And what do Maggies sound like near a wall......

The out-of-phase backwave will be reinforced by the nearby back wall, and so will cancel out the front wave more effectively than normal. Bass will be weak. The midrange will be colored by the early reflections off the back wall, and imaging (particularly depth) will be compromised.

While you might be able to aggressively treat the backwave and reduce the midrange coloration and imaging problems, I don't know of any way to effectively address the bass problems short of adding a sub.

I would not recommend Maggies for this application.

In fact, there are relatively few speakers that I would recommend for corner placement. What is your ballpark price range?

Duke

Umn -

If I understand you correctly, you have a location for 14" wide speakers 6 feet in front of the wall. Hmmm. Any chance you could streeeetch that 14" out to 17", and shoehorn in a couple of MG-12's?

If not, then as you probably suspect it's hard to find a $1K box speaker that sounds anywhere near as boxless as the Maggies. Offhand I'd suggest Meadowlark - I'm not sure which models you might find in that price range.

If you had to go back to the corner location, the new Meadowlark Swift might work well. This is just speculation - I haven't heard the Swift yet.

Best of luck!

Duke

Umn -

The first sidewall reflection will have to be treated (diffused or absorbed), but that six feet of open space avaiable behind the MG-12's makes me optimistic. I have used dipoles fairly close to side walls (6" or so) with good results. Sure you'd like a bit more space, but you would with a conventional speaker as well. On the other hand, with the Maggies you'd place the tweeter sections to the inside, so they'd be relatively far from the side walls (compared to a conventional speaker's tweeter).

Remember, a dipole's figure-8 radiation pattern is going to give it less sidewall interaction than a monopole speaker would have. In a less-than-ideal situation as long as you can get plenty of space behind a dipole, it will usually be less room-sensitive than a conventional speaker.

A tall fake plant along either side wall, a couple of feet in front of the speakers, would probably adequately diffuse that first sidewall reflection. You might have to shop a bit for a plant that fits the space well.

Duke