Speaker/Equipment Placement

I tried a bunch of different setups after moving into new digs two years ago -- equipment in between, equipment rack off to the side, moving everything to another wall and then trying both again. You get the idea. I always ended up enjoying the music most with the rack somewhere other than between the loudspeakers. This may vary if you can get the speakers well off the wall, but as I'm limited to two to three feet, it always made a difference to get the space between them clear of stuff. This has been true, by the way, with four different pairs of speakers and with a few different electronic setups.