Thanks to all for your helpful replies. Bob - you're right - this has confirmed that experimentation is the order of the day. Currently, I don't have any choice as to placement, but soon I'm going to be able to free up one or the other side walls, and ultimately there will be some remodelling. I was curious if there was any sort of consensus as to the best approach but, like everything in this hobby, it's not that easy :-)
Equipment Stand placement?
With so much focus on reducing vibration and other environmental detriments to good sound, I wonder where the best placement for the equipment rack in a listening room would be. It seems that with rear-ported speakers that are out from the back wall, that putting the equipment along the back wall between the speakers would be subjecting it to increased vibration. Putting it along a side wall puts it more in line with the first reflection point, and therefore more sound waves.
What are people's preferences for sound rack placment and why? -Kirk