Apologies, my man. I couldn't tell from the pictures or diagram what all else is in the room. I can't imagine why Lou would say that unless it was to make a new customer more comfortable and I sure don't know what he means. Waveforms is waveforms and bare walls is bare walls. That's not to say you aren't getting good sound, my assertion is simply that you could get a lot better, circumstances permitting. Question: When you say 18' away, do you mean from the wall or the plane of the speakers? If it is from the wall and your speakers are out 4' from the the back of their cabinets, then you would be sitting approx 12' to 13' from the plane of the speakers. That's going to eat up a lot of floor space of your domicile. I don't know if it's worth it not even if it didn't cause your room is 14' wide and your speakers need to be out from your side walls 15" more or less from the edge of their cabinets. Haven't been there, haven't done that. Try it at your leisure if you care to. If you could sit nearer the apex of an equilateral triangle, then I would be, rather I could be, more encouraged. But, I think you've had about enough of that. Ya'll be cool. jim