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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6035 
The first take on the new room. 6029 
New Room, a first shot. 6028 
Wonderful 6028 
Adopted 6027 
The first relaxed night with the room 6025 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6024 
The listening room is ready. 6023 
New Room, a First Shot 6021 
Continue to work with the room 6021 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6021 
Room 6020 
I think it will take another month. 6020 
The Buttressing 6020 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6019 
The new place and the new noises. 6019 
Big listening room 6018 
Screw the "big" rooms 6018 
Big listening rooms 6018 
First reflection points 6017 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6017 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6014 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6013 
Squeezing the floor 6013 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6013 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6013 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6012 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6012 
The new room, the very first listening. 6012 
The 14.5 foot. 6011 
Again… 6010 
Romy's new Playground 6010 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 6010 
A phenomenal encouragement! 6010 
For the uninitiated ... 6009 
NH guy 6009 
Room 6009 
Design decisions and topologies…. 6008 
The first base is done 6008 
Reentry time alignment. 6007 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 6006 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 6006 
Mid bass horn. 6006 
Guess is only a guess… 6006 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 6006 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 6005 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 6005 
Diffusors 6005 
Diffuse injection 6005 
Let analyse why it so 6005 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 6005 
Wheel and Deal 6005 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 6005 
The High-End Saloon Sound 6005 
I Must Be Missing Something 6005 
I put sliders under my speakers 6004 
ROOM 6003 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 6003 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 6003 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 6003 
No concerns 6003 
Speakers and room 6003 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 6002 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 6002 
Diaphram 6002 
Phram 6002 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 6002 
Perfect piston 6002 
Decorater 6001 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 6001 
New morning 6000 
The first take on the room with RTA 5999 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5999 
Axiomatic 5999 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5998 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5998 
The size of the bass. 5998 
Bass Factory 5998 
Crude Level, or something more? 5998 
I will play with it this week…. 5998 
Rent-A 5998 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5998 
Corner horns 5998 
Cheating from below 5998 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5998 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5997 
A possibly overly simplified view 5997 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5997 
Iceberg 5997 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5997 
Why not horn 5997 
A correction…. 5997 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5997 
They are just not related things at all. 5997 
Fertin 5995 
Low resonance is good... 5995 
Et tu, Brute? 5994 
The Room response at LF 5993 
Life On The Ground Floor 5993 
Bass arrays 5993 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5993 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5993 
The super sucks. 5993 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5993 
You may also try 5992 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5992 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5992 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5992 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5992 
60 Hz Resonance 5992 
No notching… so far. 5992 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5991 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5991 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5991 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5991 
Power to the People 5991 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5991 
Aura 5991 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5991 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5991 
All class D is the same 5991 
Interpreting the LF results. 5990 
The Halibut 5990 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5990 
The Big Picture 5990 
Power & ULF channels 5990 
The big picture indeed. 5990 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5990 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5990 
The Power and the Glory 5989 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5989 
I guess I did not get this memo 5989 
French LF drivers 5989 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5989 
(another) French LF approach 5988 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5988 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5988 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5988 
Limpschtick 5988 
Symmetry 5988 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5987 
Room correction 5987 
It migh be more complicated. 5987 
Bass EQ ? 5987 
Agree and not. 5987 
Two "diseases" 5987 
Parametric filters 5987 
Ceiling arrays 5987 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5987 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5987 
The Middle of the Room. 5987 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5987 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5987 
Stop! 5987 
Appendectomy 5987 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5986 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5986 
No Isolation 5986 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5983 
Potential contenders? 5982 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5982 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5982 
Those Crazy Canucks 5978 
Mo' Better Bass 5972 
Bird in the Hand? 5972 
A wet listening spot? 5965 
Storm 5962 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5962 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5948 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5918 
Polar Opposite ULF 5917 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5905 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5903 
Differently but the same. 5902 
PVC 5901 
The sail test try. 5901 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5901 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5901 
Trial 5900 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5900 
Some explanations 5900 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5899 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5898 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5897 
Acrylate 5896 
Magic blanket 5896 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5895 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5895 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5895 
I have a few options. 5895 
Foam color 5895 
Strange things with upperbass 5895 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5894 
Teatro reform. . . 5894 
The foaming room dilemma. 5893 
Melamine Foam 5893 
Foaming up the cat house 5893 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5893 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5893 
Acoustic revisions… 5892 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5889 
Surprises so far in the new room 5888 
The upperbass in the new room. 5888 
Slight change of hart. 5887 
Camco supply of Boston 5885 
Room acoustics 5885 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5844 
I need to kill dust first. 5844 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5842 
To feed the leeches? 5842 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5841 
Yh 5841 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5841 
DPOLs? 5841 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5841 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5838 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5838 
A HalfPipe solution? 5838 
I absolutely love it. 5838 
Piper work 5837 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5837 
Absorption 5837 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5836 
Cats life ? 5836 
Call me Pussy. 5836 
More about traps 5836 
Acoustic impedance? 5836 
You maybe right 5836 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5836 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5835 
Heavy Curtain 5835 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5834 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5834 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5834 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5831 
Fix speaker move chair? 5830 
Back and forth ceremony 5830 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5829 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5828 
Glass windows 5827 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5826 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5825 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5823 
How to use basement jacks? 5823 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5823 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5823 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5822 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5822 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5821 
Sore eyes... 5820 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5820 
The harvesting week! 5818 
I need an inspiration… 5817 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5816 
Like this? 5816 
Dramatically randomize MF 5816 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5815 
The room eats dynamic 5815 
Diffusers 5815 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5814 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5799 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5798 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5798 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5798 
About Width-Importance balance. 5796 
Letting the music scale up 5795 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5795 
To finish my house décor… 5791 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5790 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5789 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5789 
Calling the gods of music 5789 
Absolutely 5789 
Phase manipulation 5789 
No relation. 5789 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5789 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5789 
Dynamical mismatch 5788 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5788 
Stradiwinerius? 5785 
Dealing with the glass. 5784 
Boston 5784 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5784 
Added mass 5784 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5784 
It is about moderation…. 5784 
To hell with the wine... 5784 
Also for other surafaces 5783 
LEAD 5783 
LEAD & GLASS 5783 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5783 
Read carefully 5783 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5783 
Crooks and morons 5783 
Magiscopios 5782 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5762 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5762 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5761 
The LP setup in the new home. 5710 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5705 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5705 
Pianochord will do! 5705 
Spanyi heaven 5705 
I see no conflict at all. 5705 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5705 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5705 
A year after closing 5697 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5697 
Traveling antimatter 5690 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5684 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5683 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5657 
Cast Iron fireplace 5656 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5656 
The hardcore way 5656 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5620 
This is How It's Done 5619 
Listening room during summer. 5607 
What about those... 5606 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5606 
Reducing A/C Noise 5606 
HVAC the Cat 5606 
Big Ass fan 5605 
Variac dimmers 5605 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5605 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5605 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5537 
Some winter observations. 5428 
That Asian man…. 5397 
The Franz Schubert morning 5371 
Spring.... 5320 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5270 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5241 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5241 
Just good photography? 5241 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5241 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5241 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5240 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5240 
Sports car 5240 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5240 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5240 
Train Positioning 5240 
Kind of what I want 5240 
The lap listening… 5240 
Family Room 5240 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5237 
A super audio room. 5233 
Time Warp! 5233 
A piano in a listening room 5212 
Pianissimo 5212 
The plan in blue. 5212 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5212 
My doubts 5212 
It is exactly what I worry. 5211 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5211 
Musicians at home 5211 
Piano Measurements 5210 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5205 
The next step. 5191 
Midbass horns missing?? 5190 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5180 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5180 
Baby Grand 5179 
Wood floor 5179 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5179 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5179 
Amy’s baby. 5177 
Improvement 5177 
Agree with Scott 5177 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5165 
Integrated casters 5165 
Very nice, thanks. 5165 
Customization 5165 
Sliders 5165 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5158 
Congratulations 5158 
Holes in the floor... 5158 
Tubes and kids 5158 
Sweet spot enlargement 5158 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5156 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5155 
Wood Floors and Water 5155 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5150 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5149 
WAF is for Losers 5149 
WAF: it depends. 5149 
Integration 5148 
Here and there. 5148 
Life after WWIII 5148 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5148 
Cables management. 5146 
Featurizing 5146 
Kids and tubes cont. 5143 
Kid magnet 5143 
Kids and audio 5142 
Radars 5142 
Wow, what the days! 5138 
The comming weekend 5134 
It all was worth it! 5131 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5126 
Here is how it is look. 5126 
Resolving the carpet issue 5126 
Bonfire 5126 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5126 
Proof of concept? 5126 
Geometry 5126 
A view from listening position. 5126 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5126 
Some feedback 5126 
Evening 5126 
I wonder why. 5125 
Rugs and things 5125 
In defense… 5125 
I can’t get it. 5122 
Haze. 5121 
Front wall 5121 
It is very possible. 5121 
It is nice to be back. 5118 
My comfy corner. 5115 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4755 
WMD in house. 4577 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4480 
The third listening spot. 4459 
For sure a very different experience. 4421 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4416 
It's Jfretch's system. 4416 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4415 
Domestic games 4369 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4230 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4230 
Dynamic screening 4230 
Actually this is very good idea! 4230 
Volcanic fabric 4230 
I should have done this. 4228 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4224 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4193 
No worries 4193 
Awesome memories 4193 
Optimization of space 4193 
Child-ish considerations 4190 
Finding peace.... 4184 
"Fencing"? 4183 
I need to build something custom 4183 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4183 
Stressed Skin 4183 
NYC elevators 4183 
Kids toys and quantities. 4183 
Everything is completely reversible 4182 
Racks and things 4182 
Now it looks even more promising! 4182 
Quantity of rods 4182 
Avoiding diagonals 4180 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4179 
That's not fair! 4179 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4179 
Discrimination? 4174 
Vertical configuration 4167 
Impresive ! 4096 
Did you read the site? 4096 
Contact 4096 
Company's name is Rixrax 4096 
Stand 4095 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4051 
End of life headphone system 4051 
Something like this? 4051 
The "Second Living Room" 4051 
Mixing urban & suburban 4051 
Late night listening 4051 
Moving life... 4049 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4049 
A true listening room. 4025 
It started… 4010 
Levels of Interest 4010 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 4010 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 4010 
I can't not to post it.... 4010 
Do not leave him unattended. 4010 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 4010 
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