I've been there done that. In my small room I had to pull the speakers out into the middle of the room, 5 or 6 feet. The rear wave has to meet the front wave enough to balance the sound. It looks weird but sounds right. Tweeters inside, and the speakers about 2 feet from the side walls or more.
Magnepan MMG Speaker Placement in a Small Room
I just picked up a pair of MMGs and I have a question about speaker placement. My listening room is very small at 12'x10'. Right now, I have them setup with the tweeter to the inside and 4' off the back wall. Anybody got recommendations on the optimal placement between the speakers? When taking measurements, should I measure at the center of the speaker, the outside edge, or inside edge?