Location of compoments.

I’m the poor guy constrained to combined Stereo and AV with a TV and the “rack” between the speakers, which are 4ft from the wall.

I had a cover made for the TV - it helps with imaging for sure.

Good news is I’m moving and the AV system will be separate.

Bad news is, I’ve got a dedicated listening room but it opens to the main living area.  No clue how this will sound but new adventures await.

@macg19

I stand corrected, yes it was ’89. I assumed it was the It’s hard tour, and looked up the album which came out in ’82.

According to this he did it on stage at that Tacoma show, I just remember his hand being bandaged up in Vancouver. And it was a Strat. 

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/simon-phillips-recalls-pete-townshend-fender-strat-incident/

Many thanks to all for your responses, 

Quick question? What brand of longer XLR balanced 

cables to purchase? Budget is around $1,500 for the pair.

Thanks again. 

How can a rack on the side not mess with first reflections ? 

How can a rack on the side not mess with first reflections ?

Because you don’t plop it onto a 1st reflection point lol. Ideally it should be at around the same depth into the room as your seating position, or even further back.

If you have a turntable source (like me), sometimes moving the rack further away from speakers has its own benefit. IME, much more of the problematic stray energy is structure-borne, not air-borne. If you use subwoofers w/ vinyl - good luck lol.

@lovehifi22
For long XLRs, I don’t go crazy on the exotics. I hit up the used market for whatever of the older-line Audioquest 5m - 6m cables I can find, preferably with air tubes. These use good quality metals, and don’t mess with the sound in any particularly vexing way. Their older copper models like: King Cobra, Jaguar, Panther, Columbia, Colorado, Water, Earth - are all very good, and still sound good in long runs. I don’t need their expensive new lines’ "Zero" tech. On shorter runs and if I feel like splurging - sure, I love silver.