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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5948 
The first take on the new room. 5942 
New Room, a first shot. 5941 
Wonderful 5941 
Adopted 5940 
The first relaxed night with the room 5938 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5937 
The listening room is ready. 5936 
New Room, a First Shot 5934 
Continue to work with the room 5934 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5934 
Room 5933 
I think it will take another month. 5933 
The Buttressing 5933 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5932 
The new place and the new noises. 5932 
Big listening room 5931 
Screw the "big" rooms 5931 
Big listening rooms 5931 
First reflection points 5930 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5930 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5927 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5926 
Squeezing the floor 5926 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5926 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5926 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5925 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5925 
The new room, the very first listening. 5925 
The 14.5 foot. 5924 
Again… 5923 
Romy's new Playground 5923 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5923 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5923 
For the uninitiated ... 5922 
NH guy 5922 
Room 5922 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5921 
The first base is done 5921 
Reentry time alignment. 5920 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5919 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5919 
Mid bass horn. 5919 
Guess is only a guess… 5919 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5919 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5918 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5918 
Diffusors 5918 
Diffuse injection 5918 
Let analyse why it so 5918 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5918 
Wheel and Deal 5918 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5918 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5918 
I Must Be Missing Something 5918 
I put sliders under my speakers 5917 
ROOM 5916 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5916 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5916 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5916 
No concerns 5916 
Speakers and room 5916 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5915 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5915 
Diaphram 5915 
Phram 5915 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5915 
Perfect piston 5915 
Decorater 5914 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5914 
New morning 5913 
The first take on the room with RTA 5912 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5912 
Axiomatic 5912 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5911 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5911 
The size of the bass. 5911 
Bass Factory 5911 
Crude Level, or something more? 5911 
I will play with it this week…. 5911 
Rent-A 5911 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5911 
Corner horns 5911 
Cheating from below 5911 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5911 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5910 
A possibly overly simplified view 5910 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5910 
Iceberg 5910 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5910 
Why not horn 5910 
A correction…. 5910 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5910 
They are just not related things at all. 5910 
Fertin 5908 
Low resonance is good... 5908 
Et tu, Brute? 5907 
The Room response at LF 5906 
Life On The Ground Floor 5906 
Bass arrays 5906 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5906 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5906 
The super sucks. 5906 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5906 
You may also try 5905 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5905 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5905 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5905 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5905 
60 Hz Resonance 5905 
No notching… so far. 5905 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5904 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5904 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5904 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5904 
Power to the People 5904 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5904 
Aura 5904 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5904 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5904 
All class D is the same 5904 
Interpreting the LF results. 5903 
The Halibut 5903 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5903 
The Big Picture 5903 
Power & ULF channels 5903 
The big picture indeed. 5903 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5903 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5903 
The Power and the Glory 5902 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5902 
I guess I did not get this memo 5902 
French LF drivers 5902 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5902 
(another) French LF approach 5901 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5901 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5901 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5901 
Limpschtick 5901 
Symmetry 5901 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5900 
Room correction 5900 
It migh be more complicated. 5900 
Bass EQ ? 5900 
Agree and not. 5900 
Two "diseases" 5900 
Parametric filters 5900 
Ceiling arrays 5900 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5900 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5900 
The Middle of the Room. 5900 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5900 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5900 
Stop! 5900 
Appendectomy 5900 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5899 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5899 
No Isolation 5899 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5896 
Potential contenders? 5895 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5895 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5895 
Those Crazy Canucks 5891 
Mo' Better Bass 5885 
Bird in the Hand? 5885 
A wet listening spot? 5878 
Storm 5875 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5875 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5861 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5831 
Polar Opposite ULF 5830 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5818 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5816 
Differently but the same. 5815 
PVC 5814 
The sail test try. 5814 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5814 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5814 
Trial 5813 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5813 
Some explanations 5813 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5812 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5811 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5810 
Acrylate 5809 
Magic blanket 5809 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5808 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5808 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5808 
I have a few options. 5808 
Foam color 5808 
Strange things with upperbass 5808 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5807 
Teatro reform. . . 5807 
The foaming room dilemma. 5806 
Melamine Foam 5806 
Foaming up the cat house 5806 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5806 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5806 
Acoustic revisions… 5805 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5802 
Surprises so far in the new room 5801 
The upperbass in the new room. 5801 
Slight change of hart. 5800 
Camco supply of Boston 5798 
Room acoustics 5798 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5757 
I need to kill dust first. 5757 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5755 
To feed the leeches? 5755 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5754 
Yh 5754 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5754 
DPOLs? 5754 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5754 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5751 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5751 
A HalfPipe solution? 5751 
I absolutely love it. 5751 
Piper work 5750 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5750 
Absorption 5750 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5749 
Cats life ? 5749 
Call me Pussy. 5749 
More about traps 5749 
Acoustic impedance? 5749 
You maybe right 5749 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5749 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5748 
Heavy Curtain 5748 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5747 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5747 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5747 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5744 
Fix speaker move chair? 5743 
Back and forth ceremony 5743 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5742 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5741 
Glass windows 5740 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5739 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5738 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5736 
How to use basement jacks? 5736 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5736 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5736 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5735 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5735 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5734 
Sore eyes... 5733 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5733 
The harvesting week! 5731 
I need an inspiration… 5730 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5729 
Like this? 5729 
Dramatically randomize MF 5729 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5728 
The room eats dynamic 5728 
Diffusers 5728 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5727 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5712 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5711 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5711 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5711 
About Width-Importance balance. 5709 
Letting the music scale up 5708 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5708 
To finish my house décor… 5704 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5703 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5702 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5702 
Calling the gods of music 5702 
Absolutely 5702 
Phase manipulation 5702 
No relation. 5702 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5702 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5702 
Dynamical mismatch 5701 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5701 
Stradiwinerius? 5698 
Dealing with the glass. 5697 
Boston 5697 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5697 
Added mass 5697 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5697 
It is about moderation…. 5697 
To hell with the wine... 5697 
Also for other surafaces 5696 
LEAD 5696 
LEAD & GLASS 5696 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5696 
Read carefully 5696 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5696 
Crooks and morons 5696 
Magiscopios 5695 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5675 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5675 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5674 
The LP setup in the new home. 5623 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5618 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5618 
Pianochord will do! 5618 
Spanyi heaven 5618 
I see no conflict at all. 5618 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5618 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5618 
A year after closing 5610 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5610 
Traveling antimatter 5603 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5597 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5596 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5570 
Cast Iron fireplace 5569 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5569 
The hardcore way 5569 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5533 
This is How It's Done 5532 
Listening room during summer. 5520 
What about those... 5519 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5519 
Reducing A/C Noise 5519 
HVAC the Cat 5519 
Big Ass fan 5518 
Variac dimmers 5518 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5518 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5518 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5450 
Some winter observations. 5341 
That Asian man…. 5310 
The Franz Schubert morning 5284 
Spring.... 5233 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5183 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5154 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5154 
Just good photography? 5154 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5154 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5154 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5153 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5153 
Sports car 5153 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5153 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5153 
Train Positioning 5153 
Kind of what I want 5153 
The lap listening… 5153 
Family Room 5153 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5150 
A super audio room. 5146 
Time Warp! 5146 
A piano in a listening room 5125 
Pianissimo 5125 
The plan in blue. 5125 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5125 
My doubts 5125 
It is exactly what I worry. 5124 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5124 
Musicians at home 5124 
Piano Measurements 5123 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5118 
The next step. 5104 
Midbass horns missing?? 5103 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5093 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5093 
Baby Grand 5092 
Wood floor 5092 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5092 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5092 
Amy’s baby. 5090 
Improvement 5090 
Agree with Scott 5090 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5078 
Integrated casters 5078 
Very nice, thanks. 5078 
Customization 5078 
Sliders 5078 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5071 
Congratulations 5071 
Holes in the floor... 5071 
Tubes and kids 5071 
Sweet spot enlargement 5071 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5069 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5068 
Wood Floors and Water 5068 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5063 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5062 
WAF is for Losers 5062 
WAF: it depends. 5062 
Integration 5061 
Here and there. 5061 
Life after WWIII 5061 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5061 
Cables management. 5059 
Featurizing 5059 
Kids and tubes cont. 5056 
Kid magnet 5056 
Kids and audio 5055 
Radars 5055 
Wow, what the days! 5051 
The comming weekend 5047 
It all was worth it! 5044 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5039 
Here is how it is look. 5039 
Resolving the carpet issue 5039 
Bonfire 5039 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5039 
Proof of concept? 5039 
Geometry 5039 
A view from listening position. 5039 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5039 
Some feedback 5039 
Evening 5039 
I wonder why. 5038 
Rugs and things 5038 
In defense… 5038 
I can’t get it. 5035 
Haze. 5034 
Front wall 5034 
It is very possible. 5034 
It is nice to be back. 5031 
My comfy corner. 5028 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4668 
WMD in house. 4490 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4393 
The third listening spot. 4372 
For sure a very different experience. 4334 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4329 
It's Jfretch's system. 4329 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4328 
Domestic games 4282 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4143 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4143 
Dynamic screening 4143 
Actually this is very good idea! 4143 
Volcanic fabric 4143 
I should have done this. 4141 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4137 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4106 
No worries 4106 
Awesome memories 4106 
Optimization of space 4106 
Child-ish considerations 4103 
Finding peace.... 4097 
"Fencing"? 4096 
I need to build something custom 4096 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4096 
Stressed Skin 4096 
NYC elevators 4096 
Kids toys and quantities. 4096 
Everything is completely reversible 4095 
Racks and things 4095 
Now it looks even more promising! 4095 
Quantity of rods 4095 
Avoiding diagonals 4093 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4092 
That's not fair! 4092 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4092 
Discrimination? 4087 
Vertical configuration 4080 
Impresive ! 4009 
Did you read the site? 4009 
Contact 4009 
Company's name is Rixrax 4009 
Stand 4008 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3964 
End of life headphone system 3964 
Something like this? 3964 
The "Second Living Room" 3964 
Mixing urban & suburban 3964 
Late night listening 3964 
Moving life... 3962 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3962 
A true listening room. 3938 
It started… 3923 
Levels of Interest 3923 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3923 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3923 
I can't not to post it.... 3923 
Do not leave him unattended. 3923 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3923 
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