GAWDs New HT Room Setup Questions

[GAWD]

Alright...upgraded pretty much everything I had. Here's what my last room looked like:

Blu-ray Forum - GAWD's Album: New HT - Picture
Blu-ray Forum - GAWD's Album: New HT - Picture

here's what my room now looks like
Blu-ray Forum - GAWD's Album: New HT - Picture
Blu-ray Forum - GAWD's Album: New HT - Picture

Sold everything and bought some new and used gear:

Blu-ray Forum - GAWD's Album: New HT - Picture

Now I've played around with my last system to acheive the best possible Stereo performance I could get but found it lacking and wasn't perfect for HT. Although the "center image" was fine there was no depth to the soundstage AND once you were sitting to the left of right of the sweet spot you would only hear the L or R channel.

Now for some questions:

Here is my previous toe in pics...the speakers were toed in about 30 degrees...was that way too much?

Blu-ray Forum - GAWD's Album: New HT - Picture

Here are what my speakers look from the side....should the be more forward to match my center channels position?

Blu-ray Forum - GAWD's Album: New HT - Picture


I've tried the room width * .277 and room with width * .450 measurements and I'd pretty much be holding the speakers on my lap with those measurements.

My room is 10 by 18. What would my ideal distance from side wall and rear wall be? I know it a matter of experimenting but where should I start?

Currently they are 11" from the side wall and 16 from the rear wall

I sit about 5 ft from my center channel.

Want this to be the best sounding HT I can get :-) with the help of the guru's on here