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I had R3's on my desk about 3'10" apart, as well as in a few largeish to small apartment living rooms. R3's need I'd say about at least 6' equilateral to open up. I've had Q150's and LS50's on the same desk and they are great for that 3'10" triangle.

I wonder about that because my R3's need to be at about 28" stands to get the center image off the floor. Similar when put my LS50 Metas in those 28". This with me sitting on a standard couch or chair.

Iso only top or bottom bracket or short posts are fine. Also blue tac can help provide reassurance of stability. I had my LS50 Metas on Iso 155 bottom bracket on top of 28" Monolith stands and it looked and worked great.

And it's shown in stock. It's still on my radar as I decide my next configuration for TV and 2 channel stereo.

That and they have to differentiate the speakers. Squared Reference and curved Blade seem to do that for function and aesthetics. Plus at that level they are splitting hairs, going for small percentages, to improve the audio experience. I think that's mentioned in the video.

Have you experienced the SHD power to give your impressions?

What dimension is your listening triangle and how far off the back wall are they?

For reference here are Metas and R3's on an IKEA Gerton desktop at 29.5"x61".

Probably. I've been casually considering Dirac implementation for a long time. I need to make up my mind on Dirac separates vs. Dirac integrated unit.

Thanks for your input I had the same thoughts about mic quality, stand, etc. I already own an Umik-1 from dabbing in REW a while back. I'm tempted by Flex/Vidar or Emotiva BasX A2. But still undecide if I want to go back minimalistic 2.0 or 2.1 Dirac PCM or have AVR for potential 5.0 or 5.1..

Doom scrolling, lol! :-)

I want Dirac but also don't want to have to rabbit hole too far into it. I think, miniDSP Flex plus Vidar? Add external streamer. Or Arcam SA30 or AVR 10 or NAD M10 all in one It would be nice not needing a laptop as well to perform Dirac calibration using SHD/Studio/Flex...

Thanks, so one does not need REW to effectively implement Dirac, correct? On that note have you compared Dirac performance results with Dirac separates (SHD, etc. + chosen amp) to Dirac integrated with units like Arcam SA30, Arcam AVR's, new Onkyo AVR's, NAD units etc. Is it easier to...

I'm developing music ADHD which is like infinite scroll addiction. Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to go back to purchase of hard media or FLAC files for music and Blueray 4K for movies. They are making content faster than is reasonable to consume. With hard media it sort of returns...

Why do we need to use REW with Dirac? I thought the Dirac sweep curves show the in room response just like REW.