Well, got my answers and the Lumin is also headed back. I actually had a great time over the last few days A/B testing the Lumin against the Node/Luxman combo. Had both hooked up to the preamp so was as simple as switching the input on the PL and the output on ROON.
What it came down to in the...
I would personally go Fortes IV’s over Heresy IV’s and subs. If the Fortes are just too physically big for your space, save some dough and grab used Heresy III’s, which were much better than the IV’s in my room. That rear port on the HIV’s didn’t do it any favors IMO.
Shelving is VTI. I like it enough, I have to point out what to me is a design flaw, in that there are only two back support legs and because my amp is deep, they end up right where the RCA’s are. I would prefer if the back legs were in the same place as the front and didn’t cause cord problems...