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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6040 
The first take on the new room. 6034 
New Room, a first shot. 6033 
Wonderful 6033 
Adopted 6032 
The first relaxed night with the room 6030 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6029 
The listening room is ready. 6028 
New Room, a First Shot 6026 
Continue to work with the room 6026 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6026 
Room 6025 
I think it will take another month. 6025 
The Buttressing 6025 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6024 
The new place and the new noises. 6024 
Big listening room 6023 
Screw the "big" rooms 6023 
Big listening rooms 6023 
First reflection points 6022 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6022 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6019 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6018 
Squeezing the floor 6018 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6018 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6018 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6017 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6017 
The new room, the very first listening. 6017 
The 14.5 foot. 6016 
Again… 6015 
Romy's new Playground 6015 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 6015 
A phenomenal encouragement! 6015 
For the uninitiated ... 6014 
NH guy 6014 
Room 6014 
Design decisions and topologies…. 6013 
The first base is done 6013 
Reentry time alignment. 6012 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 6011 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 6011 
Mid bass horn. 6011 
Guess is only a guess… 6011 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 6011 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 6010 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 6010 
Diffusors 6010 
Diffuse injection 6010 
Let analyse why it so 6010 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 6010 
Wheel and Deal 6010 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 6010 
The High-End Saloon Sound 6010 
I Must Be Missing Something 6010 
I put sliders under my speakers 6009 
ROOM 6008 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 6008 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 6008 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 6008 
No concerns 6008 
Speakers and room 6008 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 6007 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 6007 
Diaphram 6007 
Phram 6007 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 6007 
Perfect piston 6007 
Decorater 6006 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 6006 
New morning 6005 
The first take on the room with RTA 6004 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 6004 
Axiomatic 6004 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 6003 
Wetness is about more than reflections 6003 
The size of the bass. 6003 
Bass Factory 6003 
Crude Level, or something more? 6003 
I will play with it this week…. 6003 
Rent-A 6003 
Secret of pressurizing open room 6003 
Corner horns 6003 
Cheating from below 6003 
The sequence, the sequence…. 6003 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 6002 
A possibly overly simplified view 6002 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 6002 
Iceberg 6002 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 6002 
Why not horn 6002 
A correction…. 6002 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 6002 
They are just not related things at all. 6002 
Fertin 6000 
Low resonance is good... 6000 
Et tu, Brute? 5999 
The Room response at LF 5998 
Life On The Ground Floor 5998 
Bass arrays 5998 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5998 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5998 
The super sucks. 5998 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5998 
You may also try 5997 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5997 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5997 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5997 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5997 
60 Hz Resonance 5997 
No notching… so far. 5997 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5996 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5996 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5996 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5996 
Power to the People 5996 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5996 
Aura 5996 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5996 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5996 
All class D is the same 5996 
Interpreting the LF results. 5995 
The Halibut 5995 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5995 
The Big Picture 5995 
Power & ULF channels 5995 
The big picture indeed. 5995 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5995 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5995 
The Power and the Glory 5994 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5994 
I guess I did not get this memo 5994 
French LF drivers 5994 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5994 
(another) French LF approach 5993 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5993 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5993 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5993 
Limpschtick 5993 
Symmetry 5993 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5992 
Room correction 5992 
It migh be more complicated. 5992 
Bass EQ ? 5992 
Agree and not. 5992 
Two "diseases" 5992 
Parametric filters 5992 
Ceiling arrays 5992 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5992 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5992 
The Middle of the Room. 5992 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5992 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5992 
Stop! 5992 
Appendectomy 5992 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5991 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5991 
No Isolation 5991 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5988 
Potential contenders? 5987 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5987 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5987 
Those Crazy Canucks 5983 
Mo' Better Bass 5977 
Bird in the Hand? 5977 
A wet listening spot? 5970 
Storm 5967 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5967 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5953 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5923 
Polar Opposite ULF 5922 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5910 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5908 
Differently but the same. 5907 
PVC 5906 
The sail test try. 5906 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5906 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5906 
Trial 5905 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5905 
Some explanations 5905 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5904 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5903 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5902 
Acrylate 5901 
Magic blanket 5901 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5900 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5900 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5900 
I have a few options. 5900 
Foam color 5900 
Strange things with upperbass 5900 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5899 
Teatro reform. . . 5899 
The foaming room dilemma. 5898 
Melamine Foam 5898 
Foaming up the cat house 5898 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5898 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5898 
Acoustic revisions… 5897 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5894 
Surprises so far in the new room 5893 
The upperbass in the new room. 5893 
Slight change of hart. 5892 
Camco supply of Boston 5890 
Room acoustics 5890 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5849 
I need to kill dust first. 5849 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5847 
To feed the leeches? 5847 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5846 
Yh 5846 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5846 
DPOLs? 5846 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5846 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5843 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5843 
A HalfPipe solution? 5843 
I absolutely love it. 5843 
Piper work 5842 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5842 
Absorption 5842 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5841 
Cats life ? 5841 
Call me Pussy. 5841 
More about traps 5841 
Acoustic impedance? 5841 
You maybe right 5841 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5841 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5840 
Heavy Curtain 5840 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5839 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5839 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5839 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5836 
Fix speaker move chair? 5835 
Back and forth ceremony 5835 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5834 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5833 
Glass windows 5832 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5831 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5830 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5828 
How to use basement jacks? 5828 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5828 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5828 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5827 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5827 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5826 
Sore eyes... 5825 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5825 
The harvesting week! 5823 
I need an inspiration… 5822 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5821 
Like this? 5821 
Dramatically randomize MF 5821 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5820 
The room eats dynamic 5820 
Diffusers 5820 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5819 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5804 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5803 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5803 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5803 
About Width-Importance balance. 5801 
Letting the music scale up 5800 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5800 
To finish my house décor… 5796 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5795 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5794 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5794 
Calling the gods of music 5794 
Absolutely 5794 
Phase manipulation 5794 
No relation. 5794 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5794 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5794 
Dynamical mismatch 5793 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5793 
Stradiwinerius? 5790 
Dealing with the glass. 5789 
Boston 5789 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5789 
Added mass 5789 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5789 
It is about moderation…. 5789 
To hell with the wine... 5789 
Also for other surafaces 5788 
LEAD 5788 
LEAD & GLASS 5788 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5788 
Read carefully 5788 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5788 
Crooks and morons 5788 
Magiscopios 5787 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5767 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5767 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5766 
The LP setup in the new home. 5715 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5710 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5710 
Pianochord will do! 5710 
Spanyi heaven 5710 
I see no conflict at all. 5710 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5710 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5710 
A year after closing 5702 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5702 
Traveling antimatter 5695 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5689 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5688 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5662 
Cast Iron fireplace 5661 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5661 
The hardcore way 5661 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5625 
This is How It's Done 5624 
Listening room during summer. 5612 
What about those... 5611 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5611 
Reducing A/C Noise 5611 
HVAC the Cat 5611 
Big Ass fan 5610 
Variac dimmers 5610 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5610 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5610 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5542 
Some winter observations. 5433 
That Asian man…. 5402 
The Franz Schubert morning 5376 
Spring.... 5325 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5275 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5246 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5246 
Just good photography? 5246 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5246 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5246 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5245 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5245 
Sports car 5245 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5245 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5245 
Train Positioning 5245 
Kind of what I want 5245 
The lap listening… 5245 
Family Room 5245 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5242 
A super audio room. 5238 
Time Warp! 5238 
A piano in a listening room 5217 
Pianissimo 5217 
The plan in blue. 5217 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5217 
My doubts 5217 
It is exactly what I worry. 5216 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5216 
Musicians at home 5216 
Piano Measurements 5215 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5210 
The next step. 5196 
Midbass horns missing?? 5195 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5185 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5185 
Baby Grand 5184 
Wood floor 5184 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5184 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5184 
Amy’s baby. 5182 
Improvement 5182 
Agree with Scott 5182 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5170 
Integrated casters 5170 
Very nice, thanks. 5170 
Customization 5170 
Sliders 5170 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5163 
Congratulations 5163 
Holes in the floor... 5163 
Tubes and kids 5163 
Sweet spot enlargement 5163 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5161 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5160 
Wood Floors and Water 5160 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5155 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5154 
WAF is for Losers 5154 
WAF: it depends. 5154 
Integration 5153 
Here and there. 5153 
Life after WWIII 5153 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5153 
Cables management. 5151 
Featurizing 5151 
Kids and tubes cont. 5148 
Kid magnet 5148 
Kids and audio 5147 
Radars 5147 
Wow, what the days! 5143 
The comming weekend 5139 
It all was worth it! 5136 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5131 
Here is how it is look. 5131 
Resolving the carpet issue 5131 
Bonfire 5131 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5131 
Proof of concept? 5131 
Geometry 5131 
A view from listening position. 5131 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5131 
Some feedback 5131 
Evening 5131 
I wonder why. 5130 
Rugs and things 5130 
In defense… 5130 
I can’t get it. 5127 
Haze. 5126 
Front wall 5126 
It is very possible. 5126 
It is nice to be back. 5123 
My comfy corner. 5120 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4760 
WMD in house. 4582 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4485 
The third listening spot. 4464 
For sure a very different experience. 4426 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4421 
It's Jfretch's system. 4421 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4420 
Domestic games 4374 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4235 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4235 
Dynamic screening 4235 
Actually this is very good idea! 4235 
Volcanic fabric 4235 
I should have done this. 4233 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4229 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4198 
No worries 4198 
Awesome memories 4198 
Optimization of space 4198 
Child-ish considerations 4195 
Finding peace.... 4189 
"Fencing"? 4188 
I need to build something custom 4188 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4188 
Stressed Skin 4188 
NYC elevators 4188 
Kids toys and quantities. 4188 
Everything is completely reversible 4187 
Racks and things 4187 
Now it looks even more promising! 4187 
Quantity of rods 4187 
Avoiding diagonals 4185 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4184 
That's not fair! 4184 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4184 
Discrimination? 4179 
Vertical configuration 4172 
Impresive ! 4101 
Did you read the site? 4101 
Contact 4101 
Company's name is Rixrax 4101 
Stand 4100 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4056 
End of life headphone system 4056 
Something like this? 4056 
The "Second Living Room" 4056 
Mixing urban & suburban 4056 
Late night listening 4056 
Moving life... 4054 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4054 
A true listening room. 4030 
It started… 4015 
Levels of Interest 4015 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 4015 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 4015 
I can't not to post it.... 4015 
Do not leave him unattended. 4015 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 4015 
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