Speaker Width?

So it's not that I'm not aware of those aspects, its that I can't pull them any further into the room because my girlfriend doesn't like how that would look. (maybe a couple inches which I'll figure after I figure whch width). Just looking for advice on closer to the cabinet or closer to the walls which is most likely to give the best effects for being in a room that is wider than it is deep (best I can work with)

I always set up my rooms along the width. It's a much better solution for a variety of reasons. I'd get those things down to at least 10 feet apart, if not 9 or 8. It'll make for much more coherent center fill. 

Oh man you are just killing those speakers having them jammed up against the wall like that.  There are only two or three speciality makes designed specifically for that kind of placement.  With all that furniture in the way, I'd try and move them closer to each other and listen from a bit closer also.  This last can be achieved by moving them out from the wall.  They need air to breathe. 

Hi bclark, If you put something on the bottom of your speakers so that you could pull them out for listening and push them back when not, maybe your girlfriend would be OK with that! I installed -Herbie's Lab- "Giant Fat Gliders" on my speakers so I could do just that.Good Luck, Tish