Well its that time of year and being a bit slow with work. I had to open the fireplace up for some natural heat and beauty. I had to re arrange my seating position and speakers a touch but, I hardly miss my old setting as this is real damn good. Its not near field but close to it. You sit a bit back from equilateral triangle but the image depth is still 6 feet back, the width is at your sides and around you. I actually like it better . These CLS AMAZE me with their sound. I can live with these for the rest of my days as long as I have a set of back up panels. Bass is no loss. The Fireplace rocks acts like a big diffuser, and the positioning of the speakers makes for no suck out by the opening. I get the beauty and use of it and a new room out of it with a happy other half.