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Speaker placement along the long wall

Does anyone have any experience with speaker placement along the long wall? My room is 15'Lx12W. The rear of the room has a 6' wide opening into the dining room. This allows me to seat in between the two rooms (about 10' from the speaker right now), though it remains domestically unpopular. I'm considering relinquishing the space between the two rooms by moving the speakers along the 15' wall. The only problem is that I'll have about 8' from the chair to the new front wall, thus forcing me into near-field listening. My speakers are sealed box design(Hales Rev3). I'm wondering, before I attempt to re-arrange the living room, how close to the rear wall can these speakers be placed with minimal change in sound quality or any other pros&cons.

Responses are much appreciated.
wywhcan
wywhcan OP
39 posts
 
Sol322,

The dog effect is on track#1. You really have to increase the volume a bit to hear the first dog effect behind you right at the start of the track. Sometimes later the dog moves to the right and the barking is more pronounced. A lot of people miss the first dog effect since it's level is much lower than the second one. There was a thread on this a while back: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1015691388&openflup&1&4#1

BTW, do you get the old man monologue on the first and last track placed squarely to your left? Same for Merv Albert talking on Perfect Sense 2.
wywhcan OP
39 posts
 
Jadem6, Unsound, Lugnut

The speaker wall is completely bare. I may consider a thick wall rug or something. I don't think I'm allowed to place tube traps or any such materials.
sol322
426 posts
 
Wywhcan

Yes I got the dogs and the old man monologue as well.
Where do you hear the cougar(?)roar at the beginning of track one?
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