I am Bi-Amping my fronts, and I would have to stop doing that to be able to do 7.1. The right side has a wall, the left is has an opening to where my computer desk is. If I put something on a stand, it just wouldn't look right. I have thought about what you have said. I someday might get another pair of Qs8's and try and hang them from the ceiling. My actual HT area including the connecting room is only about 1900 Cubic Ft. For now I think this is all I can do.
Since the beginning of 08, I have gotten a Denon 3808ci, PS3, Samsung 50PNA550 Plasma, Outlaw LFM-1 Compact, ordered an ED A2-300, and now the Qs8's. I think my wife has been more than accommodating. God love her she really has been good with most of this. It took me years of looking with her before I could get my Paradigm fronts, & center. I happen to go in when the new models were coming out, and I got the floor models in the box with new warranty for about half price.
Thanks for the suggestion.
