Steve,
I like what I hear, and I hope you also!
You can't go further then 52", then your rooms becomes to short?
Did you try to listen from the oppostite direction just fot fun? If you didn't, the life of the mouse is still in danger for a day.
For the stands, the original ones are really to climsy, they dont give the support the speaker should need, either not to swing, to be solid or to be easily and safely moved around. I made custom ones for my 20.1,the change was more then significant. I had problems with bass and lower midrage before in my pretty big room.
Everything mentioned is now in order, even my 16months old boy can now safely sit on the xo behind the speakers, while it is supported by the new stands.
look here:
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=100547.0
