Thanks for all the compliamates of the setup, that was one other thing I forgot to mention is that I do have a 5 year old daughter, thou shes not rowdy in the least, there is that little bit of worry that something is going to get tossed at the speaker.
As far as the Q8's they sound great, but for placement thou, talking to axiom on the way they designed the speaker it is not suppose to be tilted at all but upright to get the full effect, as far as trying different placements, you guys do not even want to know the pain I had to go thru to get that thick A#$ wire to each speaker, for my own sanity were I have them parked is were there staying