Acoustics experts - a little help please

I made a radical change. My music room is connected to a dining room and I've always had my speakers set up on the long wall of the music room. Had an epiphany and decided to treat the two rooms as one room and move the speakers to the 1/2 way point between the rooms and eliminating the stuff between the speakers. The front wall is now 12 feet behind the speakers. My soundstage is now 3D. Everything sounds completely different and better. My dining room is now a room with musicians in it. New setup photo in my virtual system pics.   

Congratulations. Experimentation is frequently rewarded. Once in a while I'll do something big as well. I can see how that could work. Added bonus, the view is more open. 

re: "You can put such files through Mark Levinson’s/Daniel Hertz Master Class Software"

Call me a doubter on this one LOL. Just switching from a MM or MC cart to the DS Audio (high output optical cartridge) system HAS to be a much bigger improvement than running the recording thru my usual signal chain and processing it thru software. Loss is loss, the information is just gone.