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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5771 
The first take on the new room. 5765 
New Room, a first shot. 5764 
Wonderful 5764 
Adopted 5763 
The first relaxed night with the room 5761 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5760 
The listening room is ready. 5759 
New Room, a First Shot 5757 
Continue to work with the room 5757 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5757 
Room 5756 
I think it will take another month. 5756 
The Buttressing 5756 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5755 
The new place and the new noises. 5755 
Big listening room 5754 
Screw the "big" rooms 5754 
Big listening rooms 5754 
First reflection points 5753 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5753 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5750 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5749 
Squeezing the floor 5749 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5749 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5749 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5748 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5748 
The new room, the very first listening. 5748 
The 14.5 foot. 5747 
Again… 5746 
Romy's new Playground 5746 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5746 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5746 
For the uninitiated ... 5745 
NH guy 5745 
Room 5745 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5744 
The first base is done 5744 
Reentry time alignment. 5743 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5742 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5742 
Mid bass horn. 5742 
Guess is only a guess… 5742 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5742 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5741 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5741 
Diffusors 5741 
Diffuse injection 5741 
Let analyse why it so 5741 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5741 
Wheel and Deal 5741 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5741 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5741 
I Must Be Missing Something 5741 
I put sliders under my speakers 5740 
ROOM 5739 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5739 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5739 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5739 
No concerns 5739 
Speakers and room 5739 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5738 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5738 
Diaphram 5738 
Phram 5738 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5738 
Perfect piston 5738 
Decorater 5737 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5737 
New morning 5736 
The first take on the room with RTA 5735 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5735 
Axiomatic 5735 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5734 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5734 
The size of the bass. 5734 
Bass Factory 5734 
Crude Level, or something more? 5734 
I will play with it this week…. 5734 
Rent-A 5734 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5734 
Corner horns 5734 
Cheating from below 5734 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5734 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5733 
A possibly overly simplified view 5733 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5733 
Iceberg 5733 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5733 
Why not horn 5733 
A correction…. 5733 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5733 
They are just not related things at all. 5733 
Fertin 5731 
Low resonance is good... 5731 
Et tu, Brute? 5730 
The Room response at LF 5729 
Life On The Ground Floor 5729 
Bass arrays 5729 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5729 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5729 
The super sucks. 5729 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5729 
You may also try 5728 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5728 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5728 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5728 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5728 
60 Hz Resonance 5728 
No notching… so far. 5728 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5727 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5727 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5727 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5727 
Power to the People 5727 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5727 
Aura 5727 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5727 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5727 
All class D is the same 5727 
Interpreting the LF results. 5726 
The Halibut 5726 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5726 
The Big Picture 5726 
Power & ULF channels 5726 
The big picture indeed. 5726 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5726 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5726 
The Power and the Glory 5725 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5725 
I guess I did not get this memo 5725 
French LF drivers 5725 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5725 
(another) French LF approach 5724 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5724 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5724 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5724 
Limpschtick 5724 
Symmetry 5724 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5723 
Room correction 5723 
It migh be more complicated. 5723 
Bass EQ ? 5723 
Agree and not. 5723 
Two "diseases" 5723 
Parametric filters 5723 
Ceiling arrays 5723 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5723 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5723 
The Middle of the Room. 5723 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5723 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5723 
Stop! 5723 
Appendectomy 5723 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5722 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5722 
No Isolation 5722 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5719 
Potential contenders? 5718 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5718 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5718 
Those Crazy Canucks 5714 
Mo' Better Bass 5708 
Bird in the Hand? 5708 
A wet listening spot? 5701 
Storm 5698 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5698 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5684 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5654 
Polar Opposite ULF 5653 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5641 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5639 
Differently but the same. 5638 
PVC 5637 
The sail test try. 5637 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5637 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5637 
Trial 5636 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5636 
Some explanations 5636 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5635 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5634 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5633 
Acrylate 5632 
Magic blanket 5632 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5631 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5631 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5631 
I have a few options. 5631 
Foam color 5631 
Strange things with upperbass 5631 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5630 
Teatro reform. . . 5630 
The foaming room dilemma. 5629 
Melamine Foam 5629 
Foaming up the cat house 5629 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5629 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5629 
Acoustic revisions… 5628 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5625 
Surprises so far in the new room 5624 
The upperbass in the new room. 5624 
Slight change of hart. 5623 
Camco supply of Boston 5621 
Room acoustics 5621 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5580 
I need to kill dust first. 5580 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5578 
To feed the leeches? 5578 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5577 
Yh 5577 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5577 
DPOLs? 5577 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5577 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5574 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5574 
A HalfPipe solution? 5574 
I absolutely love it. 5574 
Piper work 5573 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5573 
Absorption 5573 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5572 
Cats life ? 5572 
Call me Pussy. 5572 
More about traps 5572 
Acoustic impedance? 5572 
You maybe right 5572 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5572 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5571 
Heavy Curtain 5571 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5570 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5570 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5570 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5567 
Fix speaker move chair? 5566 
Back and forth ceremony 5566 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5565 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5564 
Glass windows 5563 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5562 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5561 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5559 
How to use basement jacks? 5559 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5559 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5559 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5558 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5558 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5557 
Sore eyes... 5556 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5556 
The harvesting week! 5554 
I need an inspiration… 5553 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5552 
Like this? 5552 
Dramatically randomize MF 5552 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5551 
The room eats dynamic 5551 
Diffusers 5551 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5550 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5535 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5534 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5534 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5534 
About Width-Importance balance. 5532 
Letting the music scale up 5531 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5531 
To finish my house décor… 5527 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5526 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5525 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5525 
Calling the gods of music 5525 
Absolutely 5525 
Phase manipulation 5525 
No relation. 5525 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5525 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5525 
Dynamical mismatch 5524 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5524 
Stradiwinerius? 5521 
Dealing with the glass. 5520 
Boston 5520 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5520 
Added mass 5520 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5520 
It is about moderation…. 5520 
To hell with the wine... 5520 
Also for other surafaces 5519 
LEAD 5519 
LEAD & GLASS 5519 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5519 
Read carefully 5519 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5519 
Crooks and morons 5519 
Magiscopios 5518 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5498 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5498 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5497 
The LP setup in the new home. 5446 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5441 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5441 
Pianochord will do! 5441 
Spanyi heaven 5441 
I see no conflict at all. 5441 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5441 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5441 
A year after closing 5433 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5433 
Traveling antimatter 5426 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5420 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5419 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5393 
Cast Iron fireplace 5392 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5392 
The hardcore way 5392 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5356 
This is How It's Done 5355 
Listening room during summer. 5343 
What about those... 5342 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5342 
Reducing A/C Noise 5342 
HVAC the Cat 5342 
Big Ass fan 5341 
Variac dimmers 5341 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5341 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5341 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5273 
Some winter observations. 5164 
That Asian man…. 5133 
The Franz Schubert morning 5107 
Spring.... 5056 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5006 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4977 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4977 
Just good photography? 4977 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4977 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4977 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4976 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4976 
Sports car 4976 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4976 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4976 
Train Positioning 4976 
Kind of what I want 4976 
The lap listening… 4976 
Family Room 4976 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4973 
A super audio room. 4969 
Time Warp! 4969 
A piano in a listening room 4948 
Pianissimo 4948 
The plan in blue. 4948 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4948 
My doubts 4948 
It is exactly what I worry. 4947 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4947 
Musicians at home 4947 
Piano Measurements 4946 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4941 
The next step. 4927 
Midbass horns missing?? 4926 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4916 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4916 
Baby Grand 4915 
Wood floor 4915 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4915 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4915 
Amy’s baby. 4913 
Improvement 4913 
Agree with Scott 4913 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4901 
Integrated casters 4901 
Very nice, thanks. 4901 
Customization 4901 
Sliders 4901 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4894 
Congratulations 4894 
Holes in the floor... 4894 
Tubes and kids 4894 
Sweet spot enlargement 4894 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4892 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4891 
Wood Floors and Water 4891 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4886 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4885 
WAF is for Losers 4885 
WAF: it depends. 4885 
Integration 4884 
Here and there. 4884 
Life after WWIII 4884 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4884 
Cables management. 4882 
Featurizing 4882 
Kids and tubes cont. 4879 
Kid magnet 4879 
Kids and audio 4878 
Radars 4878 
Wow, what the days! 4874 
The comming weekend 4870 
It all was worth it! 4867 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4862 
Here is how it is look. 4862 
Resolving the carpet issue 4862 
Bonfire 4862 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4862 
Proof of concept? 4862 
Geometry 4862 
A view from listening position. 4862 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4862 
Some feedback 4862 
Evening 4862 
I wonder why. 4861 
Rugs and things 4861 
In defense… 4861 
I can’t get it. 4858 
Haze. 4857 
Front wall 4857 
It is very possible. 4857 
It is nice to be back. 4854 
My comfy corner. 4851 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4491 
WMD in house. 4313 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4216 
The third listening spot. 4195 
For sure a very different experience. 4157 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4152 
It's Jfretch's system. 4152 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4151 
Domestic games 4105 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3966 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3966 
Dynamic screening 3966 
Actually this is very good idea! 3966 
Volcanic fabric 3966 
I should have done this. 3964 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3960 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3929 
No worries 3929 
Awesome memories 3929 
Optimization of space 3929 
Child-ish considerations 3926 
Finding peace.... 3920 
"Fencing"? 3919 
I need to build something custom 3919 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3919 
Stressed Skin 3919 
NYC elevators 3919 
Kids toys and quantities. 3919 
Everything is completely reversible 3918 
Racks and things 3918 
Now it looks even more promising! 3918 
Quantity of rods 3918 
Avoiding diagonals 3916 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3915 
That's not fair! 3915 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3915 
Discrimination? 3910 
Vertical configuration 3903 
Impresive ! 3832 
Did you read the site? 3832 
Contact 3832 
Company's name is Rixrax 3832 
Stand 3831 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3787 
End of life headphone system 3787 
Something like this? 3787 
The "Second Living Room" 3787 
Mixing urban & suburban 3787 
Late night listening 3787 
Moving life... 3785 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3785 
A true listening room. 3761 
It started… 3746 
Levels of Interest 3746 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3746 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3746 
I can't not to post it.... 3746 
Do not leave him unattended. 3746 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3746 
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