Veiwing distance.....

5 feet for standard definition (seating distance is 2.0x to 2.5x times horizontal screen width for standard definition. 1.5x to 2.0 for high definition or 35mm) You might not like to sit that close, but for a real cinematic experience, these numbers are accepted to be best. I sit 12.33 feet back from my 80inch wide (92inch diag) screen. Which works out to a seating distance 1.85 times the width. It's just about perfect. At first it was overwhelming, but now I'm used to it.

I suspect some audiophiles are just trying to *not* justify a front projector [or at least a 65 inch]. ;-)

What I used to do with my TV (36 inch 4:3 direct view CRT) was pull my chair up so that I was less than 5 feet from the screen. Then I would just change the speaker toe-in to greater toe-in. But I still left the speaker distance alone (still 9 foot apart, 2.5 feet from the rear wall). After all, I was "just" watching "movies." So I didn't think it was too critical.

Although I like Drew's idea of putting the TV stand on casters. But for me, I had my entire system on the stand, so pulling it out wouldn't have been easy when dealing with speaker cables. But that certainly let you not have to re-adjust your speakers.

If I cant move my speakers any closer together, what is the best happy medium for sight and sound in your guys' opinion?