To me, this hobby is all about a form of minMax optimization, i.e., minimal cost and maximal performance. Nothing less. Nothing more.
Exactly!
I called my experience using a new concept :
Minimal acoustical satisfaction threshold...
When you reach it you know you can upgrade for sure but it cease to be an obsession rooted in frustration...
Why ?
Because you had optimized your system/room so well you reach a level of minimal satisfaction. And minimal here means an equilibrium balance between all acoustics concepts perceived parameters (acoustical physics and psycho-acoustical one)
If you are obsessed by maximal acoustical satisfaction , the main reason is most of the times ignorance about how to reach the minimal level by optimization (i suppose synergy as starting point) an ignorance which is coupled with no available time to learn, no room to experiment, and unlimited budget...
I was not in these case. my budget was very limited. I had the time being retired to learn in a dedicated room. And i stop being ignorant reading about acoustics concepts and some ways to experiment.
Then i reach the minimal level of satisfactuion. Trust me minimal here does not mean resignation to a better to nothing situation. It really means the necessary level to be satisfied and happy.
The maximal level refer then only to a situation with unlimited budget and knowledge how to do the next superior acoustical heaven.
I dont need it at all cost.