Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad

The ideal system will have balanced input mono amps right behind the speakers keeping the speaker wires as short as possible. Balanced ins and outs let you use long low level signal cables without ill effect. Now you can put the rack anywhere in the room you want unless you have a turntable in which case you want to get it as far away from the speakers as possible in a place where the bass is not amplified. Mine is in an alcove off to my left side. 

yyxsantabarbera, I use Canare D206 AES/EBU cable with Neutric gold XLRs. I use it for long balanced runs and also digital transfer in any length. it is an ultra wide bandwidth cable. 
Caphill, Magico's flagship speakers are the Q7 mkII. I expect you to have them next week!

Millercarbon, what planet are you living on? Here on earth when dealing with very low impedance devices like loudspeakers you want a cable that has as low series and parallel resistance as is possible which means as short as possible. Since I make my own cables I don't have to worry about price much. Canare D206 can run in lengths up to 300 feet without a significant drop in bandwidth. Since all my cables are either digital or balance analog with the exception of my phono cables and speaker cables, I have perfectly performing cables at an extremely reasonable price. I could even put them in a fancy sheath, make up some marketing BS and sell them to people like you for $6000.00. But since I am stupid I make them for my friends usually as gifts. I buy the stuff in big rolls so I have all this wire hanging around.  

Oh and yyzsantabarbera, Benchmark meets the AES standard so you are in great shape. Get another AHB2, strap them and put them behind your speakers. I promise you will love that. Thanx for the recognition:)