My three front MG1.6 fill the room with sound that is remarkably uniform throughout the room. Volume and soundstage are unaffected as you move around the room. The Maggies are usually about 4 feet out when in serious use, and I push them back when not in use. The room is very irrugular in shape and quite large with stairway and large hall openings, and perhaps this is why my speaker placement is non-critical.
Over many years of playing around with Maggies I have noted some interesting things about placement.
Ideal results are obtained in a very large room (like a gym) with high ceiling with the Maggies about 40% of the way into the room (almost in the center) and best of all hung from the ceiling.
Sit directly in between two Maggies, so that you are listening "edge on". Sounds like a headset. There has also been some discussion of an unconventional placement with the edges directed towards the listener and the front and back waves reflected (Bose-like) from the front and side walls.
Outdoors they are useless.
Over many years of playing around with Maggies I have noted some interesting things about placement.
Ideal results are obtained in a very large room (like a gym) with high ceiling with the Maggies about 40% of the way into the room (almost in the center) and best of all hung from the ceiling.
Sit directly in between two Maggies, so that you are listening "edge on". Sounds like a headset. There has also been some discussion of an unconventional placement with the edges directed towards the listener and the front and back waves reflected (Bose-like) from the front and side walls.
Outdoors they are useless.