Long wall or short wall

Zippy,
Recommendation:
On the long wall, but the front of the woofer is at 1/2 the distance into the room. i.e. you woofer would be at 8'
Place each 5.5ft from the side walls.
Locate your seat AT the rear wall, at mid-point (11ft)
You'll have to play with the toe-in to see what sounds best...start with the drivers pointing slightly behind each year and adjust from there.
LEAN forward and BACKWARD from your seating position and notice the difference in the imaging and bass.
Adjust to taste!
This takes the side wall reflections pretty much out of the equation and also being on the rear wall (boundary) will smooth out the bass.
Give it a try while you are playing with some of the other configurations.
Anybody else ever used this config? Comments if so?
Happy Listening!

I agree with Sean's comments on Cara. For the price I have found it to be a very useful tool. I do have limitations with placement of speakers in my listening room due to a pool table at one end of the room. There are still many choices left for me and I have explored each with Cara and found that for each location Cara did find the best starting point placement for each speaker. Usually a staggard placement I would never have though of. Just to echo Sean's comments, Cara is a very good mathematical modeling tool. But all model goes-outs are subject to the goes-ins.

All of that being said, Cara can't listen for you. I have found that in my room a more conventional setup has worked best so far. I believe it is because of the 7' from each side wall to each speaker and also because of the softening of the 1st reflecting point waves.

I guess what I am saying is that long wall and short wall are relative terms when you take into account the magnitude of each measurement. For instance, in my case it could be said that I listen on the short wall but the width of this short wall allows me to reap the same benefits as long wall listeners.

And don't discount the imaging capabilities of the 10t's. They do require alot of power. I'm feeding mine 300wpc and have been advised by some that they need 400+ to really sing.

Audio Physics is also a big proponent of long wall placement. I had my Virgo's placed this way years ago. Now I have my Watt/Puppy's in pretty much the same config. Check out my pics in systems.

FYI: http://www.audiophysic.de/info/aufstellung/e_index.html

I have always used 'short wall' setups in the different rooms I had, but I have no philisophical problems with the other setup.

I have the CARA CD too. Rives audio has some helpful setup info at their website. Check out http://www.rivesaudio.com if you want to try it.

I do disagree with the suggestion of pulling the speaker 1/2 way out into the room. I can't imagine a speaker or a room in which this would be a rational solution.

If you can do it, play with placement and see what you think.

Nrchy,
Give it a try. This config pretty much takes the "room" out of the equation. I used it in a BAD room config (15' x 15' x 8') and NO room treatment. Nothing on the walls and a rug partly covering the hardwood floor. (this was just a temporary setup)
The imaging was exceptional and the soundstage was excellent. The stage would have been better if I'd had a LONGER wall than 15'. Give it a try.....it'll surprise you.
Happy Listening.