Zd542,
You stated, "One thing that you can do, and I highly recommend it, is to set your system up in a different room just as a test to see if the problem goes away." That's an interesting suggestion. I would never thought of that. But for many people this is not a practical solution since moving to a different room means ... well, I think most people can figure this out. So much lifting and moving and reattaching cables and ... where is the room with an appropriate space to move the system into? ... and if the room has different acoustics then you are left scratching your head over the difference in the sound ... where's that coming from? ... I never heard things sound like that before ... etc. So, although this suggestion might sound good in an ideal world, on Planet Earth it may not be a very practical one to put into place for many people -- and even if it were there is a high probability the new room would cause new acoustic challenges, as most rooms do.