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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5737 
The first take on the new room. 5731 
New Room, a first shot. 5730 
Wonderful 5730 
Adopted 5729 
The first relaxed night with the room 5727 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5726 
The listening room is ready. 5725 
New Room, a First Shot 5723 
Continue to work with the room 5723 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5723 
Room 5722 
I think it will take another month. 5722 
The Buttressing 5722 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5721 
The new place and the new noises. 5721 
Big listening room 5720 
Screw the "big" rooms 5720 
Big listening rooms 5720 
First reflection points 5719 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5719 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5716 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5715 
Squeezing the floor 5715 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5715 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5715 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5714 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5714 
The new room, the very first listening. 5714 
The 14.5 foot. 5713 
Again… 5712 
Romy's new Playground 5712 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5712 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5712 
For the uninitiated ... 5711 
NH guy 5711 
Room 5711 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5710 
The first base is done 5710 
Reentry time alignment. 5709 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5708 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5708 
Mid bass horn. 5708 
Guess is only a guess… 5708 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5708 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5707 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5707 
Diffusors 5707 
Diffuse injection 5707 
Let analyse why it so 5707 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5707 
Wheel and Deal 5707 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5707 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5707 
I Must Be Missing Something 5707 
I put sliders under my speakers 5706 
ROOM 5705 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5705 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5705 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5705 
No concerns 5705 
Speakers and room 5705 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5704 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5704 
Diaphram 5704 
Phram 5704 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5704 
Perfect piston 5704 
Decorater 5703 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5703 
New morning 5702 
The first take on the room with RTA 5701 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5701 
Axiomatic 5701 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5700 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5700 
The size of the bass. 5700 
Bass Factory 5700 
Crude Level, or something more? 5700 
I will play with it this week…. 5700 
Rent-A 5700 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5700 
Corner horns 5700 
Cheating from below 5700 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5700 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5699 
A possibly overly simplified view 5699 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5699 
Iceberg 5699 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5699 
Why not horn 5699 
A correction…. 5699 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5699 
They are just not related things at all. 5699 
Fertin 5697 
Low resonance is good... 5697 
Et tu, Brute? 5696 
The Room response at LF 5695 
Life On The Ground Floor 5695 
Bass arrays 5695 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5695 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5695 
The super sucks. 5695 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5695 
You may also try 5694 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5694 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5694 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5694 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5694 
60 Hz Resonance 5694 
No notching… so far. 5694 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5693 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5693 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5693 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5693 
Power to the People 5693 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5693 
Aura 5693 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5693 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5693 
All class D is the same 5693 
Interpreting the LF results. 5692 
The Halibut 5692 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5692 
The Big Picture 5692 
Power & ULF channels 5692 
The big picture indeed. 5692 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5692 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5692 
The Power and the Glory 5691 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5691 
I guess I did not get this memo 5691 
French LF drivers 5691 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5691 
(another) French LF approach 5690 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5690 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5690 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5690 
Limpschtick 5690 
Symmetry 5690 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5689 
Room correction 5689 
It migh be more complicated. 5689 
Bass EQ ? 5689 
Agree and not. 5689 
Two "diseases" 5689 
Parametric filters 5689 
Ceiling arrays 5689 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5689 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5689 
The Middle of the Room. 5689 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5689 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5689 
Stop! 5689 
Appendectomy 5689 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5688 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5688 
No Isolation 5688 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5685 
Potential contenders? 5684 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5684 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5684 
Those Crazy Canucks 5680 
Mo' Better Bass 5674 
Bird in the Hand? 5674 
A wet listening spot? 5667 
Storm 5664 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5664 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5650 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5620 
Polar Opposite ULF 5619 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5607 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5605 
Differently but the same. 5604 
PVC 5603 
The sail test try. 5603 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5603 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5603 
Trial 5602 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5602 
Some explanations 5602 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5601 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5600 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5599 
Acrylate 5598 
Magic blanket 5598 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5597 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5597 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5597 
I have a few options. 5597 
Foam color 5597 
Strange things with upperbass 5597 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5596 
Teatro reform. . . 5596 
The foaming room dilemma. 5595 
Melamine Foam 5595 
Foaming up the cat house 5595 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5595 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5595 
Acoustic revisions… 5594 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5591 
Surprises so far in the new room 5590 
The upperbass in the new room. 5590 
Slight change of hart. 5589 
Camco supply of Boston 5587 
Room acoustics 5587 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5546 
I need to kill dust first. 5546 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5544 
To feed the leeches? 5544 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5543 
Yh 5543 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5543 
DPOLs? 5543 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5543 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5540 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5540 
A HalfPipe solution? 5540 
I absolutely love it. 5540 
Piper work 5539 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5539 
Absorption 5539 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5538 
Cats life ? 5538 
Call me Pussy. 5538 
More about traps 5538 
Acoustic impedance? 5538 
You maybe right 5538 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5538 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5537 
Heavy Curtain 5537 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5536 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5536 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5536 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5533 
Fix speaker move chair? 5532 
Back and forth ceremony 5532 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5531 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5530 
Glass windows 5529 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5528 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5527 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5525 
How to use basement jacks? 5525 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5525 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5525 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5524 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5524 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5523 
Sore eyes... 5522 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5522 
The harvesting week! 5520 
I need an inspiration… 5519 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5518 
Like this? 5518 
Dramatically randomize MF 5518 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5517 
The room eats dynamic 5517 
Diffusers 5517 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5516 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5501 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5500 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5500 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5500 
About Width-Importance balance. 5498 
Letting the music scale up 5497 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5497 
To finish my house décor… 5493 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5492 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5491 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5491 
Calling the gods of music 5491 
Absolutely 5491 
Phase manipulation 5491 
No relation. 5491 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5491 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5491 
Dynamical mismatch 5490 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5490 
Stradiwinerius? 5487 
Dealing with the glass. 5486 
Boston 5486 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5486 
Added mass 5486 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5486 
It is about moderation…. 5486 
To hell with the wine... 5486 
Also for other surafaces 5485 
LEAD 5485 
LEAD & GLASS 5485 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5485 
Read carefully 5485 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5485 
Crooks and morons 5485 
Magiscopios 5484 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5464 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5464 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5463 
The LP setup in the new home. 5412 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5407 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5407 
Pianochord will do! 5407 
Spanyi heaven 5407 
I see no conflict at all. 5407 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5407 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5407 
A year after closing 5399 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5399 
Traveling antimatter 5392 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5386 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5385 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5359 
Cast Iron fireplace 5358 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5358 
The hardcore way 5358 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5322 
This is How It's Done 5321 
Listening room during summer. 5309 
What about those... 5308 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5308 
Reducing A/C Noise 5308 
HVAC the Cat 5308 
Big Ass fan 5307 
Variac dimmers 5307 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5307 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5307 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5239 
Some winter observations. 5130 
That Asian man…. 5099 
The Franz Schubert morning 5073 
Spring.... 5022 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4972 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4943 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4943 
Just good photography? 4943 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4943 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4943 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4942 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4942 
Sports car 4942 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4942 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4942 
Train Positioning 4942 
Kind of what I want 4942 
The lap listening… 4942 
Family Room 4942 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4939 
A super audio room. 4935 
Time Warp! 4935 
A piano in a listening room 4914 
Pianissimo 4914 
The plan in blue. 4914 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4914 
My doubts 4914 
It is exactly what I worry. 4913 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4913 
Musicians at home 4913 
Piano Measurements 4912 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4907 
The next step. 4893 
Midbass horns missing?? 4892 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4882 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4882 
Baby Grand 4881 
Wood floor 4881 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4881 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4881 
Amy’s baby. 4879 
Improvement 4879 
Agree with Scott 4879 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4867 
Integrated casters 4867 
Very nice, thanks. 4867 
Customization 4867 
Sliders 4867 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4860 
Congratulations 4860 
Holes in the floor... 4860 
Tubes and kids 4860 
Sweet spot enlargement 4860 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4858 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4857 
Wood Floors and Water 4857 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4852 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4851 
WAF is for Losers 4851 
WAF: it depends. 4851 
Integration 4850 
Here and there. 4850 
Life after WWIII 4850 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4850 
Cables management. 4848 
Featurizing 4848 
Kids and tubes cont. 4845 
Kid magnet 4845 
Kids and audio 4844 
Radars 4844 
Wow, what the days! 4840 
The comming weekend 4836 
It all was worth it! 4833 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4828 
Here is how it is look. 4828 
Resolving the carpet issue 4828 
Bonfire 4828 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4828 
Proof of concept? 4828 
Geometry 4828 
A view from listening position. 4828 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4828 
Some feedback 4828 
Evening 4828 
I wonder why. 4827 
Rugs and things 4827 
In defense… 4827 
I can’t get it. 4824 
Haze. 4823 
Front wall 4823 
It is very possible. 4823 
It is nice to be back. 4820 
My comfy corner. 4817 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4457 
WMD in house. 4279 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4182 
The third listening spot. 4161 
For sure a very different experience. 4123 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4118 
It's Jfretch's system. 4118 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4117 
Domestic games 4071 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3932 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3932 
Dynamic screening 3932 
Actually this is very good idea! 3932 
Volcanic fabric 3932 
I should have done this. 3930 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3926 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3895 
No worries 3895 
Awesome memories 3895 
Optimization of space 3895 
Child-ish considerations 3892 
Finding peace.... 3886 
"Fencing"? 3885 
I need to build something custom 3885 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3885 
Stressed Skin 3885 
NYC elevators 3885 
Kids toys and quantities. 3885 
Everything is completely reversible 3884 
Racks and things 3884 
Now it looks even more promising! 3884 
Quantity of rods 3884 
Avoiding diagonals 3882 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3881 
That's not fair! 3881 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3881 
Discrimination? 3876 
Vertical configuration 3869 
Impresive ! 3798 
Did you read the site? 3798 
Contact 3798 
Company's name is Rixrax 3798 
Stand 3797 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3753 
End of life headphone system 3753 
Something like this? 3753 
The "Second Living Room" 3753 
Mixing urban & suburban 3753 
Late night listening 3753 
Moving life... 3751 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3751 
A true listening room. 3727 
It started… 3712 
Levels of Interest 3712 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3712 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3712 
I can't not to post it.... 3712 
Do not leave him unattended. 3712 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3712 
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