Does anybody pay a pro to dial their system in?

Thanks Newbee and the rest of you.

Newbee I’ve been loving my headphones for the last year, at home and out and about and I’m leaning to agree with you - I don’t think this system can beat what I get out of those cans with portable amp. However, all is not lost on the system

as I plan to find a bigger apartment this year, one with the potential for a great listening room.

Kota1, I’ve done exactly as you said and have the triangle dialed in. More to play with here, opening those wall curtains etc a bit so as not to deaden the sound too much, moving carpet etc etc. 

i have to fly tonight or tomorrow to the US so will not be dabbling for the next week. Looking forward to picking up a pair of 15’ speaker cables while I’m there as these 6’ cables aren’t giving me much flexibility. Luckily Benchmark have reasonably priced cables to do the job.

Russ69….I think my speakers aren’t the problem - from all accounts the Totem 1s are great speakers and bigger speakers just won’t cut it in this small room. To counter what you say about no headphone can match speakers - if my system came close to what I’m getting from these headphones I would be a very happy guy. A bigger room and bigger speakers would be great but I’m stuck with this small room (for now). 
i think the speaker vs headphones thing is more about different experiences. I could happily live with headphones but I want a different experience, just being able to chill in a comfy room as opposed to between a set of cans is what I’m looking for, but I don’t think spending more money is going to fix the problem.

Thanks GHDprentice. Yes, I’m doing all you recommended. I’m sure in the coming weeks I’ll get closer but I can’t help wondering if a second pair of experienced ears would help in case I’m not being realistic in what I’m hoping for. I’m at a point of thinking “does this sound horrible” (it does to me) but then again I haven’t had the luxury of time to really sit for long analytical sessions. 
One thing that is true that nobody has mentioned is the quality of the recordings I’m listening to with regards to mastering/engineering etc. I remember over a decade ago when I bought my first system I wasn’t able to listen to the majority of music I had liked previously as the system pointed out all the recording flaws.

i haven’t got around to setting up my new Bluesound Node yet and am working off a few CDs I have laying around and unfortunately I don’t have my usual “reference” tunes to guide me that I listen to from portable (great) headphones and headphone amp, that will tell me a lot once I get the Node up and running.

Hey guys, so many great responses, same in two other posts I can’t keep up…..I’m flying today on a thirty hour trip with stop-overs so can’t respond but I will in the coming week, just wanted to let you guys know I’m. not ignoring all your great input.

Thanks again for all your effort!!