Speaker placement.

I've tried it both ways in my 12x14 room and prefer the speakers on the short wall (see my virtual system).

Soix and newbee have it right...small room is same as mine...3ft from tweeter to rear/front? wall will provide sound stage...24" stand is standard sitting position,found just over shoulder works best eliminating enough of 1st reflections,just under 6 ft apart is were i ended up.No damping material does make the most of small room and provides some ambience as soix stated.I went from 12 by 22 foot room old house to this small room.I bemoaned it at first...but it has become the best sounding room i have ever had.Small /controllable/hear everything.If you have spikes on stands/no loose ones...ground them/to floor.

@newbee 

+1 

If u wanna do nearfield listening feel free to put them on the long wall and do the equilateral triangle thing if that’s what floats your boat.  But that’s very different from positioning the speakers on the short wall, letting them breathe, and let the room reflections enhance the spaciousness of the performance.  Two totally different and valid approaches.  Just depends on your personal tastes.  Personally, I much prefer the latter, but that’s me.  The good news is, all this placement stuff is free!  So experiment to your heart’s content.  Best of luck. 

I’m in a 13.5x19.5 rectangular room. I prefer my speakers on the short wall 9ft apart and listening about 10 ft back. Speakers are 6ft from the wall behind them. Listening chair is about 4 ft from the wall behind it. Speakers toed in slightly. I much prefer the sense of depth and a ’hall’ type resonance I get from that set up. Positioned in an equilateral triangle on the long wall gives me a more sterile sound and reduced bass energy. 

If I had to deal with your room I would start with the speakers on the short wall 3 to 4 ft out into the room and about 6 ft apart with my listening chair about 3 ft into the room and go from there. Obviously actual set up is highly dependent on your room configuration including windows and doors and the sound will depend on your rooms natural acoustics as well as the effect on furniture, etc. 

FWIW most folks I know who have their system in normal sized homes prefer the short wall. 

Hi  @jawfx01 

It would be great to see your system. This would help in making recommendations. There is a place to put photos.. and identify your components. There are so many variables, and many depending on your speakers and components. It would really help.

Each room depends on speakers, walls, and electronics.

thx

Ring should read " being"

Sorry for not being more clear.

I'm intimately familiar with placement. Like 

you, I got trained with speakers focused just

behind my head.

I'm just curious, if you don't have a square room

Would you prefer to seat closer to the speakers

(Near field) but spaced out further by ring on the

Longer wall or prefer seating further away with perhaps 

"Slightly limited" sound stage. Just curious.

Not sure I understand, but I always prefer putting speakers on the short wall and giving them some space to breathe away from the back wall but still need some space from side walls as well. In that room I’d start with the speakers at least 3’ out from the back wall and 2’ away from the side walls and start there and then adjust to your liking.  You’ll also want to experiment with toe in — I tend to prefer the speakers firing just outside my shoulders, but all this is very speaker, room, and taste dependent so use these only as general guidelines to start and work from there accordingly.  Just my $0.02 FWIW.