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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5723 
The first take on the new room. 5717 
New Room, a first shot. 5716 
Wonderful 5716 
Adopted 5715 
The first relaxed night with the room 5713 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5712 
The listening room is ready. 5711 
New Room, a First Shot 5709 
Continue to work with the room 5709 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5709 
Room 5708 
I think it will take another month. 5708 
The Buttressing 5708 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5707 
The new place and the new noises. 5707 
Big listening room 5706 
Screw the "big" rooms 5706 
Big listening rooms 5706 
First reflection points 5705 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5705 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5702 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5701 
Squeezing the floor 5701 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5701 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5701 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5700 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5700 
The new room, the very first listening. 5700 
The 14.5 foot. 5699 
Again… 5698 
Romy's new Playground 5698 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5698 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5698 
For the uninitiated ... 5697 
NH guy 5697 
Room 5697 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5696 
The first base is done 5696 
Reentry time alignment. 5695 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5694 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5694 
Mid bass horn. 5694 
Guess is only a guess… 5694 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5694 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5693 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5693 
Diffusors 5693 
Diffuse injection 5693 
Let analyse why it so 5693 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5693 
Wheel and Deal 5693 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5693 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5693 
I Must Be Missing Something 5693 
I put sliders under my speakers 5692 
ROOM 5691 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5691 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5691 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5691 
No concerns 5691 
Speakers and room 5691 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5690 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5690 
Diaphram 5690 
Phram 5690 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5690 
Perfect piston 5690 
Decorater 5689 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5689 
New morning 5688 
The first take on the room with RTA 5687 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5687 
Axiomatic 5687 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5686 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5686 
The size of the bass. 5686 
Bass Factory 5686 
Crude Level, or something more? 5686 
I will play with it this week…. 5686 
Rent-A 5686 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5686 
Corner horns 5686 
Cheating from below 5686 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5686 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5685 
A possibly overly simplified view 5685 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5685 
Iceberg 5685 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5685 
Why not horn 5685 
A correction…. 5685 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5685 
They are just not related things at all. 5685 
Fertin 5683 
Low resonance is good... 5683 
Et tu, Brute? 5682 
The Room response at LF 5681 
Life On The Ground Floor 5681 
Bass arrays 5681 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5681 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5681 
The super sucks. 5681 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5681 
You may also try 5680 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5680 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5680 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5680 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5680 
60 Hz Resonance 5680 
No notching… so far. 5680 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5679 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5679 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5679 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5679 
Power to the People 5679 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5679 
Aura 5679 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5679 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5679 
All class D is the same 5679 
Interpreting the LF results. 5678 
The Halibut 5678 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5678 
The Big Picture 5678 
Power & ULF channels 5678 
The big picture indeed. 5678 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5678 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5678 
The Power and the Glory 5677 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5677 
I guess I did not get this memo 5677 
French LF drivers 5677 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5677 
(another) French LF approach 5676 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5676 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5676 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5676 
Limpschtick 5676 
Symmetry 5676 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5675 
Room correction 5675 
It migh be more complicated. 5675 
Bass EQ ? 5675 
Agree and not. 5675 
Two "diseases" 5675 
Parametric filters 5675 
Ceiling arrays 5675 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5675 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5675 
The Middle of the Room. 5675 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5675 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5675 
Stop! 5675 
Appendectomy 5675 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5674 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5674 
No Isolation 5674 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5671 
Potential contenders? 5670 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5670 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5670 
Those Crazy Canucks 5666 
Mo' Better Bass 5660 
Bird in the Hand? 5660 
A wet listening spot? 5653 
Storm 5650 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5650 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5636 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5606 
Polar Opposite ULF 5605 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5593 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5591 
Differently but the same. 5590 
PVC 5589 
The sail test try. 5589 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5589 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5589 
Trial 5588 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5588 
Some explanations 5588 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5587 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5586 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5585 
Acrylate 5584 
Magic blanket 5584 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5583 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5583 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5583 
I have a few options. 5583 
Foam color 5583 
Strange things with upperbass 5583 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5582 
Teatro reform. . . 5582 
The foaming room dilemma. 5581 
Melamine Foam 5581 
Foaming up the cat house 5581 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5581 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5581 
Acoustic revisions… 5580 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5577 
Surprises so far in the new room 5576 
The upperbass in the new room. 5576 
Slight change of hart. 5575 
Camco supply of Boston 5573 
Room acoustics 5573 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5532 
I need to kill dust first. 5532 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5530 
To feed the leeches? 5530 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5529 
Yh 5529 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5529 
DPOLs? 5529 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5529 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5526 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5526 
A HalfPipe solution? 5526 
I absolutely love it. 5526 
Piper work 5525 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5525 
Absorption 5525 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5524 
Cats life ? 5524 
Call me Pussy. 5524 
More about traps 5524 
Acoustic impedance? 5524 
You maybe right 5524 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5524 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5523 
Heavy Curtain 5523 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5522 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5522 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5522 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5519 
Fix speaker move chair? 5518 
Back and forth ceremony 5518 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5517 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5516 
Glass windows 5515 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5514 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5513 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5511 
How to use basement jacks? 5511 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5511 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5511 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5510 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5510 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5509 
Sore eyes... 5508 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5508 
The harvesting week! 5506 
I need an inspiration… 5505 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5504 
Like this? 5504 
Dramatically randomize MF 5504 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5503 
The room eats dynamic 5503 
Diffusers 5503 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5502 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5487 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5486 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5486 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5486 
About Width-Importance balance. 5484 
Letting the music scale up 5483 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5483 
To finish my house décor… 5479 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5478 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5477 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5477 
Calling the gods of music 5477 
Absolutely 5477 
Phase manipulation 5477 
No relation. 5477 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5477 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5477 
Dynamical mismatch 5476 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5476 
Stradiwinerius? 5473 
Dealing with the glass. 5472 
Boston 5472 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5472 
Added mass 5472 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5472 
It is about moderation…. 5472 
To hell with the wine... 5472 
Also for other surafaces 5471 
LEAD 5471 
LEAD & GLASS 5471 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5471 
Read carefully 5471 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5471 
Crooks and morons 5471 
Magiscopios 5470 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5450 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5450 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5449 
The LP setup in the new home. 5398 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5393 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5393 
Pianochord will do! 5393 
Spanyi heaven 5393 
I see no conflict at all. 5393 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5393 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5393 
A year after closing 5385 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5385 
Traveling antimatter 5378 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5372 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5371 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5345 
Cast Iron fireplace 5344 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5344 
The hardcore way 5344 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5308 
This is How It's Done 5307 
Listening room during summer. 5295 
What about those... 5294 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5294 
Reducing A/C Noise 5294 
HVAC the Cat 5294 
Big Ass fan 5293 
Variac dimmers 5293 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5293 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5293 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5225 
Some winter observations. 5116 
That Asian man…. 5085 
The Franz Schubert morning 5059 
Spring.... 5008 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4958 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4929 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4929 
Just good photography? 4929 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4929 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4929 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4928 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4928 
Sports car 4928 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4928 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4928 
Train Positioning 4928 
Kind of what I want 4928 
The lap listening… 4928 
Family Room 4928 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4925 
A super audio room. 4921 
Time Warp! 4921 
A piano in a listening room 4900 
Pianissimo 4900 
The plan in blue. 4900 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4900 
My doubts 4900 
It is exactly what I worry. 4899 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4899 
Musicians at home 4899 
Piano Measurements 4898 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4893 
The next step. 4879 
Midbass horns missing?? 4878 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4868 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4868 
Baby Grand 4867 
Wood floor 4867 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4867 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4867 
Amy’s baby. 4865 
Improvement 4865 
Agree with Scott 4865 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4853 
Integrated casters 4853 
Very nice, thanks. 4853 
Customization 4853 
Sliders 4853 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4846 
Congratulations 4846 
Holes in the floor... 4846 
Tubes and kids 4846 
Sweet spot enlargement 4846 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4844 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4843 
Wood Floors and Water 4843 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4838 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4837 
WAF is for Losers 4837 
WAF: it depends. 4837 
Integration 4836 
Here and there. 4836 
Life after WWIII 4836 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4836 
Cables management. 4834 
Featurizing 4834 
Kids and tubes cont. 4831 
Kid magnet 4831 
Kids and audio 4830 
Radars 4830 
Wow, what the days! 4826 
The comming weekend 4822 
It all was worth it! 4819 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4814 
Here is how it is look. 4814 
Resolving the carpet issue 4814 
Bonfire 4814 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4814 
Proof of concept? 4814 
Geometry 4814 
A view from listening position. 4814 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4814 
Some feedback 4814 
Evening 4814 
I wonder why. 4813 
Rugs and things 4813 
In defense… 4813 
I can’t get it. 4810 
Haze. 4809 
Front wall 4809 
It is very possible. 4809 
It is nice to be back. 4806 
My comfy corner. 4803 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4443 
WMD in house. 4265 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4168 
The third listening spot. 4147 
For sure a very different experience. 4109 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4104 
It's Jfretch's system. 4104 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4103 
Domestic games 4057 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3918 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3918 
Dynamic screening 3918 
Actually this is very good idea! 3918 
Volcanic fabric 3918 
I should have done this. 3916 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3912 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3881 
No worries 3881 
Awesome memories 3881 
Optimization of space 3881 
Child-ish considerations 3878 
Finding peace.... 3872 
"Fencing"? 3871 
I need to build something custom 3871 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3871 
Stressed Skin 3871 
NYC elevators 3871 
Kids toys and quantities. 3871 
Everything is completely reversible 3870 
Racks and things 3870 
Now it looks even more promising! 3870 
Quantity of rods 3870 
Avoiding diagonals 3868 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3867 
That's not fair! 3867 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3867 
Discrimination? 3862 
Vertical configuration 3855 
Impresive ! 3784 
Did you read the site? 3784 
Contact 3784 
Company's name is Rixrax 3784 
Stand 3783 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3739 
End of life headphone system 3739 
Something like this? 3739 
The "Second Living Room" 3739 
Mixing urban & suburban 3739 
Late night listening 3739 
Moving life... 3737 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3737 
A true listening room. 3713 
It started… 3698 
Levels of Interest 3698 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3698 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3698 
I can't not to post it.... 3698 
Do not leave him unattended. 3698 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3698 
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