There are obviously some disagreements here.

Let me summarize my point because I think it was mistaken by a couple folks here. As you budget for monitors, you should also budget for acoustic treatment - whether it's DIY or purchased off the shelf. No matter what levels you use your nearfields (nearfield varies by the acoustic pattern off of monitors - just look at the waveguides on any tweeters of nearfields and you'll find a host of disagreement amongst manufacturers as to what constitutes the near-field), you will have reflections that need management.

I know all about what near field, far field, evanescent field, and so forth mean. I could bore you with equations and graphs for hours on end on the topic.

-Scott

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