Ok so when you say it should be as androgenic, would that mean that whatever the substance used (androsterone, dht, T) , muscles should feel harder and be stronger, water retention should be less, voice deeper, depression reduced, anogenital distance maxxed out ? I have a hard time understanding how a different substance would yield the same results; my question is: by which reliable and measurable markers is "androgenic" defined?Usually, you can get the same androgenic effects from a weaker substance by simply increasing the dose. The older studies that compared androsterone to T and DHT found that it can fully match the effects of T/DHT but with a dose 5-7 times higher. So, if adamantane allows less androsterone to produce the same effects with a lower dose you can probably match the androgenic effects of T/DHT with a "regular" dose androsterone (5mg) and combining with Diamant. I don't know how admantane + androsterone compared to DMSO + androsterone as fewer studies on steroids have been done with adamantane. But it is known to enhance the effects and reduce the effective dose of every chemical it was tried with so far, so at the very least we can say it is an option for people who do not want to use DMSO but still want some form of potentiation.
I'll be curious to hear about your results if you try to compare adamantane vs dmso combination.