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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5763 
The first take on the new room. 5757 
New Room, a first shot. 5756 
Wonderful 5756 
Adopted 5755 
The first relaxed night with the room 5753 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5752 
The listening room is ready. 5751 
New Room, a First Shot 5749 
Continue to work with the room 5749 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5749 
Room 5748 
I think it will take another month. 5748 
The Buttressing 5748 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5747 
The new place and the new noises. 5747 
Big listening room 5746 
Screw the "big" rooms 5746 
Big listening rooms 5746 
First reflection points 5745 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5745 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5742 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5741 
Squeezing the floor 5741 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5741 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5741 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5740 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5740 
The new room, the very first listening. 5740 
The 14.5 foot. 5739 
Again… 5738 
Romy's new Playground 5738 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5738 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5738 
For the uninitiated ... 5737 
NH guy 5737 
Room 5737 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5736 
The first base is done 5736 
Reentry time alignment. 5735 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5734 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5734 
Mid bass horn. 5734 
Guess is only a guess… 5734 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5734 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5733 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5733 
Diffusors 5733 
Diffuse injection 5733 
Let analyse why it so 5733 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5733 
Wheel and Deal 5733 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5733 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5733 
I Must Be Missing Something 5733 
I put sliders under my speakers 5732 
ROOM 5731 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5731 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5731 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5731 
No concerns 5731 
Speakers and room 5731 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5730 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5730 
Diaphram 5730 
Phram 5730 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5730 
Perfect piston 5730 
Decorater 5729 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5729 
New morning 5728 
The first take on the room with RTA 5727 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5727 
Axiomatic 5727 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5726 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5726 
The size of the bass. 5726 
Bass Factory 5726 
Crude Level, or something more? 5726 
I will play with it this week…. 5726 
Rent-A 5726 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5726 
Corner horns 5726 
Cheating from below 5726 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5726 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5725 
A possibly overly simplified view 5725 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5725 
Iceberg 5725 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5725 
Why not horn 5725 
A correction…. 5725 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5725 
They are just not related things at all. 5725 
Fertin 5723 
Low resonance is good... 5723 
Et tu, Brute? 5722 
The Room response at LF 5721 
Life On The Ground Floor 5721 
Bass arrays 5721 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5721 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5721 
The super sucks. 5721 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5721 
You may also try 5720 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5720 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5720 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5720 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5720 
60 Hz Resonance 5720 
No notching… so far. 5720 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5719 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5719 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5719 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5719 
Power to the People 5719 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5719 
Aura 5719 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5719 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5719 
All class D is the same 5719 
Interpreting the LF results. 5718 
The Halibut 5718 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5718 
The Big Picture 5718 
Power & ULF channels 5718 
The big picture indeed. 5718 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5718 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5718 
The Power and the Glory 5717 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5717 
I guess I did not get this memo 5717 
French LF drivers 5717 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5717 
(another) French LF approach 5716 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5716 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5716 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5716 
Limpschtick 5716 
Symmetry 5716 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5715 
Room correction 5715 
It migh be more complicated. 5715 
Bass EQ ? 5715 
Agree and not. 5715 
Two "diseases" 5715 
Parametric filters 5715 
Ceiling arrays 5715 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5715 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5715 
The Middle of the Room. 5715 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5715 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5715 
Stop! 5715 
Appendectomy 5715 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5714 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5714 
No Isolation 5714 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5711 
Potential contenders? 5710 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5710 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5710 
Those Crazy Canucks 5706 
Mo' Better Bass 5700 
Bird in the Hand? 5700 
A wet listening spot? 5693 
Storm 5690 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5690 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5676 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5646 
Polar Opposite ULF 5645 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5633 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5631 
Differently but the same. 5630 
PVC 5629 
The sail test try. 5629 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5629 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5629 
Trial 5628 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5628 
Some explanations 5628 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5627 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5626 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5625 
Acrylate 5624 
Magic blanket 5624 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5623 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5623 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5623 
I have a few options. 5623 
Foam color 5623 
Strange things with upperbass 5623 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5622 
Teatro reform. . . 5622 
The foaming room dilemma. 5621 
Melamine Foam 5621 
Foaming up the cat house 5621 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5621 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5621 
Acoustic revisions… 5620 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5617 
Surprises so far in the new room 5616 
The upperbass in the new room. 5616 
Slight change of hart. 5615 
Camco supply of Boston 5613 
Room acoustics 5613 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5572 
I need to kill dust first. 5572 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5570 
To feed the leeches? 5570 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5569 
Yh 5569 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5569 
DPOLs? 5569 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5569 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5566 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5566 
A HalfPipe solution? 5566 
I absolutely love it. 5566 
Piper work 5565 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5565 
Absorption 5565 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5564 
Cats life ? 5564 
Call me Pussy. 5564 
More about traps 5564 
Acoustic impedance? 5564 
You maybe right 5564 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5564 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5563 
Heavy Curtain 5563 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5562 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5562 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5562 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5559 
Fix speaker move chair? 5558 
Back and forth ceremony 5558 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5557 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5556 
Glass windows 5555 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5554 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5553 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5551 
How to use basement jacks? 5551 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5551 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5551 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5550 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5550 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5549 
Sore eyes... 5548 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5548 
The harvesting week! 5546 
I need an inspiration… 5545 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5544 
Like this? 5544 
Dramatically randomize MF 5544 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5543 
The room eats dynamic 5543 
Diffusers 5543 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5542 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5527 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5526 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5526 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5526 
About Width-Importance balance. 5524 
Letting the music scale up 5523 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5523 
To finish my house décor… 5519 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5518 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5517 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5517 
Calling the gods of music 5517 
Absolutely 5517 
Phase manipulation 5517 
No relation. 5517 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5517 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5517 
Dynamical mismatch 5516 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5516 
Stradiwinerius? 5513 
Dealing with the glass. 5512 
Boston 5512 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5512 
Added mass 5512 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5512 
It is about moderation…. 5512 
To hell with the wine... 5512 
Also for other surafaces 5511 
LEAD 5511 
LEAD & GLASS 5511 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5511 
Read carefully 5511 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5511 
Crooks and morons 5511 
Magiscopios 5510 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5490 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5490 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5489 
The LP setup in the new home. 5438 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5433 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5433 
Pianochord will do! 5433 
Spanyi heaven 5433 
I see no conflict at all. 5433 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5433 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5433 
A year after closing 5425 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5425 
Traveling antimatter 5418 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5412 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5411 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5385 
Cast Iron fireplace 5384 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5384 
The hardcore way 5384 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5348 
This is How It's Done 5347 
Listening room during summer. 5335 
What about those... 5334 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5334 
Reducing A/C Noise 5334 
HVAC the Cat 5334 
Big Ass fan 5333 
Variac dimmers 5333 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5333 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5333 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5265 
Some winter observations. 5156 
That Asian man…. 5125 
The Franz Schubert morning 5099 
Spring.... 5048 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 4998 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 4969 
The ultimate piece of equipment 4969 
Just good photography? 4969 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 4969 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 4969 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 4968 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 4968 
Sports car 4968 
An environmental aspect of noise. 4968 
The only the sweetspot seat? 4968 
Train Positioning 4968 
Kind of what I want 4968 
The lap listening… 4968 
Family Room 4968 
About dead-end listening rooms. 4965 
A super audio room. 4961 
Time Warp! 4961 
A piano in a listening room 4940 
Pianissimo 4940 
The plan in blue. 4940 
Re: A piano in a listening room 4940 
My doubts 4940 
It is exactly what I worry. 4939 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 4939 
Musicians at home 4939 
Piano Measurements 4938 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 4933 
The next step. 4919 
Midbass horns missing?? 4918 
A new appearance of Macondo? 4908 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 4908 
Baby Grand 4907 
Wood floor 4907 
Hardwood floors in listening room 4907 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 4907 
Amy’s baby. 4905 
Improvement 4905 
Agree with Scott 4905 
Hardwood floors consequences. 4893 
Integrated casters 4893 
Very nice, thanks. 4893 
Customization 4893 
Sliders 4893 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 4886 
Congratulations 4886 
Holes in the floor... 4886 
Tubes and kids 4886 
Sweet spot enlargement 4886 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 4884 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 4883 
Wood Floors and Water 4883 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 4878 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 4877 
WAF is for Losers 4877 
WAF: it depends. 4877 
Integration 4876 
Here and there. 4876 
Life after WWIII 4876 
So, Not Parquet, after all 4876 
Cables management. 4874 
Featurizing 4874 
Kids and tubes cont. 4871 
Kid magnet 4871 
Kids and audio 4870 
Radars 4870 
Wow, what the days! 4866 
The comming weekend 4862 
It all was worth it! 4859 
Sound back and sentences by structure 4854 
Here is how it is look. 4854 
Resolving the carpet issue 4854 
Bonfire 4854 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 4854 
Proof of concept? 4854 
Geometry 4854 
A view from listening position. 4854 
Aspects of a Dilemma 4854 
Some feedback 4854 
Evening 4854 
I wonder why. 4853 
Rugs and things 4853 
In defense… 4853 
I can’t get it. 4850 
Haze. 4849 
Front wall 4849 
It is very possible. 4849 
It is nice to be back. 4846 
My comfy corner. 4843 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4483 
WMD in house. 4305 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4208 
The third listening spot. 4187 
For sure a very different experience. 4149 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4144 
It's Jfretch's system. 4144 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4143 
Domestic games 4097 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 3958 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 3958 
Dynamic screening 3958 
Actually this is very good idea! 3958 
Volcanic fabric 3958 
I should have done this. 3956 
Subduing the barbarity of function 3952 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 3921 
No worries 3921 
Awesome memories 3921 
Optimization of space 3921 
Child-ish considerations 3918 
Finding peace.... 3912 
"Fencing"? 3911 
I need to build something custom 3911 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 3911 
Stressed Skin 3911 
NYC elevators 3911 
Kids toys and quantities. 3911 
Everything is completely reversible 3910 
Racks and things 3910 
Now it looks even more promising! 3910 
Quantity of rods 3910 
Avoiding diagonals 3908 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 3907 
That's not fair! 3907 
Speakers do not like boxes… 3907 
Discrimination? 3902 
Vertical configuration 3895 
Impresive ! 3824 
Did you read the site? 3824 
Contact 3824 
Company's name is Rixrax 3824 
Stand 3823 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3779 
End of life headphone system 3779 
Something like this? 3779 
The "Second Living Room" 3779 
Mixing urban & suburban 3779 
Late night listening 3779 
Moving life... 3777 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3777 
A true listening room. 3753 
It started… 3738 
Levels of Interest 3738 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3738 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3738 
I can't not to post it.... 3738 
Do not leave him unattended. 3738 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3738 
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