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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5913 
The first take on the new room. 5907 
New Room, a first shot. 5906 
Wonderful 5906 
Adopted 5905 
The first relaxed night with the room 5903 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5902 
The listening room is ready. 5901 
New Room, a First Shot 5899 
Continue to work with the room 5899 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5899 
Room 5898 
I think it will take another month. 5898 
The Buttressing 5898 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5897 
The new place and the new noises. 5897 
Big listening room 5896 
Screw the "big" rooms 5896 
Big listening rooms 5896 
First reflection points 5895 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5895 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5892 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5891 
Squeezing the floor 5891 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5891 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5891 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5890 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5890 
The new room, the very first listening. 5890 
The 14.5 foot. 5889 
Again… 5888 
Romy's new Playground 5888 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5888 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5888 
For the uninitiated ... 5887 
NH guy 5887 
Room 5887 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5886 
The first base is done 5886 
Reentry time alignment. 5885 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5884 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5884 
Mid bass horn. 5884 
Guess is only a guess… 5884 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5884 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5883 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5883 
Diffusors 5883 
Diffuse injection 5883 
Let analyse why it so 5883 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5883 
Wheel and Deal 5883 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5883 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5883 
I Must Be Missing Something 5883 
I put sliders under my speakers 5882 
ROOM 5881 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5881 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5881 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5881 
No concerns 5881 
Speakers and room 5881 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5880 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5880 
Diaphram 5880 
Phram 5880 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5880 
Perfect piston 5880 
Decorater 5879 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5879 
New morning 5878 
The first take on the room with RTA 5877 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5877 
Axiomatic 5877 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5876 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5876 
The size of the bass. 5876 
Bass Factory 5876 
Crude Level, or something more? 5876 
I will play with it this week…. 5876 
Rent-A 5876 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5876 
Corner horns 5876 
Cheating from below 5876 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5876 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5875 
A possibly overly simplified view 5875 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5875 
Iceberg 5875 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5875 
Why not horn 5875 
A correction…. 5875 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5875 
They are just not related things at all. 5875 
Fertin 5873 
Low resonance is good... 5873 
Et tu, Brute? 5872 
The Room response at LF 5871 
Life On The Ground Floor 5871 
Bass arrays 5871 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5871 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5871 
The super sucks. 5871 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5871 
You may also try 5870 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5870 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5870 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5870 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5870 
60 Hz Resonance 5870 
No notching… so far. 5870 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5869 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5869 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5869 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5869 
Power to the People 5869 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5869 
Aura 5869 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5869 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5869 
All class D is the same 5869 
Interpreting the LF results. 5868 
The Halibut 5868 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5868 
The Big Picture 5868 
Power & ULF channels 5868 
The big picture indeed. 5868 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5868 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5868 
The Power and the Glory 5867 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5867 
I guess I did not get this memo 5867 
French LF drivers 5867 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5867 
(another) French LF approach 5866 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5866 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5866 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5866 
Limpschtick 5866 
Symmetry 5866 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5865 
Room correction 5865 
It migh be more complicated. 5865 
Bass EQ ? 5865 
Agree and not. 5865 
Two "diseases" 5865 
Parametric filters 5865 
Ceiling arrays 5865 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5865 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5865 
The Middle of the Room. 5865 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5865 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5865 
Stop! 5865 
Appendectomy 5865 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5864 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5864 
No Isolation 5864 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5861 
Potential contenders? 5860 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5860 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5860 
Those Crazy Canucks 5856 
Mo' Better Bass 5850 
Bird in the Hand? 5850 
A wet listening spot? 5843 
Storm 5840 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5840 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5826 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5796 
Polar Opposite ULF 5795 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5783 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5781 
Differently but the same. 5780 
PVC 5779 
The sail test try. 5779 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5779 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5779 
Trial 5778 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5778 
Some explanations 5778 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5777 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5776 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5775 
Acrylate 5774 
Magic blanket 5774 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5773 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5773 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5773 
I have a few options. 5773 
Foam color 5773 
Strange things with upperbass 5773 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5772 
Teatro reform. . . 5772 
The foaming room dilemma. 5771 
Melamine Foam 5771 
Foaming up the cat house 5771 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5771 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5771 
Acoustic revisions… 5770 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5767 
Surprises so far in the new room 5766 
The upperbass in the new room. 5766 
Slight change of hart. 5765 
Camco supply of Boston 5763 
Room acoustics 5763 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5722 
I need to kill dust first. 5722 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5720 
To feed the leeches? 5720 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5719 
Yh 5719 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5719 
DPOLs? 5719 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5719 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5716 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5716 
A HalfPipe solution? 5716 
I absolutely love it. 5716 
Piper work 5715 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5715 
Absorption 5715 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5714 
Cats life ? 5714 
Call me Pussy. 5714 
More about traps 5714 
Acoustic impedance? 5714 
You maybe right 5714 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5714 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5713 
Heavy Curtain 5713 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5712 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5712 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5712 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5709 
Fix speaker move chair? 5708 
Back and forth ceremony 5708 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5707 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5706 
Glass windows 5705 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5704 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5703 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5701 
How to use basement jacks? 5701 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5701 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5701 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5700 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5700 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5699 
Sore eyes... 5698 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5698 
The harvesting week! 5696 
I need an inspiration… 5695 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5694 
Like this? 5694 
Dramatically randomize MF 5694 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5693 
The room eats dynamic 5693 
Diffusers 5693 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5692 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5677 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5676 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5676 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5676 
About Width-Importance balance. 5674 
Letting the music scale up 5673 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5673 
To finish my house décor… 5669 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5668 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5667 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5667 
Calling the gods of music 5667 
Absolutely 5667 
Phase manipulation 5667 
No relation. 5667 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5667 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5667 
Dynamical mismatch 5666 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5666 
Stradiwinerius? 5663 
Dealing with the glass. 5662 
Boston 5662 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5662 
Added mass 5662 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5662 
It is about moderation…. 5662 
To hell with the wine... 5662 
Also for other surafaces 5661 
LEAD 5661 
LEAD & GLASS 5661 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5661 
Read carefully 5661 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5661 
Crooks and morons 5661 
Magiscopios 5660 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5640 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5640 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5639 
The LP setup in the new home. 5588 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5583 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5583 
Pianochord will do! 5583 
Spanyi heaven 5583 
I see no conflict at all. 5583 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5583 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5583 
A year after closing 5575 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5575 
Traveling antimatter 5568 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5562 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5561 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5535 
Cast Iron fireplace 5534 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5534 
The hardcore way 5534 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5498 
This is How It's Done 5497 
Listening room during summer. 5485 
What about those... 5484 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5484 
Reducing A/C Noise 5484 
HVAC the Cat 5484 
Big Ass fan 5483 
Variac dimmers 5483 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5483 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5483 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5415 
Some winter observations. 5306 
That Asian man…. 5275 
The Franz Schubert morning 5249 
Spring.... 5198 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5148 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5119 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5119 
Just good photography? 5119 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5119 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5119 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5118 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5118 
Sports car 5118 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5118 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5118 
Train Positioning 5118 
Kind of what I want 5118 
The lap listening… 5118 
Family Room 5118 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5115 
A super audio room. 5111 
Time Warp! 5111 
A piano in a listening room 5090 
Pianissimo 5090 
The plan in blue. 5090 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5090 
My doubts 5090 
It is exactly what I worry. 5089 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5089 
Musicians at home 5089 
Piano Measurements 5088 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5083 
The next step. 5069 
Midbass horns missing?? 5068 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5058 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5058 
Baby Grand 5057 
Wood floor 5057 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5057 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5057 
Amy’s baby. 5055 
Improvement 5055 
Agree with Scott 5055 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5043 
Integrated casters 5043 
Very nice, thanks. 5043 
Customization 5043 
Sliders 5043 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5036 
Congratulations 5036 
Holes in the floor... 5036 
Tubes and kids 5036 
Sweet spot enlargement 5036 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5034 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5033 
Wood Floors and Water 5033 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5028 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5027 
WAF is for Losers 5027 
WAF: it depends. 5027 
Integration 5026 
Here and there. 5026 
Life after WWIII 5026 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5026 
Cables management. 5024 
Featurizing 5024 
Kids and tubes cont. 5021 
Kid magnet 5021 
Kids and audio 5020 
Radars 5020 
Wow, what the days! 5016 
The comming weekend 5012 
It all was worth it! 5009 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5004 
Here is how it is look. 5004 
Resolving the carpet issue 5004 
Bonfire 5004 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5004 
Proof of concept? 5004 
Geometry 5004 
A view from listening position. 5004 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5004 
Some feedback 5004 
Evening 5004 
I wonder why. 5003 
Rugs and things 5003 
In defense… 5003 
I can’t get it. 5000 
Haze. 4999 
Front wall 4999 
It is very possible. 4999 
It is nice to be back. 4996 
My comfy corner. 4993 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4633 
WMD in house. 4455 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4358 
The third listening spot. 4337 
For sure a very different experience. 4299 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4294 
It's Jfretch's system. 4294 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4293 
Domestic games 4247 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4108 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4108 
Dynamic screening 4108 
Actually this is very good idea! 4108 
Volcanic fabric 4108 
I should have done this. 4106 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4102 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4071 
No worries 4071 
Awesome memories 4071 
Optimization of space 4071 
Child-ish considerations 4068 
Finding peace.... 4062 
"Fencing"? 4061 
I need to build something custom 4061 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4061 
Stressed Skin 4061 
NYC elevators 4061 
Kids toys and quantities. 4061 
Everything is completely reversible 4060 
Racks and things 4060 
Now it looks even more promising! 4060 
Quantity of rods 4060 
Avoiding diagonals 4058 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4057 
That's not fair! 4057 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4057 
Discrimination? 4052 
Vertical configuration 4045 
Impresive ! 3974 
Did you read the site? 3974 
Contact 3974 
Company's name is Rixrax 3974 
Stand 3973 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3929 
End of life headphone system 3929 
Something like this? 3929 
The "Second Living Room" 3929 
Mixing urban & suburban 3929 
Late night listening 3929 
Moving life... 3927 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3927 
A true listening room. 3903 
It started… 3888 
Levels of Interest 3888 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3888 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3888 
I can't not to post it.... 3888 
Do not leave him unattended. 3888 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3888 
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