An audio rack that really does make a difference.

I have these.  Excellenthttps://butcherblockacoustics.com/collections/rigidrack%E2%84%A2-audio-furniture

If I were to replace my current console it would be a Timbernation.A friend has one and I really like the look and quality.

The fact is most rooms are far from ideal listening rooms, so compromise rules the day


I have a decades old vertical Solid Steel vertical rack, but have long wanted to replace it with a horizontal rack, but quality racks are $$$$! Recently, I moved mine  ~ 4ft back, very close to the front wall. That helped a ton. Moving the speakers well out in front of the rack helped quite a bit, too


As to how much any rack interferes with the imaging might be offset by the extreme high price of either high quality speaker cables, or interconnects. AND, if the rack is to be placed along a sidewall, what about side wall reflections?


One inexpensive tweak that really works is/are Machina Dynamica Springs under everything
hth

For much less than $3k, you can have a metal manufacture custom make you a stand.