No no, I don't think the M80's would happen - they're just a little bit outside my price range and there's no good way to rearrange that room so that the speakers are in the short end. Thanks for the advice though!
Believe me, my wife and I have tried different room combinations to try to open up the room a little audio wise and there's just no good way to do it. One short wall is to the outside with a row of windows with a radiator (house built in 1910) in front of them, so anything placed over there would A) block the windows and B) be subject to the heat of the radiator in the winter. The other short wall has a closet that can't be blocked and has no access to outlets or cable (w/o drilling, anyway). Floating the couch 3 or 4 feet from the rear, closet-wall might work if I could be convinced that heat wouldn't be an issue against the windows, but we have hardwood floors and the couch has wheels - so it likes to move.
