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So you answered your own question from the post before?

That layout looks good. The QS8s will work just fine from there.

I'm impulsive.. lol.

I didn't answer my own question, but I'm stuck dealing with placement in this room. Maybe in the future I'll wall mount and grab a VP160...near future

Chris, since the QS8s will be side surrounds, if you mount them on the back wall rather than the side walls you should separate them as widely as possible. This is to keep as much of a "side" effect as possible, despite their placement on the back wall.

I was planning on putting them on the back wall as rear surrounds, probably the same distance apart as the M80's are (around 9") I'm only running a 4.1 with this setup.

You can't use them as rear surrounds. The surround speakers use the output of the surround channels, which is side surround material. The rear or back surround outputs of a 7 channel receiver can only be used if the side surrounds are in use. Rear surrounds are an addition to, not an alternative to, side surrounds.

So putting them 10' apart would do the trick?

The best placement would be on the side walls, even with, or just a foot or so behind the listening position. If placed on the back wall they should, again, be separated as widely as possible, maybe a foot from the side walls.

Should work well.
If you can try to maintain the equilateral triangle between the centre of the love seat and the M80's.
And don't forget your sub would ideally be placed where it works best for the room.
And (lol) the 87.5°-90° position on the wall,inline with your ears, to the sides of the love seat)may also work for the QS8's. Slightly ahead of the 90° location can have an added benefit IME/IMO.

Here is what I ended up with. I will have to put the QS8's on the back wall because the entrance to the room is left of the couch and a 6' wide window on the right ( no wall to mount it to )
I can put them far apart that is no issue.

What is the ideal height to mount the QS8's?