You need 2 things to set your speakers up properly. The stands and the owners manual.
I should have the stands by Friday Night, so I'll be doing a lot of that stuff when I get home.
Once you get the speakers higher up on the stands and set the back tilt, that problem will go away. Also, if you bought a new amp, its probably not broken in yet. Make sure you get at least 100 hours on it before you do any serious listening.
Cool. I will look forward to that. Also the amp is like... 1-2 years younger than me. I think it's broken in ;)
55...60"'s too close. split them at least 6' apart.
Currently they are about 73" apart edge to edge from the toed in inside front edge.