Room Treatments for Maggies

Elizabeth....

I just moved...the most practical room for my music has carpeting (and log walls) In this new environment my maggie 1.7's sound so bad, I can't enjoy...Are you saying that if I put a metal plate between the speakers and the carpeting they will get that brightness back?

I would try to stick something under the end of the legs to squeeze them up a bit. I used some pins for shelving, one under each end of the legs (total eight pins) You could use some thick 3/16 diameter nails, stick the heads out each side near ends of legs (16 nails would do it).
They really stiffen the speaker. If you rock the speaker now, it will sway XX amount. If you stick the nails or pins under the ends, and then try to sway it, it sways way less! and tighter. And the sound is tighter, and brighter too.
If that helps but is not enough, then try the solid something under the legs.
I would try something like a large patio stone if you want to place a solid hard object under the speakers. 2 foot diameter round cement ones are about 75 pound each, or a 24" or so square ones. You could paint them flat black (if concrete, they will take a ton of paint! to cover them. I know)
I used to use round concrete slabs under my previous speakers, Infinity RSIIa.
I put the slabs on tip toes, and the speakers on the slabs, to cut the bass going into the floor (apt dweller)
Using a solid base, not a thin metal one would be better.

Absorption ,Absorption, Absorption. Bass traps in the corners of your room. If you are a Diy person buy some Johnsmaville 814 2'x4' acoustic panels and cut them into triangles and stack floor to ceiling. I did all 4 corners of my room. Also a wall of the panels behind the speakers.
The bass probably quadrupeled. And the added bass makes the mids and highs better too.The highs are less forward.It just adds weight to all aspects including sounstage depth and width . My system does not even sound close to what it did without the room treatments.The best $700 ever spent .Like night and day difference. You have no idea what you are missing. I read people saying to use houshold items for absorption and diffusion and it is not even close to the real thing.I could go buy a bigger better amp/preamp and not get the same results as what the treatments did. also made some knockoff stand out of 2x4 's for $20.00.You will notice better bass with them.

IMO typical room treatments will make your place look wierd. You better already BE married, cuz few and far between will be the women who will dig the look you will have going with standard room treatments. Use the normal stuff people own, instead of outer space trinkets.
Just sayin'.

Elizabeth, I agree. Very few rooms need commercial acoustic treatment, but making your living room look like a recording studio seems to be popular these days. Furniture and window treatments make great acoustic treatment and Maggies are one of the easiest speakers I have ever worked with.