Mahgister - you are not nuts. Like you say, you are conducting experiments in a lab type environment. You are not imposing a lab look into your living area like Chuck McGill on Better Call Saul. Sounds like you are having fun which is what this hobby is all about. I like hearing about your experiments.Thanks for your kind words...
For sure my goal was not an experiment...It was reaching satisfaction with my gear... With no money i never even know that it could be possible... The first steps begins by accident but in the journey i begin to understand what matters and why...
This is what i called the working controls in the 3 working embedding dimensions of any system...
Then the universal advice to upgrade begins to reveal to me his ugly face: an illusion half the time ....
Because it is more important to tune the gear at his right level of optimal working than buying new one....
Simple...
Who say that loudly?
I am not interested either by buying " tweaks" they are most of the times too costly and none of them solve by itself the problems in all 3 working embeddings dimensions... In the opposite the sum of all my low cost devices did it to a great extent all together...
Then i am anything save "nuts".... My audio dedicated room is "crazy" but it is NOT a reason to dismiss my conclusions....
The control over a free room for my experiment was my only real advantage over most people....My gear is good but average....
My sound is not average at all tough at the end... It is the best sound this average system could deliver and it is way more than what we think possible... It is the reason why i could affirm with confidence that most owner dont know what the gear they already own is able to deliver in the right conditions....