Why no Room Tuning Questions?

My room is so oddly shaped that I don't think I have any/few bass problems. I mainly want to treat the 1st reflection points and BETWEEN my Maggies. I think that will help imaging / staging.
My intent is to make 4"x2'x4' and hang them 2" from wall on 'standoffs'. There is a huge wall....12'x6' which is at a 45 and in a direct line with the nearest/left channel speaker.

WAF is going to be the decider. If I had a really deep pocket, I'd build a custom room of phi proportions and use some of the available sound control products.

I have the Radio Shack analogue SPL meter and the Rives disc which compensates for the meters response curve.

Magfan:

As a fellow maggie owner(20's) I've done quite a bit of room tuning.

Biggest improvment was as you suggest killing the side and rear reflections.

Adding traps to the front wall between the speakers killed the stage. Adding diffusion between the speakers opened the stage up.

A nice rug and the biggest leather couch you can get is also a good start.

John C.

I built a beautiful dedicated listening room in my last house. The final touch was home-made sound absorbers. It was an easy process; I made the frames out of 1x 4's and filled with O.C 702, wrapped them in cheap thin cloth. I had 2 2'x4' on each side wall slightly in front of each speaker. 2-2x4 on the ceiling a few feet in front of the speakers and 4- 2'x8' standing diagonal in each corners. I'd be happy to send you a pic if you want. They did make a difference and probably no different than the fancy stuff you pay hundreds for.