>>Plus the left speaker when not in use I can kind of hide it behind the tv if need to.

Um... yeah... like hiding an elephant behind a bay leaf

One other question for you -- with the current layout (one speaker right beside a wall, the other out in the open) don't you find that your stereo imaging gets seriously messed up ? I expect moving the left speaker to the other side of the opening would help because the wall reflections on each channel would be better matched...

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