With my active Cabasse Rialto that’s easily achieved but this mic and adventure are intended for a more dedicated listening space and not home theater. I want tubes (either pre or power) and speakers (not sure if sensitive single driver or more standard boxes).
I now have the SourcePoint 10 crossed with a subwoofer with moderately powerful class D amplification and want to see what it measures as a start
I made it a point not to fiddle with my Roon DSP because I’d like to try some listening impressions the next time you’re passing through. Speaker cables are a BIG part of the equation but you’re right there’s the “purity” thing and I’m embarrassed to say it’s been the first hurdle for me in ever getting started with it in the first place.
In the end room acoustics dominate the final product so why not.
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My eyes, i see what you mean, that’s the microphone. I had to blow up the picture to read the words, i only caught mini-dsp initially. 
I listened to @dB_Cooper and ended up picking 3m of these Auditorium A23 speaker cables this morning from a fellow NJ audiophile.
Complete gamechanger for my system. Not just for the sound quality but the length gave me the much needed freedom to move the speakers father out and experiment and the imaging and stage are so much more natural. I keep wanting to write about my system but it keeps changing. One day…
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They pop up for sale every now and then, glad these were close to you even, making the temptation less… resistable.
It’s amazing how much impact the right speaker cable to a 2 CH system can make. But the appropriate thing to do is dive in once you’ve settled on the chain. I’m thinking you’re keeping those DeVores for a while. 
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Yeah those Devores aren’t going anytime soon 
The only thing that can displace them is Shindo field coil speakers but they’re a few bonuses away 
The only thing remaining now is a Shindo Mr. T power conditioner for my Shindo gear which is on order and will come in a few months.
I’m extremely happy with my setup at this time. The space feels very musical with the band the musicians being present right there. Layering and depth is actually better on Leben but the musicality is much more with the Cortese. I need to play around with the spacing and perhaps the room treatment with the flexibility afforded by new cables but the imaging is so good right now that speakers have completely disappeared.
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Yessss…i’ve had the pleasure. They are small-ish but mighty beautiful 
Once I experienced the field coil speakers i’ve been smitten with them since.
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Took out the wiim from the home theater.
Last night it lost connection with the network (still worked with the TV). Today when troubleshooting, factory reset was easy enough but I couldn’t get the subwoofer out to work this time. Came back later this evening to watch football and there was no sound, some handshake problem because when I switched to the TV speakers and then back to the HDMI out setting it started working.
I can’t expect my family to do any of this so out it goes. Will try it for a bit upstairs to see if there’s value in keeping it at all.
Why is it so hard to make a seamless multi-use living room audio device?
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Audiophiles do crazy things to ensure our gear is balanced, level, and perfect in every way.
Just kidding. I bought it for a room I’m finishing in my basement, but I had to check lol.
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It’s not hard, it’s called an AppleTV 
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Have a 5 pack of chifi headed my way for a mini shootout should be fun.
Truthear hexa
Simgot ea500
Letshuoer z12
Kz hbb pr2
Kiwi ears cadenza
Nothing fancy but I’m excited to hear how far this price group has come.
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LMAO! 
That’s certainly true at one level. It’s what I use in my living room for the family, and is one piece of my 2.1 A/V setup.
It’s hooked up to the TV (obviously), which then feeds a Bifrost 2 dac and then Asgard 2/Loki mini+ for preamp duties. Then on to Audioengine HD6/S8 speaker and sub setup.
Nothing fancy, but it sounds quite decent and gets the job done for Apple Music and tv audio…
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Every HDMI audio device I’ve ever tried does that including multiple AV Receivers.
It’s the copy protection handshake, it just fails every now and then, my Klipsch Fives, will work seamlessly for weeks, then randomly I get TV sound, until I swap inputs and back.
My H&K receiver did the same thing, worked 90+% of the time unless it didn’t, my Sony Receiver works perfectly except with my cable box.
HDMI is just a shit show.
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I know it’s limited but it’s TV and for me it’s just 2.1 and optical out from the TV works every time, Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays the Toslink out from the swift completion of its appointed rounds.
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Here, here, on the use of TOSLINK 
when an AVR is not in line. Nothing but success and never an issue.
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That’s a remote control for the TV and one for the audio? Won’t work. And universal one not an option either.
Apple TV. One remote! Great OS, better than any TV OS and the family already knows how to use it since, iPhone.
I am the opposite of an apple fan boi, but Apple TV is the only Apple product I’ve willingly bought. lol
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Nope, AppeTV remote can control both! Hence why I suggested it earlier. Was not being a dick, was being genuine about it. I ran into the HDMI handshake issues to and @Polygonhell mentioned it happens across the board. I ran optical out of the TV to the AVR to bypass this annoying issue, I think it is related to ARC and eARC is less fussy on newer receiver.
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