System Placement Question

Thank you for the responses.

Personally, I think it's bit impractical to purchase a whole new system simply so I can place it in a particular area of the room. Similarly, I don't think it's practical to turn off the rad just so I can place the system where I want to. In my view, the area is a living space first, a listening environment second.

I eventually decided on the safe route, so I will have the speakers firing along the width of the room (away from the rad). While it is less than ideal, it represents the best compromise given the constraints I'm working with. As it turns out, I will have to buy longer speaker cable too. Sadly, I also managed to destroy my stylus during the move... yet another unanticipated expense :o/

Thanks again for the suggestions and happy new year!

Components are made to run warm to hot , i would not worry about them . Speakers are different thing , If the rad is making them hot to the touch , you may be able to build a deflecter , so the heat from the rad radiates away from your stuff .

How wide is the room and how long is the radiator? Would you be willing to purchase longer speaker cables to put the rack and TT on the side wall?

If your amp and CDP are kept to the side and your speakers can be pulled away from the wall and spread far apart from the radiator you have no problem. If OTOH the speakers still will actually get hot from the radiator then...You are stuck using the long wall. Just research the numerous threads, white papers, ratios, triangles, various ancient texts, and religious belief systems, damping materials, baffles, busters, deflectors, absorber, to get inspiration for the reiterative process of moving your speakers around until they sound best from the listening position while decorating your apt at the same time. I never did get my wife to like the hanging sheets of Dynamat, no matter what color they were.

I'm renting, so that's not a possibility.

How about switching to a big pair of Class-A monoblock amplifiers -- Krells come to mind -- and then turning off the radiator, leaving the amps to heat your place?
Just a thought.

How expensive would it be to get the radiator moved?

Well you could turn the radiator off and go to HD to buy an attractive radiator cover made of wood.And if it gets to cold then buy a class A amp. That should keep the place warm enough or get a space heater just for those cold months.Studio apts are a challenge but can be workable.