Smug ? Probably not. Is it forbidden to achieve what you want in life to some extent, and be happy with that ? Remeber being young ? Sure, I remeber being young, everybody does. And not all of us regret having matured a bit and lost some narrow certitudes. As to the speaker placement, yeah, sure, it's questionnable. But as you can't see the other speakers, nor the room, even less where I sit in the room, the acoustics of the place, plus it's my setup, I get to decide where the speakers are placed