Speakers are slid back to non-operating position in this picture. When I listen I pull them out into the room to precise locations.
As you can see I cover the TV with a heavy down blanket. I tried placing a GIK 244 panel there but it did not fit well. Fortunately the blanket seems to do the trick.
I moved them around a bit last night. It took lots of experimentation over several months previously to get them optimally arranged and toed. They seem to be best placed where I normally put them - plane of the face of speakers about 3' in front of face of cabinet, flanking each side, so nothing at all directly behind each speaker. So I'm going to live with it until we move. Don't get me wrong - they sound fantastic. I was hoping the concensus would be that 3' was plenty of space to avoid cabinet interference. But I suspect I am not hearing all they can be with that cabinet there. Likely not getting best 3-D effect or maximum depth of field. No issue with bass or mid-bass.
Oh, and the walls are not yellow/gold as they appear in the picture - yuk! Don't know why they show up like that.