Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad

Would you care to mention the brand of XLR interconnects you are using into your amps? How long are they?

My equipment supports the balanced line standard so the actual brand of cable doesn't affect the sound. I built some 30 foot cables using Mogami Neglex cable. I've used a variety of cables but they all sound the same. However, take away that bit about 'supports the balanced line standard' and that all goes out the window! FWIW a lot of the balanced line equipment I've seen in high end audio doesn't support the standard (also known as AES48) so YMMV depending on the equipment you use.

@mikelavigne 

I see you have MSB Select ll DAC with two mono powerbases (two separate mono PSU). Just curious, are you running a Femto 33 clock, which is its flagship clock? Spectacular setup/system by the way. 

I also have MSB Select ll DAC with two mono powerbases with a Femto 33 clock. I also purchased the MSB Select transport with its separate PSU for CD & SACD playbacks. 

As for linestage preamp & monoblock power amps I'm using Naim Statement NAC S1 linestage preamp & Naim Statement NAP S1 monoblock amps driving a pair of Magico M6 (Magico's flagship speakers). What are your speakers? They are very tall. Are those passive subwoofers or powered ones? 

For analog front end source components I'm using the same Clearaudio Statement Goldfinger cartridge as the one you have. For a turntable I'm using a Clearaudio Statement v2 with a Statement TT-1 tonearm. And I'm using a D'Agostino Momentum phonostage pre. 

For cablings, I'm using Transparent Magnum Opus speaker cables, XLR analog interconnects & power cables. Using Transparent Opus digital interconnects. What are your cablings? 
For AC power product I have Shunyata Hydra Triton/Typhon combo.
However, my Naim Statement NAP S1 monoblock amps are plugged directly to the wall, which have been upgraded as well. 

Just wondering, those Studer tape recording machines that you acquired, are they also put into use? 

mijostyn

Balanced ins and outs let you use long low level signal cables without ill effect.

The ill effect is the money the really long wire costs is money that can't be spent on a shorter interconnect that sounds a lot better. 

yyxsantabarbera, I use Canare D206 AES/EBU cable with Neutric gold XLRs. I use it for long balanced runs and also digital transfer in any length. it is an ultra wide bandwidth cable. 
Caphill, Magico's flagship speakers are the Q7 mkII. I expect you to have them next week!

@atmasphere  Thanks for the feedback. I was thinking of using the long runs based on a thread you commented on. I am thinking of using a Benchmark LA4 preamp, which I think supports the balanced standard as you described. 

I am getting 2 amps (one a backup or change of pace). One will be a Benchmark AHB2 amp, which I assume supports the balanced standard. I used to own the AHB2 and a Benchmark DAC3 preamp/DAC and I could not tell a difference with different XLR cables. The second amp I will get is a Luxman m900u. This one I am not sure if they follow the balanced standard. I shall see.

@mijostyn Thanks for your input. I would not of thought using a AES/EBU cable between a preamp and amp was possible. I will dig more into this combo. Not too expensive to test with a short run.