Room Treatments for Maggies


Can anyone share advice on how to approach room treatments for Maggies?

Is there a best place to start that will maximize the impact?

I have read a number of posts on various sites on the internet that say traps up in the corners of the front wall help a lot but I do not know if this applies to Maggies as well as box speakers.
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Showing 3 responses by maplegrovemusic

Absorption ,Absorption, Absorption. Bass traps in the corners of your room. If you are a Diy person buy some Johnsmaville 814 2'x4' acoustic panels and cut them into triangles and stack floor to ceiling. I did all 4 corners of my room. Also a wall of the panels behind the speakers.
The bass probably quadrupeled. And the added bass makes the mids and highs better too.The highs are less forward.It just adds weight to all aspects including sounstage depth and width . My system does not even sound close to what it did without the room treatments.The best $700 ever spent .Like night and day difference. You have no idea what you are missing. I read people saying to use houshold items for absorption and diffusion and it is not even close to the real thing.I could go buy a bigger better amp/preamp and not get the same results as what the treatments did. also made some knockoff stand out of 2x4 's for $20.00.You will notice better bass with them.
If you have never heard maggies in a treated room you will never know what you are missing. Like the saying goes "Ignorance is bliss".
Elizabeth , You mention the waf for room treatments. If your wife will accept one of the largest speakers known to man (magnepan speakers) in a room, i think they would accept something less abtrusive as room treatments. No ?