Remove rack or console from between your speakers


Several people have suggested removing components from between the  speakers to add a reflecting surface. If I did this my speaker cables would be as long as 18feet.  Would this degrade the signal much?
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mikelavigne
1,410 posts
03-06-2020 7:01pm
there is no one right answer. and it is somewhat related to the seriousness of your system and asset allocation.

if you have optimized everything else first to a reasonable degree, then having long interconnects and removing your rack from between your speakers might be the next step.

however;
--it might depend on what is on the wall behind the speakers. it could be that your rack is acting like a diffuser and helping if you have a flat bare wall or a big window. those things will not be improved by moving your rack.
--and how much a long interconnect or long speaker cables might cost. you might improve another part of your system with the same budget as the longer cables and get a better net performance gain.

the moral of the story is that other things need to be at a point where this change will help, or it's not worth it.

I concur with Mike.  Plus, my experiences suggest that n the priority of issues to be concerned, this is probably at the bottom of that list...