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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5952 
The first take on the new room. 5946 
New Room, a first shot. 5945 
Wonderful 5945 
Adopted 5944 
The first relaxed night with the room 5942 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5941 
The listening room is ready. 5940 
New Room, a First Shot 5938 
Continue to work with the room 5938 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5938 
Room 5937 
I think it will take another month. 5937 
The Buttressing 5937 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5936 
The new place and the new noises. 5936 
Big listening room 5935 
Screw the "big" rooms 5935 
Big listening rooms 5935 
First reflection points 5934 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5934 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5931 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5930 
Squeezing the floor 5930 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5930 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5930 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5929 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5929 
The new room, the very first listening. 5929 
The 14.5 foot. 5928 
Again… 5927 
Romy's new Playground 5927 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5927 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5927 
For the uninitiated ... 5926 
NH guy 5926 
Room 5926 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5925 
The first base is done 5925 
Reentry time alignment. 5924 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5923 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5923 
Mid bass horn. 5923 
Guess is only a guess… 5923 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5923 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5922 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5922 
Diffusors 5922 
Diffuse injection 5922 
Let analyse why it so 5922 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5922 
Wheel and Deal 5922 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5922 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5922 
I Must Be Missing Something 5922 
I put sliders under my speakers 5921 
ROOM 5920 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5920 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5920 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5920 
No concerns 5920 
Speakers and room 5920 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5919 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5919 
Diaphram 5919 
Phram 5919 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5919 
Perfect piston 5919 
Decorater 5918 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5918 
New morning 5917 
The first take on the room with RTA 5916 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5916 
Axiomatic 5916 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5915 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5915 
The size of the bass. 5915 
Bass Factory 5915 
Crude Level, or something more? 5915 
I will play with it this week…. 5915 
Rent-A 5915 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5915 
Corner horns 5915 
Cheating from below 5915 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5915 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5914 
A possibly overly simplified view 5914 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5914 
Iceberg 5914 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5914 
Why not horn 5914 
A correction…. 5914 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5914 
They are just not related things at all. 5914 
Fertin 5912 
Low resonance is good... 5912 
Et tu, Brute? 5911 
The Room response at LF 5910 
Life On The Ground Floor 5910 
Bass arrays 5910 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5910 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5910 
The super sucks. 5910 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5910 
You may also try 5909 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5909 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5909 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5909 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5909 
60 Hz Resonance 5909 
No notching… so far. 5909 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5908 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5908 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5908 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5908 
Power to the People 5908 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5908 
Aura 5908 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5908 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5908 
All class D is the same 5908 
Interpreting the LF results. 5907 
The Halibut 5907 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5907 
The Big Picture 5907 
Power & ULF channels 5907 
The big picture indeed. 5907 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5907 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5907 
The Power and the Glory 5906 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5906 
I guess I did not get this memo 5906 
French LF drivers 5906 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5906 
(another) French LF approach 5905 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5905 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5905 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5905 
Limpschtick 5905 
Symmetry 5905 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5904 
Room correction 5904 
It migh be more complicated. 5904 
Bass EQ ? 5904 
Agree and not. 5904 
Two "diseases" 5904 
Parametric filters 5904 
Ceiling arrays 5904 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5904 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5904 
The Middle of the Room. 5904 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5904 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5904 
Stop! 5904 
Appendectomy 5904 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5903 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5903 
No Isolation 5903 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5900 
Potential contenders? 5899 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5899 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5899 
Those Crazy Canucks 5895 
Mo' Better Bass 5889 
Bird in the Hand? 5889 
A wet listening spot? 5882 
Storm 5879 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5879 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5865 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5835 
Polar Opposite ULF 5834 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5822 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5820 
Differently but the same. 5819 
PVC 5818 
The sail test try. 5818 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5818 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5818 
Trial 5817 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5817 
Some explanations 5817 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5816 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5815 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5814 
Acrylate 5813 
Magic blanket 5813 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5812 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5812 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5812 
I have a few options. 5812 
Foam color 5812 
Strange things with upperbass 5812 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5811 
Teatro reform. . . 5811 
The foaming room dilemma. 5810 
Melamine Foam 5810 
Foaming up the cat house 5810 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5810 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5810 
Acoustic revisions… 5809 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5806 
Surprises so far in the new room 5805 
The upperbass in the new room. 5805 
Slight change of hart. 5804 
Camco supply of Boston 5802 
Room acoustics 5802 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5761 
I need to kill dust first. 5761 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5759 
To feed the leeches? 5759 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5758 
Yh 5758 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5758 
DPOLs? 5758 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5758 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5755 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5755 
A HalfPipe solution? 5755 
I absolutely love it. 5755 
Piper work 5754 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5754 
Absorption 5754 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5753 
Cats life ? 5753 
Call me Pussy. 5753 
More about traps 5753 
Acoustic impedance? 5753 
You maybe right 5753 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5753 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5752 
Heavy Curtain 5752 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5751 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5751 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5751 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5748 
Fix speaker move chair? 5747 
Back and forth ceremony 5747 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5746 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5745 
Glass windows 5744 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5743 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5742 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5740 
How to use basement jacks? 5740 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5740 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5740 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5739 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5739 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5738 
Sore eyes... 5737 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5737 
The harvesting week! 5735 
I need an inspiration… 5734 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5733 
Like this? 5733 
Dramatically randomize MF 5733 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5732 
The room eats dynamic 5732 
Diffusers 5732 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5731 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5716 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5715 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5715 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5715 
About Width-Importance balance. 5713 
Letting the music scale up 5712 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5712 
To finish my house décor… 5708 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5707 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5706 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5706 
Calling the gods of music 5706 
Absolutely 5706 
Phase manipulation 5706 
No relation. 5706 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5706 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5706 
Dynamical mismatch 5705 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5705 
Stradiwinerius? 5702 
Dealing with the glass. 5701 
Boston 5701 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5701 
Added mass 5701 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5701 
It is about moderation…. 5701 
To hell with the wine... 5701 
Also for other surafaces 5700 
LEAD 5700 
LEAD & GLASS 5700 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5700 
Read carefully 5700 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5700 
Crooks and morons 5700 
Magiscopios 5699 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5679 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5679 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5678 
The LP setup in the new home. 5627 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5622 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5622 
Pianochord will do! 5622 
Spanyi heaven 5622 
I see no conflict at all. 5622 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5622 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5622 
A year after closing 5614 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5614 
Traveling antimatter 5607 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5601 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5600 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5574 
Cast Iron fireplace 5573 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5573 
The hardcore way 5573 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5537 
This is How It's Done 5536 
Listening room during summer. 5524 
What about those... 5523 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5523 
Reducing A/C Noise 5523 
HVAC the Cat 5523 
Big Ass fan 5522 
Variac dimmers 5522 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5522 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5522 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5454 
Some winter observations. 5345 
That Asian man…. 5314 
The Franz Schubert morning 5288 
Spring.... 5237 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5187 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5158 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5158 
Just good photography? 5158 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5158 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5158 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5157 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5157 
Sports car 5157 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5157 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5157 
Train Positioning 5157 
Kind of what I want 5157 
The lap listening… 5157 
Family Room 5157 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5154 
A super audio room. 5150 
Time Warp! 5150 
A piano in a listening room 5129 
Pianissimo 5129 
The plan in blue. 5129 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5129 
My doubts 5129 
It is exactly what I worry. 5128 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5128 
Musicians at home 5128 
Piano Measurements 5127 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5122 
The next step. 5108 
Midbass horns missing?? 5107 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5097 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5097 
Baby Grand 5096 
Wood floor 5096 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5096 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5096 
Amy’s baby. 5094 
Improvement 5094 
Agree with Scott 5094 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5082 
Integrated casters 5082 
Very nice, thanks. 5082 
Customization 5082 
Sliders 5082 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5075 
Congratulations 5075 
Holes in the floor... 5075 
Tubes and kids 5075 
Sweet spot enlargement 5075 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5073 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5072 
Wood Floors and Water 5072 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5067 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5066 
WAF is for Losers 5066 
WAF: it depends. 5066 
Integration 5065 
Here and there. 5065 
Life after WWIII 5065 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5065 
Cables management. 5063 
Featurizing 5063 
Kids and tubes cont. 5060 
Kid magnet 5060 
Kids and audio 5059 
Radars 5059 
Wow, what the days! 5055 
The comming weekend 5051 
It all was worth it! 5048 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5043 
Here is how it is look. 5043 
Resolving the carpet issue 5043 
Bonfire 5043 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5043 
Proof of concept? 5043 
Geometry 5043 
A view from listening position. 5043 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5043 
Some feedback 5043 
Evening 5043 
I wonder why. 5042 
Rugs and things 5042 
In defense… 5042 
I can’t get it. 5039 
Haze. 5038 
Front wall 5038 
It is very possible. 5038 
It is nice to be back. 5035 
My comfy corner. 5032 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4672 
WMD in house. 4494 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4397 
The third listening spot. 4376 
For sure a very different experience. 4338 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4333 
It's Jfretch's system. 4333 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4332 
Domestic games 4286 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4147 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4147 
Dynamic screening 4147 
Actually this is very good idea! 4147 
Volcanic fabric 4147 
I should have done this. 4145 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4141 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4110 
No worries 4110 
Awesome memories 4110 
Optimization of space 4110 
Child-ish considerations 4107 
Finding peace.... 4101 
"Fencing"? 4100 
I need to build something custom 4100 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4100 
Stressed Skin 4100 
NYC elevators 4100 
Kids toys and quantities. 4100 
Everything is completely reversible 4099 
Racks and things 4099 
Now it looks even more promising! 4099 
Quantity of rods 4099 
Avoiding diagonals 4097 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4096 
That's not fair! 4096 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4096 
Discrimination? 4091 
Vertical configuration 4084 
Impresive ! 4013 
Did you read the site? 4013 
Contact 4013 
Company's name is Rixrax 4013 
Stand 4012 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3968 
End of life headphone system 3968 
Something like this? 3968 
The "Second Living Room" 3968 
Mixing urban & suburban 3968 
Late night listening 3968 
Moving life... 3966 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3966 
A true listening room. 3942 
It started… 3927 
Levels of Interest 3927 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3927 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3927 
I can't not to post it.... 3927 
Do not leave him unattended. 3927 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3927 
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