Turntable Placement Between Speakers with Short Interconnect?

Read the fine print. Many companies convey the suggestion that their circuit is balanced, when it ain’t necessarily so. XLR connectors do not necessarily indicate a balanced circuit inside. On the other hand, balanced is not necessary for your purposes. Nice to have but you can live without.

Dear @nyev  : Each one of us room/system is way different and performs different too.

I don't read in the posts and you don't mentioned nothing about your room treatment if any.

Room treatment is critical an even the more important link in any audio system and one target in that room system is try to " tame " " perfectly the room bass system that's the frequency range that defines the overall system quality level performance. You have first than all take care on that issue.

" I should also say I only listen at moderate volumes. "

My TTs are between my subs/speakers and any one can " comes " to listen it say at 90db SPL and no one could detect any problem by the " air borne " or other trouble coming from the subs/speakers.

So, after take care on the room treatment issue go a head with what you have and put the TT in between the speakers. Rigth now you are distressing for nothing, stay calm and go a head.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,

R.

Thanks again for the valuable advice….   Yes, my room could certainly benefit from a bit of address treatment on the wall to the right of the listening position.  But the problems with echoes/resonance don’t result in any detectable bass resonance.  This is likely because of the fact that the room is open concept and therefore there are no corners of the room that are very near my speakers.  Also, I have soft and very tall blinds covering a wall of windows behind my listening position.

I hate to bring it up because I’m sure this is a no-no, but I do have a flat-screen tv mounted to the wall between my speakers….  I angle it upwards to avoid reflecting sound directly towards the listening position, and am considering getting a light blanket to toss over it while listening to music.

Also good to know about the balanced interconnects; I would never have guessed that manufacturers include the connections for show only.

Finally, I agree it is not likely that I will have an issue with my TT between my speakers at moderate volumes especially.  I just wanted to make sure I have a contingency plan in the event that the center placement didn’t work, otherwise the TT would be a waste.  Thanks to everyone’s advice, I do have a contingency plan, although it will cost more if I need to go that route.

Thanks again for the valuable advice…. Yes, my room could certainly benefit from a bit of added treatment on the wall to the right of the listening position. But the problems with echoes/resonance don’t result in any detectable bass resonance. This is likely because of the fact that the room is open concept and therefore there are no corners of the room that are very near my speakers. Also, I have soft and very tall blinds covering a wall of windows behind my listening position.

I hate to bring it up because I’m sure this is a no-no, but I do have a flat-screen tv mounted to the wall between my speakers…. I angle it upwards to avoid reflecting sound directly towards the listening position, and am considering getting a light blanket to toss over it while listening to music.

Also good to know about the balanced interconnects; I would never have guessed that manufacturers include the connections for show only.

Finally, I agree it is not likely that I will have an issue with my TT between my speakers at moderate volumes especially. I just wanted to make sure I have a contingency plan in the event that the center placement didn’t work, otherwise the TT would be a waste. Thanks to everyone’s advice, I do have a contingency plan, although it will cost more if I need to go that route.