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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6023 
The first take on the new room. 6017 
New Room, a first shot. 6016 
Wonderful 6016 
Adopted 6015 
The first relaxed night with the room 6013 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6012 
The listening room is ready. 6011 
New Room, a First Shot 6009 
Continue to work with the room 6009 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6009 
Room 6008 
I think it will take another month. 6008 
The Buttressing 6008 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6007 
The new place and the new noises. 6007 
Big listening room 6006 
Screw the "big" rooms 6006 
Big listening rooms 6006 
First reflection points 6005 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6005 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6002 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6001 
Squeezing the floor 6001 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6001 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6001 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6000 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6000 
The new room, the very first listening. 6000 
The 14.5 foot. 5999 
Again… 5998 
Romy's new Playground 5998 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5998 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5998 
For the uninitiated ... 5997 
NH guy 5997 
Room 5997 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5996 
The first base is done 5996 
Reentry time alignment. 5995 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5994 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5994 
Mid bass horn. 5994 
Guess is only a guess… 5994 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5994 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5993 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5993 
Diffusors 5993 
Diffuse injection 5993 
Let analyse why it so 5993 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5993 
Wheel and Deal 5993 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5993 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5993 
I Must Be Missing Something 5993 
I put sliders under my speakers 5992 
ROOM 5991 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5991 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5991 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5991 
No concerns 5991 
Speakers and room 5991 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5990 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5990 
Diaphram 5990 
Phram 5990 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5990 
Perfect piston 5990 
Decorater 5989 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5989 
New morning 5988 
The first take on the room with RTA 5987 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5987 
Axiomatic 5987 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5986 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5986 
The size of the bass. 5986 
Bass Factory 5986 
Crude Level, or something more? 5986 
I will play with it this week…. 5986 
Rent-A 5986 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5986 
Corner horns 5986 
Cheating from below 5986 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5986 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5985 
A possibly overly simplified view 5985 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5985 
Iceberg 5985 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5985 
Why not horn 5985 
A correction…. 5985 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5985 
They are just not related things at all. 5985 
Fertin 5983 
Low resonance is good... 5983 
Et tu, Brute? 5982 
The Room response at LF 5981 
Life On The Ground Floor 5981 
Bass arrays 5981 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5981 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5981 
The super sucks. 5981 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5981 
You may also try 5980 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5980 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5980 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5980 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5980 
60 Hz Resonance 5980 
No notching… so far. 5980 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5979 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5979 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5979 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5979 
Power to the People 5979 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5979 
Aura 5979 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5979 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5979 
All class D is the same 5979 
Interpreting the LF results. 5978 
The Halibut 5978 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5978 
The Big Picture 5978 
Power & ULF channels 5978 
The big picture indeed. 5978 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5978 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5978 
The Power and the Glory 5977 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5977 
I guess I did not get this memo 5977 
French LF drivers 5977 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5977 
(another) French LF approach 5976 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5976 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5976 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5976 
Limpschtick 5976 
Symmetry 5976 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5975 
Room correction 5975 
It migh be more complicated. 5975 
Bass EQ ? 5975 
Agree and not. 5975 
Two "diseases" 5975 
Parametric filters 5975 
Ceiling arrays 5975 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5975 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5975 
The Middle of the Room. 5975 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5975 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5975 
Stop! 5975 
Appendectomy 5975 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5974 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5974 
No Isolation 5974 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5971 
Potential contenders? 5970 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5970 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5970 
Those Crazy Canucks 5966 
Mo' Better Bass 5960 
Bird in the Hand? 5960 
A wet listening spot? 5953 
Storm 5950 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5950 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5936 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5906 
Polar Opposite ULF 5905 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5893 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5891 
Differently but the same. 5890 
PVC 5889 
The sail test try. 5889 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5889 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5889 
Trial 5888 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5888 
Some explanations 5888 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5887 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5886 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5885 
Acrylate 5884 
Magic blanket 5884 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5883 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5883 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5883 
I have a few options. 5883 
Foam color 5883 
Strange things with upperbass 5883 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5882 
Teatro reform. . . 5882 
The foaming room dilemma. 5881 
Melamine Foam 5881 
Foaming up the cat house 5881 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5881 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5881 
Acoustic revisions… 5880 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5877 
Surprises so far in the new room 5876 
The upperbass in the new room. 5876 
Slight change of hart. 5875 
Camco supply of Boston 5873 
Room acoustics 5873 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5832 
I need to kill dust first. 5832 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5830 
To feed the leeches? 5830 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5829 
Yh 5829 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5829 
DPOLs? 5829 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5829 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5826 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5826 
A HalfPipe solution? 5826 
I absolutely love it. 5826 
Piper work 5825 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5825 
Absorption 5825 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5824 
Cats life ? 5824 
Call me Pussy. 5824 
More about traps 5824 
Acoustic impedance? 5824 
You maybe right 5824 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5824 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5823 
Heavy Curtain 5823 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5822 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5822 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5822 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5819 
Fix speaker move chair? 5818 
Back and forth ceremony 5818 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5817 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5816 
Glass windows 5815 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5814 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5813 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5811 
How to use basement jacks? 5811 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5811 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5811 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5810 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5810 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5809 
Sore eyes... 5808 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5808 
The harvesting week! 5806 
I need an inspiration… 5805 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5804 
Like this? 5804 
Dramatically randomize MF 5804 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5803 
The room eats dynamic 5803 
Diffusers 5803 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5802 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5787 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5786 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5786 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5786 
About Width-Importance balance. 5784 
Letting the music scale up 5783 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5783 
To finish my house décor… 5779 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5778 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5777 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5777 
Calling the gods of music 5777 
Absolutely 5777 
Phase manipulation 5777 
No relation. 5777 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5777 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5777 
Dynamical mismatch 5776 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5776 
Stradiwinerius? 5773 
Dealing with the glass. 5772 
Boston 5772 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5772 
Added mass 5772 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5772 
It is about moderation…. 5772 
To hell with the wine... 5772 
Also for other surafaces 5771 
LEAD 5771 
LEAD & GLASS 5771 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5771 
Read carefully 5771 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5771 
Crooks and morons 5771 
Magiscopios 5770 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5750 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5750 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5749 
The LP setup in the new home. 5698 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5693 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5693 
Pianochord will do! 5693 
Spanyi heaven 5693 
I see no conflict at all. 5693 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5693 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5693 
A year after closing 5685 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5685 
Traveling antimatter 5678 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5672 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5671 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5645 
Cast Iron fireplace 5644 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5644 
The hardcore way 5644 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5608 
This is How It's Done 5607 
Listening room during summer. 5595 
What about those... 5594 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5594 
Reducing A/C Noise 5594 
HVAC the Cat 5594 
Big Ass fan 5593 
Variac dimmers 5593 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5593 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5593 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5525 
Some winter observations. 5416 
That Asian man…. 5385 
The Franz Schubert morning 5359 
Spring.... 5308 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5258 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5229 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5229 
Just good photography? 5229 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5229 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5229 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5228 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5228 
Sports car 5228 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5228 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5228 
Train Positioning 5228 
Kind of what I want 5228 
The lap listening… 5228 
Family Room 5228 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5225 
A super audio room. 5221 
Time Warp! 5221 
A piano in a listening room 5200 
Pianissimo 5200 
The plan in blue. 5200 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5200 
My doubts 5200 
It is exactly what I worry. 5199 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5199 
Musicians at home 5199 
Piano Measurements 5198 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5193 
The next step. 5179 
Midbass horns missing?? 5178 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5168 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5168 
Baby Grand 5167 
Wood floor 5167 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5167 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5167 
Amy’s baby. 5165 
Improvement 5165 
Agree with Scott 5165 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5153 
Integrated casters 5153 
Very nice, thanks. 5153 
Customization 5153 
Sliders 5153 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5146 
Congratulations 5146 
Holes in the floor... 5146 
Tubes and kids 5146 
Sweet spot enlargement 5146 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5144 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5143 
Wood Floors and Water 5143 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5138 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5137 
WAF is for Losers 5137 
WAF: it depends. 5137 
Integration 5136 
Here and there. 5136 
Life after WWIII 5136 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5136 
Cables management. 5134 
Featurizing 5134 
Kids and tubes cont. 5131 
Kid magnet 5131 
Kids and audio 5130 
Radars 5130 
Wow, what the days! 5126 
The comming weekend 5122 
It all was worth it! 5119 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5114 
Here is how it is look. 5114 
Resolving the carpet issue 5114 
Bonfire 5114 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5114 
Proof of concept? 5114 
Geometry 5114 
A view from listening position. 5114 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5114 
Some feedback 5114 
Evening 5114 
I wonder why. 5113 
Rugs and things 5113 
In defense… 5113 
I can’t get it. 5110 
Haze. 5109 
Front wall 5109 
It is very possible. 5109 
It is nice to be back. 5106 
My comfy corner. 5103 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4743 
WMD in house. 4565 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4468 
The third listening spot. 4447 
For sure a very different experience. 4409 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4404 
It's Jfretch's system. 4404 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4403 
Domestic games 4357 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4218 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4218 
Dynamic screening 4218 
Actually this is very good idea! 4218 
Volcanic fabric 4218 
I should have done this. 4216 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4212 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4181 
No worries 4181 
Awesome memories 4181 
Optimization of space 4181 
Child-ish considerations 4178 
Finding peace.... 4172 
"Fencing"? 4171 
I need to build something custom 4171 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4171 
Stressed Skin 4171 
NYC elevators 4171 
Kids toys and quantities. 4171 
Everything is completely reversible 4170 
Racks and things 4170 
Now it looks even more promising! 4170 
Quantity of rods 4170 
Avoiding diagonals 4168 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4167 
That's not fair! 4167 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4167 
Discrimination? 4162 
Vertical configuration 4155 
Impresive ! 4084 
Did you read the site? 4084 
Contact 4084 
Company's name is Rixrax 4084 
Stand 4083 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4039 
End of life headphone system 4039 
Something like this? 4039 
The "Second Living Room" 4039 
Mixing urban & suburban 4039 
Late night listening 4039 
Moving life... 4037 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4037 
A true listening room. 4013 
It started… 3998 
Levels of Interest 3998 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3998 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3998 
I can't not to post it.... 3998 
Do not leave him unattended. 3998 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3998 
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