MG12 QR Maggies with Mye stands, or 1.7i's with stock stands?

Thanks for the reply.  My room is in the basement with low ceilings (sadly) and oddly shaped - one wall opens to a stairway.  Basically 22' by 15' across, with 5' of it 6'3" ceiling, and the other 10' with 7'3" ceiling (darned plenum!).
I have the room arranged with one end of the room a theater and the other half my listening area.  I have the maggies essentially in the middle of the room facing away from the theater area, with the listening position against the wall.  I had it the other way (with the maggies about 4' from the wall) but found I got more spaciousness this way.  

I spent a lot of time looking at Peter Gunn's website yesterday, sounds rally good, but my wife says "they look like doors" - ugh.

Also found the MUG site and some crossover tweaks that look interesting - so i may just try those, and am thinking of building a base for them to get them solid to the floor.  I do think PG's thoughts that the wood absorbing the waves is an interesting observation and may ultimately lead me there.  I'll keep you posted, but it may take me some time to find time to get there!  thanks again all!  

Bought the 1.7s a couple years back and love them. I didn’t get custom stands but rising them off the floor a bit and changing tilt angle goes a long way. I, too, like to mod and I changed the high register cap to cut the glare. Changed out the lousy steel jumpers and connectors. Use newest model Anticable speaker cables. Drive them with custom Odyssey monos and a Don Sachs pre. Run high res downloads thru an all tube DAC with NOS tubes. I’m very happily listening to great music just about every night. Those 1.7 (i) are one of the best values in audio IMHO. Buy them.

The 1.7Is are well beyond the MG 12 even w My stands.
 Best
JohnnyR