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I'm struggling with getting my new basement set up properly. I've attached a picture to help describe, which should be more or less to scale. I'd appreciate any thoughts/input.
I'm currently only setup with Monitor 70 floorstanders (red boxes), and an entertainment center with a Polk CS2 center (green line). The orange stars are where my ceiling is wired for surrounds, but none are there yet. My next project is a sub, which I may DIY. We'll see.
My couch/chair is about 14 foot from my TV, and my front speakers are spread about 10 feet apart due to the gas fireplace being in the way. Which leaves the person sitting in the chair is pretty much out of any "sweet spot" sound wise.
I'm considering moving the speakers to where the purple boxes are, which would put them 15' apart and 10' from the couches. It seems like widening them would get me a larger sound field, but I'm not sure if that puts them too close to the couches. I'd also move the entertainment center closer to the fireplace to center it between the new speaker locations.
Thoughts? Will this help, or am I just locked into a poor room design? I'd thought about spinning everything so it faced the bar, but then no one in the rest of the basement could see the TV. I pretty much have to have it where it is.

I'm struggling with getting my new basement set up properly. I've attached a picture to help describe, which should be more or less to scale. I'd appreciate any thoughts/input.
I'm currently only setup with Monitor 70 floorstanders (red boxes), and an entertainment center with a Polk CS2 center (green line). The orange stars are where my ceiling is wired for surrounds, but none are there yet. My next project is a sub, which I may DIY. We'll see.
My couch/chair is about 14 foot from my TV, and my front speakers are spread about 10 feet apart due to the gas fireplace being in the way. Which leaves the person sitting in the chair is pretty much out of any "sweet spot" sound wise.
I'm considering moving the speakers to where the purple boxes are, which would put them 15' apart and 10' from the couches. It seems like widening them would get me a larger sound field, but I'm not sure if that puts them too close to the couches. I'd also move the entertainment center closer to the fireplace to center it between the new speaker locations.
Thoughts? Will this help, or am I just locked into a poor room design? I'd thought about spinning everything so it faced the bar, but then no one in the rest of the basement could see the TV. I pretty much have to have it where it is.