I have been living with my Vantage speakers for quite some time. I fiddled around with the placement originally and ended up placing them 36" away from the back wall. It sounded pretty good. Recently after seeing some responses to some of my posts. I increased the distance from the back wall by another 12". It made a whole world of difference. The Vantages opened up considerably. There is a whole lot more detail. I made a slight change in the toe in. Where before I had the exact center of the speaker pointed at me, I shifted the center point slightly away from my listening position, and the imaging and soundstage made a noticeable improvement. Its amazing what proper speaker location can do.