Putting your components inbetween your speakers.

I do not like an image and soundstage that deep with my system.

Hang on lets get this right, this is not a false image/depth impression, it doesn’t happen with every recording, only with ones that have been recorded with it, others can sound as flat as a pancake.

Just get hold of Chesky sampling and audio test disc, Part 2 Audio setup test tracks, track 12 Image and depth test, at different lengths up to 4mts back from the from the microphone, then you'll realise with your stuff between the speakers you've ruined your image/depth as seen with your eyes and heard with your ears.  

Cheers George

For imaging and depth perspective there should be nothing between the speaker, and the back wall between the speakers should be as far back as possible.
I can say is Neville Thiele (rip) taught me this, and the result was a no brainer, so much so I even took the wall out in-between the speakers and left just a short 1.5mt wall behind each speaker for loading purpose, and the depth of image increased even more, to a visual/aural placement of depth imagery up to 5mts back behind the speakers.

Cheers George

Putting your components inbetween your speakers.

Good if you want to ruin your depth and sound staging ability.

Cheers George