the quest. And I surely will try to get to that Promised Land.Thanks to A-gon for providing this great forum.

I listened to about 6 ft away on my main system ( Dunlavy V ) and about 5 ft for bedroom/study system (Dunlavy IV). My primary goal is to avoid room reflections. Works great.

Try ATC monitors. The models 11, 19 and 20s work great.