Well, yes and no. Some here say it is not possible, but set up 50+ pair of Magneplaners in every possible customer room you can think of and you learn a few things.
With Maggies, placement is EVERYTHING! So, you learn by trial and error and experience where they need to be and even, in some rooms, how there is no place where they will be at their optimal placement.
Keep trying until you get the sound as close to what you heard at the concert hall in your room. For Maggies, this typically involves making some changes to the surfaces in the room--adding traps, changing curtains, etc. Depends upon what you will "settle" for, I guess.
I have been lucky enough to have had customers with excellent rooms who purchased the right hardware to bring Maggies to their finest possible sound, which, if you ever have a chance to hear, is so awesome you will swear off box speakers forever. It ain't cheap, and it ain't especially easy however!
With boxes, just keep moving them around. Do you have the newer "tall" boxes? (Gee, wonder where they got THAT idea??) If so, you have a shot at getting it right as far as they go, anyway.
Best of luck, and Cheers!
Richard
With Maggies, placement is EVERYTHING! So, you learn by trial and error and experience where they need to be and even, in some rooms, how there is no place where they will be at their optimal placement.
Keep trying until you get the sound as close to what you heard at the concert hall in your room. For Maggies, this typically involves making some changes to the surfaces in the room--adding traps, changing curtains, etc. Depends upon what you will "settle" for, I guess.
I have been lucky enough to have had customers with excellent rooms who purchased the right hardware to bring Maggies to their finest possible sound, which, if you ever have a chance to hear, is so awesome you will swear off box speakers forever. It ain't cheap, and it ain't especially easy however!
With boxes, just keep moving them around. Do you have the newer "tall" boxes? (Gee, wonder where they got THAT idea??) If so, you have a shot at getting it right as far as they go, anyway.
Best of luck, and Cheers!
Richard