gallo reference 3.0 positioning?

I bought a pair of the pricy Mapleshade stands (4" maple platforms with "Megafeet" underneath) and they literally transformed my Gallo Ref 3s. More openness, clarity, dynamics, bass .... all the good stuff. "Course they cost nearly $700 which has to be a consideration.

I found that mine sounded much better way out into the room. They are currently 8' from the back wall and at least 3' from the sides. Woofers out.

I have the luxury of a very large dedicated room, but if you can accommodate them, these are extraordinary speakers. Oh, and they love tubes. Good luck, Dave

thanks for the advice so far. i have simply noticed that there is more air and treble info if the tweeter is pointed more on axis with the listeners ear. in regards to the mapleshade stands, i can see them offering more stability, isolation, better bass, but it looks as though it aims the tweeters way above the listener's ear, defeating the difference i seem to be hearing pointing them at the listener's ear? on axis they definitely sound more open than before to my ears.

One of the main points of the Mapleshade stands is that they give you MORE tilt than the stock set-up. I found this to be very desirable, but obviously you don't. FWIW, I have mine toed in slightly but not pointing directly at me.

I think the original poster is talking a bout tilting them downwards instead of upwards... Please correct me if I'm wrong

We need more information to be able to give a response to your question. How are they positioned now? Distance from each other and from your listening position? How much toe in? What are the rest of your components? How heavily damped is your room?

I have never experienced "muffled and dull" from my Gallos but pointing straight at you will increase the energy from the midrange drivers. The tweeter energy wont change much based on my experience from toe in. The rake of the speakers will be different for every room and person based on seat height, your height, and distance from the speakers.

Mine are toed in so that I can just see the inside face of the woofer (woofers facing in) so the midrange drivers are pointing just behind my chair. Distance apart is 10 feet. Distance to my chair is 11 feet. My room set up is not symetrical but both speakers are more than 5 feet into the room and more than 4 feet from the side walls. I do change the toe in from time to time for a different perspective on the size and depth of the soundstage.

I built my own bases using Mapleshade's specs and I am using Edensound heavy brass footers. The front to back difference in the height of the footers is 3/4".

I have played with the front to back height extensively and I find this to be optimum for my setup.

I also found the Mapleshade style base to be a great improvement in the overall sound from the stock base.