Awhile back I purchased a book called the master handbook of acoustics. I hadn't really had time to read through it until the road trip this past weekend. I stumbled upon a a speaker set up guideline which I was soon eager to try. The book states position your loudspeakers .183 the length of your room from the front wall, .298 the width of your room from the side wall and form and euquilateral triangle with your seating position. So sit exactly the distance between your speakers from them. This should position your listening position about 3/7 the length of your room from the front wall. I tried the set up this morning and had tgood results. Good tight bass response. Excellent imagining. I had been using the cardas method but this by far sounds better to me, no offense george. Maybe lacking a little depth and spaciousness in comparison to cardas, but than again its all about compromise. I found the bass to be much stronger but not boomy. I also checked the results with an spl meter to confirm my findings. Not sure if this will work for everyone, but if you like to experiment with your set as I do, please give this method a shot and let me know what you think.