i am just gonna take a stab here and say go with the parallel, slightly in front. with the quad polar design, it wont be very noticable, if hardly at all.. i think you should definitely have the QS8's 'facing' into each other, toward the listening position, so the facing the TV scenario seems very bad.

thats my 2 cents worth.

sounds like a good set-up.. be sure and post some pics when you are up and running.

bigjohn

EXCUSE ME, ARE YOU THE SINGING BUSH??