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IMO all the whining about frequency response is a conditioned response. It is easy to not care about a perfect frequency response if you just stop worrying about it!So that makes placing speakers a piece of cake. All I need it good imaging. no more problems.SO I say get over the audiophile nervosa of perfect frequency response. and you will be a lot happier.
Mine will get a bit bigger when we move next month. I'll go from my square 12x12x8 room into a 17x14x9 room. We'll see how much time it takes me to get that room sounding as good as my square. I know square rooms are supposed to be the bane of the audiophile, but you need to hear mine to appreciate what setting your speakers in a diagonal can do. Even though it's probably not required in the new room, I may try diagonal for the heck of it.
In my experience flat frequency response is an eye-opening revelation. Suddenly everything makes sense. OTOH good imaging requires moving most speakers away from walls (and IMO near-field listening position). That in itself does reduce room effects and so improves frequency response. So in a back door way you are achieving flat frequency response.