Mike, despite some parallels btwn us, you deserve the Gold Medal for the whole project. For me it was a necessity to set up in the loft, and I had a one-time lump sum and time-opportunity to carve out the room. You had reasonable Carte Blanche to get the result you wanted. I pretty much took a punt and ponied up to my contractor. Indeed, Ron will tell you how anxious I was re this decision, I didn’t stop telling him how awful it was going to end up. Good friend that he is, he applied a virtual cold compress to my forehead from across the Atlantic LOL. The fact that the room ended up as good as it did, way better than I could ever have reasonably dreamed, is really down to luck, conscientious builders, and a shape of space that seems to be v audio friendly.
I do feel confident that Horns/SETs, Apogees/SS would sound absolutely stellar here. But for my collection of deeply unfashionable gear to have so jumped in performance means that none of this is needed.
And again where we digress Mike, is that I’m happy to “stick”, you love to “twist” (evidenced by yr recent third Studer).