My listening space is a challenge as well. I flipped through Floyd Toole's book "Sound Reproduction" for inspiration. He suggested playing on the diagonal and that works really well with my room. So set up the speakers such that you look at the corner of the room between the speakers when you listen. I don't know if that'll work for you, but I thought I'd throw it out there as it's an often overlooked option.
Tom
Tom
^Yeah corner setup is fun to experiment with at least. There is listening position like you describe, but also in the corner. Put chair in the corner of the room, toe-in the speakers toward the corner if needed. Effects of room to perceived sound is very very different, a good listening experiment.
Getting various perspectives to the sound in room and how positioning affects helps a lot to tune the positioning, iow the sound.
Getting various perspectives to the sound in room and how positioning affects helps a lot to tune the positioning, iow the sound.
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Waveguides in those positions would sound good but the soundstage would be limited to between the speakers. Rotating the setup like @john k... suggested would make waveguides sound like they had a soundstage wider than the speakers (as if coming from the whole front wall) because side reflections are equal. The other advantage of rotating the setup is you don't have the wall directly behind your head. If it's a projecting screen thing, solve the projection screen because it's easier than solving the audio problems of your original proposed setup.