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revel Salon 2 seating distance

So I am getting a new room to put my system in, about 35 x 19'. I currently have 2 Salon 2's for R/L and 3 Studio 2's for C/SR/SL. I may try and get a 3rd Salon 2 for the center, but that is not my question at this point.

Given the tweeter height of the Salon 2's, I am wondering what people have found the optimum distance for sitting from the speakers, and also how far you have the back of the speaker from the front wall. Obviously I have a lot of room to play with now (!)

I would like to position the speakers, and then make decision about what I am going to do about a display. I currently use a 60" Kuro, but may move to a projector setup.
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My Salon 2's are positioned 145" from my ears and 118" apart measured from tweeter to tweeter, which is around 82%.
Jim Smith, author of "Get Better Sound " has found that through his experience a good starting point for width is around 80% of the distance from the listeners ears to the tweeters.
I've only had my Salon 2's for a month but I think they are truly world class!
I have Tinnutis in my right ear and a sensitivity to high pitched notes or vocals,I auditioned speakers for the last year and the Salon 2's were the only speaker that didn't give me a certain glare or sizzle in the upper frequencies
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