Putting your components inbetween your speakers.

Yes. It is true.

It's not just the imaging but the overall timbre as well.

I really think all audiophiles should do two things in their lifetimes:

1 - Build a pair of speakers
2 - Throw a bunch of pillows and blankets around their speakers on the floor. Behind and between them.

Try it and listen for yourself, you'll hear a lot of things change for the better. Of course, this is not necessarily a permanent solution, but it will show you how important that area is, and how tonal balance can be affected by indirect, diffused reflections just as much as direct reflections.

Best,


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Even if its just a preamp and bass alignment filters? 

All i have between my speakers which are B&W 800 Matrix are a preamp and 2 Krell BAFs bass alignment filters. 

I went to a 3 shelf Quadraspire lowering the previous 4 shelf.  The improvement was noticeable.  The imaging and detail improved.