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Have you tried putting your seating position in the corner of the room, and use the opposite corner for components and speakers each side of that? You could probably get away with that with the OB speakers you have now.
Would certainly open things up with the doorway behind you
I tried it with the couch facing this way, but it just didn't work. Open baffle you really do need the front wall to be even (whats behind the speakers)
Your couch is right against the wall. If you're willing to give up a few inches (4 to be precise) then there are acoustic panels that you could put there. For experimental purposes, you can get some fiberglass or cotton insulation and build the panel yourself. Something like 2 inches of insulation in a frame of 2x4 where there's a hollow in the panel that is against the wall. I forget the name of the manufacturer that makes nice looking panels like this.Alternatively, as diffusion on the back is more a la mode these days, an artsy acoustic diffuser might work there as well.You'd want one that's mathematically defined (qrd?). Try searching for "Wall Art Panel Acoustic Diffuser" to see if anything out there is palatable to you.
That is a tough room. One thing is the right speaker is also closer to the wall versus the left. You can't change the room, maybe consider changing the couch out for a chair? You could remove that table right of the couch and if you need to keep the couch in that room, move the couch's arm all the way toward that hall way. Get a chair (use that office chair for now) put it where the TV is and the speakers on the wall right across. In that position you can pull the speakers out into the room little more as well. Your distances to the side wall would be more equal in that arrangement, not have the huge window behind your speakers. Just a thought, not sure if possible. Just need to keep experimenting with it. Best of luck!
Shared living spaces are always tough, both in terms of getting the setup dialed in and also getting enough treatments into the room. For setup I'd experiment -- apart from the challenges of open baffle speakers (especially with getting an accurate bass response), it's good to have the reflection points on the side walls & ceiling and hte front corners behind the speakers available for treatments. Rear wall behind you also help as you've observed (if it's noticeably better with those office ceiling tiles it will be really good with actual treatments). Let us know how we can help if you are thinking of using GIK treatments, we can do a deeper dive.
Looking at the latest picture you posted, personally I would move the system round and have the speakers backing on to the wall on the right of where the couch is at the moment and having your back where the TV is. You will have a more even symmetry things happening on the left and right of the speakers, yes you will have windows nearer the left speaker but still more even than the big space next to the left speaker you have now.I will never understand why anyone would have a subwoofer near any wall? Give what I say a try, it will cost you nothing more than your time and if you don’t like it put it back. To make any system sound good, symmetry is key. At the moment you don’t have that. At the moment having a great big space next to your left speakers and sub really plays havoc with the reflection time signature of your system. You really need what is going on the left and right hand side of the speakers to be as close as possible.
i also would like to see the speakers against the wall where you have the wall clock and chair in front of the tv. I'd have the speakers 4' from side and 5' from back wall. Basically, give up half your living room to your speakers. I never had OB speakers before, but I'd imagine them being farther from wall would cancel out some of the unevenness. after looking at pic again, with description above, you should have less unevenness since you'd have solid walls on both sides (well window on left side).
