Potential upgrade path…

Once you have your room treated you can use DSP to dial it in, DSPeaker has a new unit for this purpose that looks intersting if you don’t want to get a new preamp with room correction built in:

https://www.dspeaker.com/anti-mode-x2

@backdoor , I don't think you need to spend $35K to get a nice upgrade by addressing your room. You don't need to replace it either. I would recommend getting a room kit from www.sonitususa.com. Easy peezey, lemon squeezy. The owner is Anthony Grimaldi and he is an authority on acoustics. The kits makes it so easy a chimp can do it. I followed Anthony's acoustic "recipe" before I knew he had kits, you can see the pics in my system. If I were starting over it would have been easier to just get the kit. He has kits for 2 channel as well as HT:

Speaker placement is key too, I use the Dolby specs of L and R speaker 22 to 30 degrees angle from the MLP. If you can't move speakers wide enough you have to bring the MLP forward.

This is a long video but will give you the principles and general treatment strategy:

Good, as for the speaker positions Dolby recommends 22 to 30 degrees from the MLP, that means either move the speakers wider or bring your seat forward. This diagram is for home theater but the angles still apply for 2 channel:

@audiotroy , in your profile you have a link to your system but its empty. I would be curious as to your system(s) can you please post it in the virtual systems area? I appreciate it, thanks.