Imaging and system stand placement

I have very holographic imaging in my system but others have told me on an online thread that having the equipment rack between the speakers (but behind the drivers) will never give you uncompromized imaging

my SRA Craz rack is very open

i would say that 90% of audio demos and more than 95 % of people's systems have the rack positioned between the speakers

i see these mega cost no object audio systems in professionally designed and custom built out rooms here at audiogon with the audio racks on the side walls and mono blocks up front. It must be a ton of cabling. I like keeping everything short and do not want to do balanced cables. And I would rather run speaker wire than interconnects long distances

would different length speaker cables work okay?

i feel if the backwall behind the listener, corners and first arrival positions are handled correctly then you will get appropriate handling of secondary room effects and resulting good imaging  - and this is more important than the rack position (if it is behind the drivers)

also the distance the speakers are from the wall behind and to the side of them is much more critical

i wouldn't consider putting a tv betweenin a main 2 channel room
or at least cover it

Thanks in advance for your comentary and experiences