[jk@home]

I took a measurement of where my ear height was this evening and it turns out that raising the MMG's up 16 inches puts the center of the speaker within a 1/2 inch of my ear. I found this height to be the most open, but still couldn't get over the congestion in the music. Toeing them in more didn't seem to help much. At this point I would opt for the 8 inch even though it isn't perfect either. I continue to have an edgy sound, but at the same time it feels like they are holding back a bit. They just don't sound like they quite want to open up at this height.

Another way of getting the middle of the panel in line with the ear level is tilting them, back or forward, whatever is necessary (instead of raising). In my smallish room, I did this with my MMGs.  I think it also helped in that part of the front wave was going over my head into a bookcase (being diffused), and part of the backwave was being directed to the carpeted floor (being absorbed). Sounded much better than just raising them up on custom stands (in my case Sound Anchors).

As far as toe in, I had mine aimed at the space slightly behind my head.

[jlafrenz]

I have been listening to them tilted forward as I try different heights. Having them on the floor just didn't do it at all for me. The front of my room is fairly well treated with a couple small panels behind the speakers and floor to ceiling bass traps in both corners.

I need to focus more on the toe in and make sure each of them is the same and hitting that point just behind my listening position. This I will admit I have been a bit sloppy on during my listening sessions.

[jk@home]

Room treatments for Maggies can be tricky. I found in my room that diffusers worked better than absorbers on the front wall, even the panel bass traps in the front corners (I used polys there). Absorption on the side walls didn't help much either.

Now playing with mini-monitors, and a room full of absorption works great for that.