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What could be instead of side walls?

i've got a living room where the walls are not facing each other equally. there is no place where it's possible to find equally placed side walls. the system is standing right now in the middle and speakers only moved off the rear wall but placed in very large distance from the side walls.
should i use some immitation of side walls arround the system or it's even better not to have any side walls arround?
currently i experience that the stage is out of focus and floating chaotically during reproduction.
marakanetz

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judit
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I place my speakers along the long axis of the room by preference. My speakers are very far from the side walls and have terrific focus and imaging.

In some of the better articles on speaker placement they suggest that you should separate your speakers as far apart as possible to get the largest soundstage, HOWEVER, when the image begins to break up you have gone too far. Since you can't get further away from your speakers (i.e. a distance equal to the speaker separation), this might suggest that the speakers should be moved closer together.
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