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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6076 
The first take on the new room. 6070 
New Room, a first shot. 6069 
Wonderful 6069 
Adopted 6068 
The first relaxed night with the room 6066 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6065 
The listening room is ready. 6064 
New Room, a First Shot 6062 
Continue to work with the room 6062 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6062 
Room 6061 
I think it will take another month. 6061 
The Buttressing 6061 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6060 
The new place and the new noises. 6060 
Big listening room 6059 
Screw the "big" rooms 6059 
Big listening rooms 6059 
First reflection points 6058 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6058 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6055 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6054 
Squeezing the floor 6054 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6054 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6054 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6053 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6053 
The new room, the very first listening. 6053 
The 14.5 foot. 6052 
Again… 6051 
Romy's new Playground 6051 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 6051 
A phenomenal encouragement! 6051 
For the uninitiated ... 6050 
NH guy 6050 
Room 6050 
Design decisions and topologies…. 6049 
The first base is done 6049 
Reentry time alignment. 6048 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 6047 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 6047 
Mid bass horn. 6047 
Guess is only a guess… 6047 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 6047 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 6046 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 6046 
Diffusors 6046 
Diffuse injection 6046 
Let analyse why it so 6046 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 6046 
Wheel and Deal 6046 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 6046 
The High-End Saloon Sound 6046 
I Must Be Missing Something 6046 
I put sliders under my speakers 6045 
ROOM 6044 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 6044 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 6044 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 6044 
No concerns 6044 
Speakers and room 6044 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 6043 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 6043 
Diaphram 6043 
Phram 6043 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 6043 
Perfect piston 6043 
Decorater 6042 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 6042 
New morning 6041 
The first take on the room with RTA 6040 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 6040 
Axiomatic 6040 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 6039 
Wetness is about more than reflections 6039 
The size of the bass. 6039 
Bass Factory 6039 
Crude Level, or something more? 6039 
I will play with it this week…. 6039 
Rent-A 6039 
Secret of pressurizing open room 6039 
Corner horns 6039 
Cheating from below 6039 
The sequence, the sequence…. 6039 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 6038 
A possibly overly simplified view 6038 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 6038 
Iceberg 6038 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 6038 
Why not horn 6038 
A correction…. 6038 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 6038 
They are just not related things at all. 6038 
Fertin 6036 
Low resonance is good... 6036 
Et tu, Brute? 6035 
The Room response at LF 6034 
Life On The Ground Floor 6034 
Bass arrays 6034 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 6034 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 6034 
The super sucks. 6034 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 6034 
You may also try 6033 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 6033 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 6033 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 6033 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 6033 
60 Hz Resonance 6033 
No notching… so far. 6033 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 6032 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 6032 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 6032 
Enclosure volume LB channel 6032 
Power to the People 6032 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 6032 
Aura 6032 
No Way Around the Power Gap 6032 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 6032 
All class D is the same 6032 
Interpreting the LF results. 6031 
The Halibut 6031 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 6031 
The Big Picture 6031 
Power & ULF channels 6031 
The big picture indeed. 6031 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 6031 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 6031 
The Power and the Glory 6030 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 6030 
I guess I did not get this memo 6030 
French LF drivers 6030 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 6030 
(another) French LF approach 6029 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 6029 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 6029 
Using limp mass acoustic? 6029 
Limpschtick 6029 
Symmetry 6029 
Décor maybe fake for playback 6028 
Room correction 6028 
It migh be more complicated. 6028 
Bass EQ ? 6028 
Agree and not. 6028 
Two "diseases" 6028 
Parametric filters 6028 
Ceiling arrays 6028 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 6028 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 6028 
The Middle of the Room. 6028 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 6028 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 6028 
Stop! 6028 
Appendectomy 6028 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 6027 
...particularly if you have tried it? 6027 
No Isolation 6027 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 6024 
Potential contenders? 6023 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 6023 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 6023 
Those Crazy Canucks 6019 
Mo' Better Bass 6013 
Bird in the Hand? 6013 
A wet listening spot? 6006 
Storm 6003 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 6003 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5989 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5959 
Polar Opposite ULF 5958 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5946 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5944 
Differently but the same. 5943 
PVC 5942 
The sail test try. 5942 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5942 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5942 
Trial 5941 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5941 
Some explanations 5941 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5940 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5939 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5938 
Acrylate 5937 
Magic blanket 5937 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5936 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5936 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5936 
I have a few options. 5936 
Foam color 5936 
Strange things with upperbass 5936 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5935 
Teatro reform. . . 5935 
The foaming room dilemma. 5934 
Melamine Foam 5934 
Foaming up the cat house 5934 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5934 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5934 
Acoustic revisions… 5933 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5930 
Surprises so far in the new room 5929 
The upperbass in the new room. 5929 
Slight change of hart. 5928 
Camco supply of Boston 5926 
Room acoustics 5926 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5885 
I need to kill dust first. 5885 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5883 
To feed the leeches? 5883 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5882 
Yh 5882 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5882 
DPOLs? 5882 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5882 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5879 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5879 
A HalfPipe solution? 5879 
I absolutely love it. 5879 
Piper work 5878 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5878 
Absorption 5878 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5877 
Cats life ? 5877 
Call me Pussy. 5877 
More about traps 5877 
Acoustic impedance? 5877 
You maybe right 5877 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5877 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5876 
Heavy Curtain 5876 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5875 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5875 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5875 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5872 
Fix speaker move chair? 5871 
Back and forth ceremony 5871 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5870 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5869 
Glass windows 5868 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5867 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5866 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5864 
How to use basement jacks? 5864 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5864 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5864 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5863 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5863 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5862 
Sore eyes... 5861 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5861 
The harvesting week! 5859 
I need an inspiration… 5858 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5857 
Like this? 5857 
Dramatically randomize MF 5857 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5856 
The room eats dynamic 5856 
Diffusers 5856 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5855 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5840 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5839 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5839 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5839 
About Width-Importance balance. 5837 
Letting the music scale up 5836 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5836 
To finish my house décor… 5832 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5831 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5830 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5830 
Calling the gods of music 5830 
Absolutely 5830 
Phase manipulation 5830 
No relation. 5830 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5830 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5830 
Dynamical mismatch 5829 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5829 
Stradiwinerius? 5826 
Dealing with the glass. 5825 
Boston 5825 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5825 
Added mass 5825 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5825 
It is about moderation…. 5825 
To hell with the wine... 5825 
Also for other surafaces 5824 
LEAD 5824 
LEAD & GLASS 5824 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5824 
Read carefully 5824 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5824 
Crooks and morons 5824 
Magiscopios 5823 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5803 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5803 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5802 
The LP setup in the new home. 5751 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5746 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5746 
Pianochord will do! 5746 
Spanyi heaven 5746 
I see no conflict at all. 5746 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5746 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5746 
A year after closing 5738 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5738 
Traveling antimatter 5731 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5725 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5724 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5698 
Cast Iron fireplace 5697 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5697 
The hardcore way 5697 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5661 
This is How It's Done 5660 
Listening room during summer. 5648 
What about those... 5647 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5647 
Reducing A/C Noise 5647 
HVAC the Cat 5647 
Big Ass fan 5646 
Variac dimmers 5646 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5646 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5646 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5578 
Some winter observations. 5469 
That Asian man…. 5438 
The Franz Schubert morning 5412 
Spring.... 5361 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5311 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5282 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5282 
Just good photography? 5282 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5282 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5282 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5281 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5281 
Sports car 5281 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5281 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5281 
Train Positioning 5281 
Kind of what I want 5281 
The lap listening… 5281 
Family Room 5281 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5278 
A super audio room. 5274 
Time Warp! 5274 
A piano in a listening room 5253 
Pianissimo 5253 
The plan in blue. 5253 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5253 
My doubts 5253 
It is exactly what I worry. 5252 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5252 
Musicians at home 5252 
Piano Measurements 5251 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5246 
The next step. 5232 
Midbass horns missing?? 5231 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5221 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5221 
Baby Grand 5220 
Wood floor 5220 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5220 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5220 
Amy’s baby. 5218 
Improvement 5218 
Agree with Scott 5218 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5206 
Integrated casters 5206 
Very nice, thanks. 5206 
Customization 5206 
Sliders 5206 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5199 
Congratulations 5199 
Holes in the floor... 5199 
Tubes and kids 5199 
Sweet spot enlargement 5199 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5197 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5196 
Wood Floors and Water 5196 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5191 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5190 
WAF is for Losers 5190 
WAF: it depends. 5190 
Integration 5189 
Here and there. 5189 
Life after WWIII 5189 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5189 
Cables management. 5187 
Featurizing 5187 
Kids and tubes cont. 5184 
Kid magnet 5184 
Kids and audio 5183 
Radars 5183 
Wow, what the days! 5179 
The comming weekend 5175 
It all was worth it! 5172 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5167 
Here is how it is look. 5167 
Resolving the carpet issue 5167 
Bonfire 5167 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5167 
Proof of concept? 5167 
Geometry 5167 
A view from listening position. 5167 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5167 
Some feedback 5167 
Evening 5167 
I wonder why. 5166 
Rugs and things 5166 
In defense… 5166 
I can’t get it. 5163 
Haze. 5162 
Front wall 5162 
It is very possible. 5162 
It is nice to be back. 5159 
My comfy corner. 5156 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4796 
WMD in house. 4618 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4521 
The third listening spot. 4500 
For sure a very different experience. 4462 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4457 
It's Jfretch's system. 4457 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4456 
Domestic games 4410 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4271 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4271 
Dynamic screening 4271 
Actually this is very good idea! 4271 
Volcanic fabric 4271 
I should have done this. 4269 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4265 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4234 
No worries 4234 
Awesome memories 4234 
Optimization of space 4234 
Child-ish considerations 4231 
Finding peace.... 4225 
"Fencing"? 4224 
I need to build something custom 4224 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4224 
Stressed Skin 4224 
NYC elevators 4224 
Kids toys and quantities. 4224 
Everything is completely reversible 4223 
Racks and things 4223 
Now it looks even more promising! 4223 
Quantity of rods 4223 
Avoiding diagonals 4221 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4220 
That's not fair! 4220 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4220 
Discrimination? 4215 
Vertical configuration 4208 
Impresive ! 4137 
Did you read the site? 4137 
Contact 4137 
Company's name is Rixrax 4137 
Stand 4136 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4092 
End of life headphone system 4092 
Something like this? 4092 
The "Second Living Room" 4092 
Mixing urban & suburban 4092 
Late night listening 4092 
Moving life... 4090 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4090 
A true listening room. 4066 
It started… 4051 
Levels of Interest 4051 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 4051 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 4051 
I can't not to post it.... 4051 
Do not leave him unattended. 4051 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 4051 
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