5.1 Speakers or soundbar? Odd shaped living room

[rwm24]

I've recently moved house and now most of the important things are sorted it's time to address the terrible sound my TV produces.

I currently have an Onkyo 507 receiver and Jano A102 speakers that I bought about 4 years ago. However at the moment they are stuffed in a box in the spare room at the moment, due to the layout of the living room.

Here are some pictures:

Bonus cat included in picture 2

Here is a fantastic paint scribble of the layout, without dimensions.

Is it possible to use the speakers I've already got and make it presentable? If so, where should we place the speakers? We don't really want a speaker on the left side of the sofa, as that would be in the middle of the room.

Alternatively if that isn't possible: A soundbar. I have trouble hearing voices, so I've been tempted to purchase a Yamaha YAS101bl which has a "ClearVoice" setting. Unless someone has any better soundbar suggestions?

 

[rwm24]

I would set up your current speakers and see how they do rather than splash out without even trying. The rear left speaker would probably sit on top of the bookshelf as close to the seating position as possible. Eventually wall mounting or ceiling mounting would be better. Adjusting the individual speaker levels would be helpful - I don't know if your receiver can do this.

Your Feng Shui is tricky!

That would mean running speaker cable all the way around the living room to the book case. Another thing we don't really want to do I know this is probably always going to be the case though.