Thanks for all the great advice! For your info, the speakers are in a 12 x 10 with hardwood floors, two couches, one bookshelf and one coffee table. I can, unfortunately, move the front speakers no more than 20 cm from the front wall. Although I'd rather not do this, I might have to resort to a high x-over frequency, say, 150 Hz in order to "get around" the bump. Good plan or no?

I will be experimenting with the x-over and speaker placements over the next couple of days. I'll post my results soon.

Thanks again all, you guys are great.