New maggie 1.7's ........ need help!

The closer the panels are to the side walls, the better it is to have the tweeter strips on the inside---less sidewall reflection. Three feet from the wall behind the speakers is an absolute minimum, with five feet being much better. Five feet creates a 10 millisecond time difference between the front and rear waves reaching the listening position, the minimum time required by the ear/brain to perceived two sounds as separate events. That prevents the rear wave from "smearing" the sound coming from the front, the rear wave now being perceived as ambience.

Thank you guys, very much appreciated.  

Key advice to try both !
listen !!!!!