Oh crud....I think I completely misunderstood the speaker position for 5.1 verses 7.1. The "side" surrounds are the ones that are associated w/ the 5.1 system and the back surrounds are added w/ the 7.1 system.

So it looks like in either the 5.1 or 7.1 case I'll have to some how figure out how to move the "side" surrounds back closer to the back wall. Ugh...

Thanks...