If you had answered that you'd listen from the couch, I'd have told you to not even bother with speakers.
I think a corner placement would have worked if that was the case. It would involve moving the TV off the wall and onto a corner stand. I had that setup before, and it sounded fine.
The interior designer in me wants to replace the wood cabinet with a small chair and pouf ottoman, lower the TV by 6 inches, put a white soundbar or white VP100/M2's on top of the white cabinet, and replace the coffee table with a pair of movable nested tables on top of an area rug.
