[SCAudiophile]

Originally Posted by W9TR

A large rack between your speakers creates reflections that are closely spaced in time with the direct sound coming from the speakers themselves. This smears the direct sound, causing a loss of overall fidelity.

Moving the speakers forward and away from the rack will mitigate this issue.

It is the same reason you don’t want a coffee table with a hard top surface between you and your speakers.

Tom

+1 agreed...great post!