For Magnepans try the "Rooze" comfiguration

The last time I heard 901's was at a friends apartment before my audio days. If 901's sound anything like the Rooze maggie setup I defintly need to buy a pair of 901's.

The best sound I have gotten out the MMG's before this was to put them in the corner of very hard room(hardwoods floors, no furniture)so that behind the speakers it goes back into a point which is the room's corner. That was great, this is incredable. If you have Maggies I encourage you to give it a try and then go to AA and thank Rooze.

((chuckles at Nrenter's response))

Is this a joke?

As a long time Magneplanar fan, this is a little out there for me.

It would be very interesting to hear of other experiences if any of you are inclined to experiment.

What happens to the bass? In my experience, Magneplanars can have very good bass, but for me this has only happened with my back near the wall in front of the speakers and behind my chair.

Well I'm both pleased and relieved that it's working so well for others.
Rooze rhymes with ruse and also my last name, so just a little play on words to keep people guessing.
But this is not a joke, it's a very serious re-alignment of listening priorities. The 'new' setup does not fare well under the typical audiophile scrutiny that we typically apply to any new tweak, component or parameter change. It has some deficiencies when we start to think about the usual audiophile checks and balances, but if we're just interested in enjoying music then the presentation is hard to beat.
I won't get into the specifics, since I'd just be repeating myself, but anyone with the time and inclination should give this a try. I haven't had much time to optimize speaker/chair position for the new setup, so I suspect there is a lot more performance to be had from the idea.

I wasn't aware of the Bose 901 principal of operation before trying this, but from what I've learned since, doesn't the Bose method have drivers firing into the front wall (behind the speaker), and drivers firing at the listener? That would tell me that there are the usual issues with transparency, since there are still direct-firing drivers, and also an issue with time-alignment, since the distance from the rear-firing drivers to the front wall is a variable. Again, I know very little about the Bose method so I may have this completely wrong.

All I can say about the 'maggie method' is that there are no direct firing drivers, all the sound is reflected. One would expect the sound to be diffuse, but it isn't. One would expect room influences and reflections to be more influential, but they are not. You hear significantly less of the room affecting the sound negatively.

Well, I'm not trying to sell you anything other than a dose of madness, and even that is free if you call with your credit card in the next 24 hours.

Rooze.