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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6062 
The first take on the new room. 6056 
New Room, a first shot. 6055 
Wonderful 6055 
Adopted 6054 
The first relaxed night with the room 6052 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6051 
The listening room is ready. 6050 
New Room, a First Shot 6048 
Continue to work with the room 6048 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6048 
Room 6047 
I think it will take another month. 6047 
The Buttressing 6047 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6046 
The new place and the new noises. 6046 
Big listening room 6045 
Screw the "big" rooms 6045 
Big listening rooms 6045 
First reflection points 6044 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6044 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6041 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6040 
Squeezing the floor 6040 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6040 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6040 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6039 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6039 
The new room, the very first listening. 6039 
The 14.5 foot. 6038 
Again… 6037 
Romy's new Playground 6037 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 6037 
A phenomenal encouragement! 6037 
For the uninitiated ... 6036 
NH guy 6036 
Room 6036 
Design decisions and topologies…. 6035 
The first base is done 6035 
Reentry time alignment. 6034 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 6033 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 6033 
Mid bass horn. 6033 
Guess is only a guess… 6033 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 6033 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 6032 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 6032 
Diffusors 6032 
Diffuse injection 6032 
Let analyse why it so 6032 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 6032 
Wheel and Deal 6032 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 6032 
The High-End Saloon Sound 6032 
I Must Be Missing Something 6032 
I put sliders under my speakers 6031 
ROOM 6030 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 6030 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 6030 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 6030 
No concerns 6030 
Speakers and room 6030 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 6029 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 6029 
Diaphram 6029 
Phram 6029 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 6029 
Perfect piston 6029 
Decorater 6028 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 6028 
New morning 6027 
The first take on the room with RTA 6026 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 6026 
Axiomatic 6026 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 6025 
Wetness is about more than reflections 6025 
The size of the bass. 6025 
Bass Factory 6025 
Crude Level, or something more? 6025 
I will play with it this week…. 6025 
Rent-A 6025 
Secret of pressurizing open room 6025 
Corner horns 6025 
Cheating from below 6025 
The sequence, the sequence…. 6025 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 6024 
A possibly overly simplified view 6024 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 6024 
Iceberg 6024 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 6024 
Why not horn 6024 
A correction…. 6024 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 6024 
They are just not related things at all. 6024 
Fertin 6022 
Low resonance is good... 6022 
Et tu, Brute? 6021 
The Room response at LF 6020 
Life On The Ground Floor 6020 
Bass arrays 6020 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 6020 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 6020 
The super sucks. 6020 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 6020 
You may also try 6019 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 6019 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 6019 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 6019 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 6019 
60 Hz Resonance 6019 
No notching… so far. 6019 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 6018 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 6018 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 6018 
Enclosure volume LB channel 6018 
Power to the People 6018 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 6018 
Aura 6018 
No Way Around the Power Gap 6018 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 6018 
All class D is the same 6018 
Interpreting the LF results. 6017 
The Halibut 6017 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 6017 
The Big Picture 6017 
Power & ULF channels 6017 
The big picture indeed. 6017 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 6017 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 6017 
The Power and the Glory 6016 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 6016 
I guess I did not get this memo 6016 
French LF drivers 6016 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 6016 
(another) French LF approach 6015 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 6015 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 6015 
Using limp mass acoustic? 6015 
Limpschtick 6015 
Symmetry 6015 
Décor maybe fake for playback 6014 
Room correction 6014 
It migh be more complicated. 6014 
Bass EQ ? 6014 
Agree and not. 6014 
Two "diseases" 6014 
Parametric filters 6014 
Ceiling arrays 6014 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 6014 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 6014 
The Middle of the Room. 6014 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 6014 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 6014 
Stop! 6014 
Appendectomy 6014 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 6013 
...particularly if you have tried it? 6013 
No Isolation 6013 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 6010 
Potential contenders? 6009 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 6009 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 6009 
Those Crazy Canucks 6005 
Mo' Better Bass 5999 
Bird in the Hand? 5999 
A wet listening spot? 5992 
Storm 5989 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5989 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5975 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5945 
Polar Opposite ULF 5944 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5932 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5930 
Differently but the same. 5929 
PVC 5928 
The sail test try. 5928 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5928 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5928 
Trial 5927 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5927 
Some explanations 5927 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5926 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5925 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5924 
Acrylate 5923 
Magic blanket 5923 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5922 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5922 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5922 
I have a few options. 5922 
Foam color 5922 
Strange things with upperbass 5922 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5921 
Teatro reform. . . 5921 
The foaming room dilemma. 5920 
Melamine Foam 5920 
Foaming up the cat house 5920 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5920 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5920 
Acoustic revisions… 5919 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5916 
Surprises so far in the new room 5915 
The upperbass in the new room. 5915 
Slight change of hart. 5914 
Camco supply of Boston 5912 
Room acoustics 5912 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5871 
I need to kill dust first. 5871 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5869 
To feed the leeches? 5869 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5868 
Yh 5868 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5868 
DPOLs? 5868 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5868 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5865 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5865 
A HalfPipe solution? 5865 
I absolutely love it. 5865 
Piper work 5864 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5864 
Absorption 5864 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5863 
Cats life ? 5863 
Call me Pussy. 5863 
More about traps 5863 
Acoustic impedance? 5863 
You maybe right 5863 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5863 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5862 
Heavy Curtain 5862 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5861 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5861 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5861 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5858 
Fix speaker move chair? 5857 
Back and forth ceremony 5857 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5856 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5855 
Glass windows 5854 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5853 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5852 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5850 
How to use basement jacks? 5850 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5850 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5850 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5849 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5849 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5848 
Sore eyes... 5847 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5847 
The harvesting week! 5845 
I need an inspiration… 5844 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5843 
Like this? 5843 
Dramatically randomize MF 5843 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5842 
The room eats dynamic 5842 
Diffusers 5842 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5841 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5826 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5825 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5825 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5825 
About Width-Importance balance. 5823 
Letting the music scale up 5822 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5822 
To finish my house décor… 5818 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5817 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5816 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5816 
Calling the gods of music 5816 
Absolutely 5816 
Phase manipulation 5816 
No relation. 5816 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5816 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5816 
Dynamical mismatch 5815 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5815 
Stradiwinerius? 5812 
Dealing with the glass. 5811 
Boston 5811 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5811 
Added mass 5811 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5811 
It is about moderation…. 5811 
To hell with the wine... 5811 
Also for other surafaces 5810 
LEAD 5810 
LEAD & GLASS 5810 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5810 
Read carefully 5810 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5810 
Crooks and morons 5810 
Magiscopios 5809 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5789 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5789 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5788 
The LP setup in the new home. 5737 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5732 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5732 
Pianochord will do! 5732 
Spanyi heaven 5732 
I see no conflict at all. 5732 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5732 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5732 
A year after closing 5724 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5724 
Traveling antimatter 5717 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5711 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5710 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5684 
Cast Iron fireplace 5683 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5683 
The hardcore way 5683 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5647 
This is How It's Done 5646 
Listening room during summer. 5634 
What about those... 5633 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5633 
Reducing A/C Noise 5633 
HVAC the Cat 5633 
Big Ass fan 5632 
Variac dimmers 5632 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5632 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5632 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5564 
Some winter observations. 5455 
That Asian man…. 5424 
The Franz Schubert morning 5398 
Spring.... 5347 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5297 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5268 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5268 
Just good photography? 5268 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5268 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5268 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5267 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5267 
Sports car 5267 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5267 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5267 
Train Positioning 5267 
Kind of what I want 5267 
The lap listening… 5267 
Family Room 5267 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5264 
A super audio room. 5260 
Time Warp! 5260 
A piano in a listening room 5239 
Pianissimo 5239 
The plan in blue. 5239 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5239 
My doubts 5239 
It is exactly what I worry. 5238 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5238 
Musicians at home 5238 
Piano Measurements 5237 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5232 
The next step. 5218 
Midbass horns missing?? 5217 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5207 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5207 
Baby Grand 5206 
Wood floor 5206 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5206 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5206 
Amy’s baby. 5204 
Improvement 5204 
Agree with Scott 5204 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5192 
Integrated casters 5192 
Very nice, thanks. 5192 
Customization 5192 
Sliders 5192 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5185 
Congratulations 5185 
Holes in the floor... 5185 
Tubes and kids 5185 
Sweet spot enlargement 5185 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5183 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5182 
Wood Floors and Water 5182 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5177 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5176 
WAF is for Losers 5176 
WAF: it depends. 5176 
Integration 5175 
Here and there. 5175 
Life after WWIII 5175 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5175 
Cables management. 5173 
Featurizing 5173 
Kids and tubes cont. 5170 
Kid magnet 5170 
Kids and audio 5169 
Radars 5169 
Wow, what the days! 5165 
The comming weekend 5161 
It all was worth it! 5158 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5153 
Here is how it is look. 5153 
Resolving the carpet issue 5153 
Bonfire 5153 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5153 
Proof of concept? 5153 
Geometry 5153 
A view from listening position. 5153 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5153 
Some feedback 5153 
Evening 5153 
I wonder why. 5152 
Rugs and things 5152 
In defense… 5152 
I can’t get it. 5149 
Haze. 5148 
Front wall 5148 
It is very possible. 5148 
It is nice to be back. 5145 
My comfy corner. 5142 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4782 
WMD in house. 4604 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4507 
The third listening spot. 4486 
For sure a very different experience. 4448 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4443 
It's Jfretch's system. 4443 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4442 
Domestic games 4396 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4257 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4257 
Dynamic screening 4257 
Actually this is very good idea! 4257 
Volcanic fabric 4257 
I should have done this. 4255 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4251 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4220 
No worries 4220 
Awesome memories 4220 
Optimization of space 4220 
Child-ish considerations 4217 
Finding peace.... 4211 
"Fencing"? 4210 
I need to build something custom 4210 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4210 
Stressed Skin 4210 
NYC elevators 4210 
Kids toys and quantities. 4210 
Everything is completely reversible 4209 
Racks and things 4209 
Now it looks even more promising! 4209 
Quantity of rods 4209 
Avoiding diagonals 4207 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4206 
That's not fair! 4206 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4206 
Discrimination? 4201 
Vertical configuration 4194 
Impresive ! 4123 
Did you read the site? 4123 
Contact 4123 
Company's name is Rixrax 4123 
Stand 4122 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4078 
End of life headphone system 4078 
Something like this? 4078 
The "Second Living Room" 4078 
Mixing urban & suburban 4078 
Late night listening 4078 
Moving life... 4076 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4076 
A true listening room. 4052 
It started… 4037 
Levels of Interest 4037 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 4037 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 4037 
I can't not to post it.... 4037 
Do not leave him unattended. 4037 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 4037 
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