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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5918 
The first take on the new room. 5912 
New Room, a first shot. 5911 
Wonderful 5911 
Adopted 5910 
The first relaxed night with the room 5908 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5907 
The listening room is ready. 5906 
New Room, a First Shot 5904 
Continue to work with the room 5904 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5904 
Room 5903 
I think it will take another month. 5903 
The Buttressing 5903 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5902 
The new place and the new noises. 5902 
Big listening room 5901 
Screw the "big" rooms 5901 
Big listening rooms 5901 
First reflection points 5900 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5900 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5897 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5896 
Squeezing the floor 5896 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5896 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5896 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5895 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5895 
The new room, the very first listening. 5895 
The 14.5 foot. 5894 
Again… 5893 
Romy's new Playground 5893 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5893 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5893 
For the uninitiated ... 5892 
NH guy 5892 
Room 5892 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5891 
The first base is done 5891 
Reentry time alignment. 5890 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5889 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5889 
Mid bass horn. 5889 
Guess is only a guess… 5889 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5889 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5888 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5888 
Diffusors 5888 
Diffuse injection 5888 
Let analyse why it so 5888 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5888 
Wheel and Deal 5888 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5888 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5888 
I Must Be Missing Something 5888 
I put sliders under my speakers 5887 
ROOM 5886 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5886 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5886 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5886 
No concerns 5886 
Speakers and room 5886 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5885 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5885 
Diaphram 5885 
Phram 5885 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5885 
Perfect piston 5885 
Decorater 5884 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5884 
New morning 5883 
The first take on the room with RTA 5882 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5882 
Axiomatic 5882 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5881 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5881 
The size of the bass. 5881 
Bass Factory 5881 
Crude Level, or something more? 5881 
I will play with it this week…. 5881 
Rent-A 5881 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5881 
Corner horns 5881 
Cheating from below 5881 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5881 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5880 
A possibly overly simplified view 5880 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5880 
Iceberg 5880 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5880 
Why not horn 5880 
A correction…. 5880 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5880 
They are just not related things at all. 5880 
Fertin 5878 
Low resonance is good... 5878 
Et tu, Brute? 5877 
The Room response at LF 5876 
Life On The Ground Floor 5876 
Bass arrays 5876 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5876 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5876 
The super sucks. 5876 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5876 
You may also try 5875 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5875 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5875 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5875 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5875 
60 Hz Resonance 5875 
No notching… so far. 5875 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5874 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5874 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5874 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5874 
Power to the People 5874 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5874 
Aura 5874 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5874 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5874 
All class D is the same 5874 
Interpreting the LF results. 5873 
The Halibut 5873 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5873 
The Big Picture 5873 
Power & ULF channels 5873 
The big picture indeed. 5873 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5873 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5873 
The Power and the Glory 5872 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5872 
I guess I did not get this memo 5872 
French LF drivers 5872 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5872 
(another) French LF approach 5871 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5871 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5871 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5871 
Limpschtick 5871 
Symmetry 5871 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5870 
Room correction 5870 
It migh be more complicated. 5870 
Bass EQ ? 5870 
Agree and not. 5870 
Two "diseases" 5870 
Parametric filters 5870 
Ceiling arrays 5870 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5870 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5870 
The Middle of the Room. 5870 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5870 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5870 
Stop! 5870 
Appendectomy 5870 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5869 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5869 
No Isolation 5869 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5866 
Potential contenders? 5865 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5865 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5865 
Those Crazy Canucks 5861 
Mo' Better Bass 5855 
Bird in the Hand? 5855 
A wet listening spot? 5848 
Storm 5845 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5845 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5831 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5801 
Polar Opposite ULF 5800 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5788 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5786 
Differently but the same. 5785 
PVC 5784 
The sail test try. 5784 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5784 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5784 
Trial 5783 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5783 
Some explanations 5783 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5782 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5781 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5780 
Acrylate 5779 
Magic blanket 5779 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5778 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5778 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5778 
I have a few options. 5778 
Foam color 5778 
Strange things with upperbass 5778 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5777 
Teatro reform. . . 5777 
The foaming room dilemma. 5776 
Melamine Foam 5776 
Foaming up the cat house 5776 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5776 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5776 
Acoustic revisions… 5775 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5772 
Surprises so far in the new room 5771 
The upperbass in the new room. 5771 
Slight change of hart. 5770 
Camco supply of Boston 5768 
Room acoustics 5768 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5727 
I need to kill dust first. 5727 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5725 
To feed the leeches? 5725 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5724 
Yh 5724 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5724 
DPOLs? 5724 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5724 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5721 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5721 
A HalfPipe solution? 5721 
I absolutely love it. 5721 
Piper work 5720 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5720 
Absorption 5720 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5719 
Cats life ? 5719 
Call me Pussy. 5719 
More about traps 5719 
Acoustic impedance? 5719 
You maybe right 5719 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5719 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5718 
Heavy Curtain 5718 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5717 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5717 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5717 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5714 
Fix speaker move chair? 5713 
Back and forth ceremony 5713 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5712 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5711 
Glass windows 5710 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5709 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5708 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5706 
How to use basement jacks? 5706 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5706 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5706 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5705 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5705 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5704 
Sore eyes... 5703 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5703 
The harvesting week! 5701 
I need an inspiration… 5700 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5699 
Like this? 5699 
Dramatically randomize MF 5699 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5698 
The room eats dynamic 5698 
Diffusers 5698 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5697 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5682 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5681 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5681 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5681 
About Width-Importance balance. 5679 
Letting the music scale up 5678 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5678 
To finish my house décor… 5674 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5673 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5672 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5672 
Calling the gods of music 5672 
Absolutely 5672 
Phase manipulation 5672 
No relation. 5672 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5672 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5672 
Dynamical mismatch 5671 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5671 
Stradiwinerius? 5668 
Dealing with the glass. 5667 
Boston 5667 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5667 
Added mass 5667 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5667 
It is about moderation…. 5667 
To hell with the wine... 5667 
Also for other surafaces 5666 
LEAD 5666 
LEAD & GLASS 5666 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5666 
Read carefully 5666 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5666 
Crooks and morons 5666 
Magiscopios 5665 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5645 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5645 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5644 
The LP setup in the new home. 5593 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5588 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5588 
Pianochord will do! 5588 
Spanyi heaven 5588 
I see no conflict at all. 5588 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5588 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5588 
A year after closing 5580 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5580 
Traveling antimatter 5573 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5567 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5566 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5540 
Cast Iron fireplace 5539 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5539 
The hardcore way 5539 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5503 
This is How It's Done 5502 
Listening room during summer. 5490 
What about those... 5489 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5489 
Reducing A/C Noise 5489 
HVAC the Cat 5489 
Big Ass fan 5488 
Variac dimmers 5488 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5488 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5488 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5420 
Some winter observations. 5311 
That Asian man…. 5280 
The Franz Schubert morning 5254 
Spring.... 5203 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5153 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5124 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5124 
Just good photography? 5124 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5124 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5124 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5123 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5123 
Sports car 5123 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5123 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5123 
Train Positioning 5123 
Kind of what I want 5123 
The lap listening… 5123 
Family Room 5123 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5120 
A super audio room. 5116 
Time Warp! 5116 
A piano in a listening room 5095 
Pianissimo 5095 
The plan in blue. 5095 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5095 
My doubts 5095 
It is exactly what I worry. 5094 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5094 
Musicians at home 5094 
Piano Measurements 5093 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5088 
The next step. 5074 
Midbass horns missing?? 5073 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5063 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5063 
Baby Grand 5062 
Wood floor 5062 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5062 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5062 
Amy’s baby. 5060 
Improvement 5060 
Agree with Scott 5060 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5048 
Integrated casters 5048 
Very nice, thanks. 5048 
Customization 5048 
Sliders 5048 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5041 
Congratulations 5041 
Holes in the floor... 5041 
Tubes and kids 5041 
Sweet spot enlargement 5041 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5039 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5038 
Wood Floors and Water 5038 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5033 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5032 
WAF is for Losers 5032 
WAF: it depends. 5032 
Integration 5031 
Here and there. 5031 
Life after WWIII 5031 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5031 
Cables management. 5029 
Featurizing 5029 
Kids and tubes cont. 5026 
Kid magnet 5026 
Kids and audio 5025 
Radars 5025 
Wow, what the days! 5021 
The comming weekend 5017 
It all was worth it! 5014 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5009 
Here is how it is look. 5009 
Resolving the carpet issue 5009 
Bonfire 5009 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5009 
Proof of concept? 5009 
Geometry 5009 
A view from listening position. 5009 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5009 
Some feedback 5009 
Evening 5009 
I wonder why. 5008 
Rugs and things 5008 
In defense… 5008 
I can’t get it. 5005 
Haze. 5004 
Front wall 5004 
It is very possible. 5004 
It is nice to be back. 5001 
My comfy corner. 4998 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4638 
WMD in house. 4460 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4363 
The third listening spot. 4342 
For sure a very different experience. 4304 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4299 
It's Jfretch's system. 4299 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4298 
Domestic games 4252 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4113 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4113 
Dynamic screening 4113 
Actually this is very good idea! 4113 
Volcanic fabric 4113 
I should have done this. 4111 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4107 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4076 
No worries 4076 
Awesome memories 4076 
Optimization of space 4076 
Child-ish considerations 4073 
Finding peace.... 4067 
"Fencing"? 4066 
I need to build something custom 4066 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4066 
Stressed Skin 4066 
NYC elevators 4066 
Kids toys and quantities. 4066 
Everything is completely reversible 4065 
Racks and things 4065 
Now it looks even more promising! 4065 
Quantity of rods 4065 
Avoiding diagonals 4063 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4062 
That's not fair! 4062 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4062 
Discrimination? 4057 
Vertical configuration 4050 
Impresive ! 3979 
Did you read the site? 3979 
Contact 3979 
Company's name is Rixrax 3979 
Stand 3978 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3934 
End of life headphone system 3934 
Something like this? 3934 
The "Second Living Room" 3934 
Mixing urban & suburban 3934 
Late night listening 3934 
Moving life... 3932 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3932 
A true listening room. 3908 
It started… 3893 
Levels of Interest 3893 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3893 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3893 
I can't not to post it.... 3893 
Do not leave him unattended. 3893 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3893 
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