DSP8000’s se upgrade

Took over a year for this thread to get noticed. I took a leap of faith and got a deal on the se upgrade like a year ago or two months after I posted this thread. I got a buy it now price for the se kit that was to good to pass up. I kinda feel for guys that buy passive speakers(like me) then spend thousands trying to get all the components just right, but never ever get the system to sound like it did that day in the demo. I really don't think I could ever come close to this sound for what I have invested had I gone separates. 

The contenders were in the $25k range, and I bought several but after owning them I didn't want to go down the dark hole of blind amp purchases after my usually capable h360 would overheat driving them. I mean we don't know for sure if we'll ever find the right combo. One problem is the lumpy bass in the room with absolutely no port support most full range speakers were down 40 db by 60 hz, -20 at 80 hz!  some rear ported speakers could reach 60hz if I moved them close to the wall. I tried several subs and just don't like them for music although some might argue the dsp8000 is a 2 way sitting atop a 6x8'' driver sub it blends seamlessly and sounds great with all kinds of music. When this covid thing settles enough i'll assemble a ht system with passives, just for fun.