Haha, I think your [0] is pretty much the common case for most who care for good sound. I had that setup once (35m² dorm room with a bed, a couch+small table, c

Haha, I think your [0] is pretty much the common case for most who care for good sound. I had that setup once (35m² dorm room with a bed, a couch+small table, cloths rack and a desk - and two 1,40m/4.5ft speakers in the middle of the room). Yes: There is a VERY good point to arranging the room around the speakers. But that's difficult to explain to an SO who doesn't care for good sound and/or who prefers a more multi-functional living room. If you're listening alone, and don't care for a small sweet spot: In our study room I'm VERY happy using a DIY FAST/WAW system with a large full range speaker. The 4" FR (Tangband W4-2142) has some heavy beaming at higher frequencies. The sweet spot is rather small (I put it in front of my main display) - but reflections are a non-issue. The result is a very good sound stage. I implemented the cross over into a DSP (Beocreate Amp) and have one channel for each of the two drivers per side. But the only "real" correction I apply is at the low end (less room modes & extension to 40Hz at expense of ~9dB less SPL_max. Pretty nice for 4l encased volume and two 4" drivers).