Good morning all!
Thank you for all the input, thoughts, ideas and popcorn worthy (at times) lively discussion!
Some more info...
My friends place is not set up as a critical listening system/room.
(One speaker is in a bookshelf, the other on a stand further away, the sub is placed in a seemingly good spot, vaulted ceilings, listening area is off to one corner where "desk is and, to make things interesting, there is a large pre war Steinway grand piano in the room...)
This is very much a lifestyle system. That doesn’t mean, however, that the goal isn’t the same as all systems which is do what you can with what you got and try to optimize as best as possible. My goal is to work with what is there, with some hopefully minor changes, in order to have the sound that is flooding the room sound good!
So, because of the shape of the main area and the rather unorthodox set up, bass nodes are not really a big problem. (Walked around the space many times, and there are no "blank" spots or "areas of pain in the bass")
Another bit of info, forgive the pun, there are currently four sources. Turntable, CD to a Dac, Tuner and a Bluetooth device for You Tube/Guest phone stuff...
Many products to research, thank you!