I guess I would have to see a picture of your room. But, the Q's are forgiving on placement, and you will adjust your receiver to compensate for different distances. The Q's don't "have" to be pointing directly at you because the whole purpuse of their design is to wrap around you, they are not a bookshelf speaker that would normally pointed towards you. You do want them pointing in the general direction and to the sides of the seating area though. For a normal 5.1 setup, they should be slightly behind the seating area to help simulate the rear channels your missing, but this is not a must.
