I've been playing around quite a bit today. Most photos I see here have the speakers pointed straight ahead, so I tried that. Immediately the stage widened way out (well duh...) and things changed quite a bit.

Thing is, I can't decide if that actually made it sound better. Maybe I'm trying too hard.

I'm also not satisfied with the bass quality on some stuff, but that's also because I haven't moved the couch to do the crawl test just yet. At times it seems to linger a bit too long. I wonder, if the sub is up next to a wall, 15" away from the corner, would a bass trap in that corner, so it's next to the sub rather than behind it, be useful? Cause if I choose that location (it's what looks best) one of those fake plant bass traps would fit nicely there...

Is there any documentation or common knowledge about the M22s being placed straight on or toed? I noticed that in that new M3 review he prefers them straight on.