[GaryProtein]

Cyril, there are actually differences between the Infinity IRS-V and the Genesis 1.2. The Genesis has ring tweeters and a single midrange ribbon while the Infinity has EMIT tweeters and EMIM midranges. The Genesis 1.2 also has 12-12" woofers per channel (six front and six rear facing-it's dipolar) and the Infinity has only six 12" woofers per channel all facing front. The woofer amplifiers are also different. The Infinity has one 2 kW amplifier for each woofer tower and the Genesis 1.2 has six separate, 400 watt amplifiers, one for each front and rear facing pair per channel (2.4 kW for each channel of the woofers).

Jim, I do have my speakers arranged a bit differently. In the owner's manual, it states that you can set the speakers up either way, in a line or the midrange/tweeter towers in front. They can also be arranged in an arc focused on the center seating position. My speakers are about four feet front the front wall. Since my listening room is not separate from the rest of the house--it's actually a room we use a lot for entertaining and I use that system a lot for listening even if I'm not in that room, I didn't want to pull the speakers still farther into the room. Four feet from the front wall gives enough room for the speakers to breathe.