New firmware 8.1.3

[Hifi_swlon]

I've been hanging in there for a couple days. Like another poster there's something about it I do like - the bass extension especially. But I'm still finding it overall a bit fatiguing.
But I'm trying to like it!
I even tried swapping speaker cables which I haven't done for a while. Back to Naca5 from Teddy Pardo silver based cables. That definitely improved things and in fact has made my treble a bit less 'thin' and shrill, at the cost of a slightly less resolving sound. But on balance I prefer it - to the point I'm going to buy another reasonable price copper cable like the van dame hifi to see if this makes any further difference. Naca5 is the only copper cable I have and both of my silver based ones I find a bit harsh. I'm neither sceptic or believer when it comes to cables, but unless placebo effect is incredibly strong I'd say there's a noticeable difference. Considering I wasn't expecting one, I'd think placebo/expectation bias might not be at play.
My listening db's are about 5-10 higher too.

So I will definitely go back to 7..1.1 now with these in place, and see how that fares. I'm just missing the extra bass thump here, and the tones don't seem to do it. I could play with frequencies but it's just too annoying for my liking I can't be bothered with reconfiguring for it.
So 7.1.1 here we come (again) let's see how things pan out......