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The 698 is a 3-way design instead of a 2 1/2 way. It might actually have some advantages at the expense of output.

I'm curious how you like the IW Sub Reference subwoofers. How large is the room you're using them in? You wouldn't happen to have and use REW?

Looks like interesting competition for the LS50WII (Roon Ready as well). $800 less for a pair. I hope that signal-sensing subwoofer output engages a variable high-pass filter on the speakers that you can set.

Haha, well I still don't love the idea of the switch stacked directly on top (even though I'm sure it's fine). The plan is still to move the switch out and put a vented blank plate in its place, but maybe I'll put the vented panel in between the NAD C298 and the SHD so the SHD isn't blocking...

It's temporary (the system isn't in use yet). That 8-port switch is coming out and a vented blank plate will replace it. The main switch in the network cabinet is getting upgraded to a 24 port switch and then I need to run some cat6 from the network cabinet to this rack under the stairs.

My SHD showed up a couple weeks ago with all the latest firmware installed. I was able to configure it as a Roon Ready device without updating anything. I have the rack mostly completed (awaiting AC infinity Cloudplate T-1 intake (bottom) and outlet (top)). Now I'm just waiting for my Wisdom...

Pretty impressive performance! I had a pair of Alpine PDX amps (PDX 4.150/ PDX 1.1000) years ago driving some very decent Infinity Kappa 60.7cs mid/tweet components with an Alpine CDA-9887 head unit (which was a known SQ head unit with high quality DACs) in a little Land Rover Freelander SUV...

The miniDSP dev team as a policy never let us in on what they have up their sleeve. I would love an updated Roon-Ready SHD with DLBC for dual subwoofers, but who knows... As it is, there isn't really much that competes with the current SHD, so you can't really go wrong.

I did the same thing in my master bedroom system. Rather than hacking up the studs to install a "traditional" horizontal center channel, I installed a beefy 3-way vertically oriented center channel. Much higher performance!

Having said that. Dirac Live and Roon Ready trumps the slightly worse measured performance (for me). I just find Dirac Live to provide much better results than Audyssey.

Very interesting product! Hopefully it's measurements will be more similar to M33 rather than C658.

What speakers are you using? If your center channel has lower sensitivity than your Main L/R, you should increase the trim level on the center channel. That might help with the dialog. I am not experiencing that same problem.

NAD has a pretty good target curve as well with a nice bass boost: https://nadelectronics.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DiracLiveFull_NADTargetCurve.txt Arcam's (Harman) target curve (ignore the mic calibration file)...

What target curve did you use with Dirac Live? I prefer a downward sloping "Harman Curve". What's next is likely tracking down or tweaking to taste an ideal target curve.

I finally ordered my C298 today. It will be paired with a miniDSP SHD driving some Wisdom Audio in-walls in a living room "lifestyle" system (with dual subs). Should be here sometime next week, although it might be a month or so before I get the system installed.