steevio wrote:if that was my room, i'd have the speakers on the long (450) wall, i'd have them further apart - 2m and i'd sit 2m away from them, and i would pull them away from the wall about 20cm.
the main thing is not to have them in the corners of the room, or right up against the wall, and try to get them as far apart as you can go up to 2 m.
Doesnt this sit you closer to the back wall than the speakers?