Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad

OK, here’s one for you. If you have components or rack in between the speakers it’s not the end of the world. The most best thing to do is isolate the components, you know, since the potential for mechanical feedback from the speakers is quite high. The effect of acoustic waves on the components is less deleterious than floor-borne vibration.

@atmasphere  Just to follow up on the past post. I contacted Benchmark and their Engineering department confirmed the following:

Thanks for your patience. Yes, our units do support the AES48 standard.

As I mentioned previously, with my old Benchmark DAC3 + AHB2,  I could not tell a difference between using Bryston Canare XLR between the preamp + amp and Audience Au24 XLR.  The Bryston cost me about $60 about 20 years ago and the Audience was a few hundred used.

I contacted LuxmanUSA to ask about the AES48 standard and they are contacting Luxman Japan to ask engineering.

Just wanted to add this if anyone was interested.

Thanks for your patience. Yes, our units do support the AES48 standard.

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I find it very interesting that mastering studios nearly always have amps between the speakers for the short cabling.  But, the mastering engineer is sitting at a big bulky console smack in the middle of the whole shebang. Not to be confused with a recording studio. Just  my two cents.

@mijostyn 

I meant to say the M6 are Magico's M series flagship. I'm aware that the Q7 Mkii are step up from the M6 and cost more too. I'm thinking to upgrade to the Q7 Mkii at some point possibly next year. For now I'm just enjoying the M6.