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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6064 
The first take on the new room. 6058 
New Room, a first shot. 6057 
Wonderful 6057 
Adopted 6056 
The first relaxed night with the room 6054 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6053 
The listening room is ready. 6052 
New Room, a First Shot 6050 
Continue to work with the room 6050 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6050 
Room 6049 
I think it will take another month. 6049 
The Buttressing 6049 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6048 
The new place and the new noises. 6048 
Big listening room 6047 
Screw the "big" rooms 6047 
Big listening rooms 6047 
First reflection points 6046 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6046 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6043 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6042 
Squeezing the floor 6042 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6042 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6042 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6041 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6041 
The new room, the very first listening. 6041 
The 14.5 foot. 6040 
Again… 6039 
Romy's new Playground 6039 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 6039 
A phenomenal encouragement! 6039 
For the uninitiated ... 6038 
NH guy 6038 
Room 6038 
Design decisions and topologies…. 6037 
The first base is done 6037 
Reentry time alignment. 6036 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 6035 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 6035 
Mid bass horn. 6035 
Guess is only a guess… 6035 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 6035 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 6034 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 6034 
Diffusors 6034 
Diffuse injection 6034 
Let analyse why it so 6034 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 6034 
Wheel and Deal 6034 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 6034 
The High-End Saloon Sound 6034 
I Must Be Missing Something 6034 
I put sliders under my speakers 6033 
ROOM 6032 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 6032 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 6032 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 6032 
No concerns 6032 
Speakers and room 6032 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 6031 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 6031 
Diaphram 6031 
Phram 6031 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 6031 
Perfect piston 6031 
Decorater 6030 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 6030 
New morning 6029 
The first take on the room with RTA 6028 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 6028 
Axiomatic 6028 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 6027 
Wetness is about more than reflections 6027 
The size of the bass. 6027 
Bass Factory 6027 
Crude Level, or something more? 6027 
I will play with it this week…. 6027 
Rent-A 6027 
Secret of pressurizing open room 6027 
Corner horns 6027 
Cheating from below 6027 
The sequence, the sequence…. 6027 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 6026 
A possibly overly simplified view 6026 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 6026 
Iceberg 6026 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 6026 
Why not horn 6026 
A correction…. 6026 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 6026 
They are just not related things at all. 6026 
Fertin 6024 
Low resonance is good... 6024 
Et tu, Brute? 6023 
The Room response at LF 6022 
Life On The Ground Floor 6022 
Bass arrays 6022 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 6022 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 6022 
The super sucks. 6022 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 6022 
You may also try 6021 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 6021 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 6021 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 6021 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 6021 
60 Hz Resonance 6021 
No notching… so far. 6021 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 6020 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 6020 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 6020 
Enclosure volume LB channel 6020 
Power to the People 6020 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 6020 
Aura 6020 
No Way Around the Power Gap 6020 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 6020 
All class D is the same 6020 
Interpreting the LF results. 6019 
The Halibut 6019 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 6019 
The Big Picture 6019 
Power & ULF channels 6019 
The big picture indeed. 6019 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 6019 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 6019 
The Power and the Glory 6018 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 6018 
I guess I did not get this memo 6018 
French LF drivers 6018 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 6018 
(another) French LF approach 6017 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 6017 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 6017 
Using limp mass acoustic? 6017 
Limpschtick 6017 
Symmetry 6017 
Décor maybe fake for playback 6016 
Room correction 6016 
It migh be more complicated. 6016 
Bass EQ ? 6016 
Agree and not. 6016 
Two "diseases" 6016 
Parametric filters 6016 
Ceiling arrays 6016 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 6016 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 6016 
The Middle of the Room. 6016 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 6016 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 6016 
Stop! 6016 
Appendectomy 6016 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 6015 
...particularly if you have tried it? 6015 
No Isolation 6015 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 6012 
Potential contenders? 6011 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 6011 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 6011 
Those Crazy Canucks 6007 
Mo' Better Bass 6001 
Bird in the Hand? 6001 
A wet listening spot? 5994 
Storm 5991 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5991 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5977 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5947 
Polar Opposite ULF 5946 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5934 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5932 
Differently but the same. 5931 
PVC 5930 
The sail test try. 5930 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5930 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5930 
Trial 5929 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5929 
Some explanations 5929 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5928 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5927 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5926 
Acrylate 5925 
Magic blanket 5925 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5924 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5924 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5924 
I have a few options. 5924 
Foam color 5924 
Strange things with upperbass 5924 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5923 
Teatro reform. . . 5923 
The foaming room dilemma. 5922 
Melamine Foam 5922 
Foaming up the cat house 5922 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5922 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5922 
Acoustic revisions… 5921 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5918 
Surprises so far in the new room 5917 
The upperbass in the new room. 5917 
Slight change of hart. 5916 
Camco supply of Boston 5914 
Room acoustics 5914 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5873 
I need to kill dust first. 5873 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5871 
To feed the leeches? 5871 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5870 
Yh 5870 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5870 
DPOLs? 5870 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5870 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5867 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5867 
A HalfPipe solution? 5867 
I absolutely love it. 5867 
Piper work 5866 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5866 
Absorption 5866 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5865 
Cats life ? 5865 
Call me Pussy. 5865 
More about traps 5865 
Acoustic impedance? 5865 
You maybe right 5865 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5865 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5864 
Heavy Curtain 5864 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5863 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5863 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5863 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5860 
Fix speaker move chair? 5859 
Back and forth ceremony 5859 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5858 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5857 
Glass windows 5856 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5855 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5854 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5852 
How to use basement jacks? 5852 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5852 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5852 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5851 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5851 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5850 
Sore eyes... 5849 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5849 
The harvesting week! 5847 
I need an inspiration… 5846 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5845 
Like this? 5845 
Dramatically randomize MF 5845 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5844 
The room eats dynamic 5844 
Diffusers 5844 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5843 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5828 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5827 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5827 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5827 
About Width-Importance balance. 5825 
Letting the music scale up 5824 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5824 
To finish my house décor… 5820 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5819 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5818 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5818 
Calling the gods of music 5818 
Absolutely 5818 
Phase manipulation 5818 
No relation. 5818 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5818 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5818 
Dynamical mismatch 5817 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5817 
Stradiwinerius? 5814 
Dealing with the glass. 5813 
Boston 5813 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5813 
Added mass 5813 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5813 
It is about moderation…. 5813 
To hell with the wine... 5813 
Also for other surafaces 5812 
LEAD 5812 
LEAD & GLASS 5812 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5812 
Read carefully 5812 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5812 
Crooks and morons 5812 
Magiscopios 5811 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5791 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5791 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5790 
The LP setup in the new home. 5739 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5734 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5734 
Pianochord will do! 5734 
Spanyi heaven 5734 
I see no conflict at all. 5734 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5734 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5734 
A year after closing 5726 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5726 
Traveling antimatter 5719 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5713 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5712 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5686 
Cast Iron fireplace 5685 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5685 
The hardcore way 5685 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5649 
This is How It's Done 5648 
Listening room during summer. 5636 
What about those... 5635 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5635 
Reducing A/C Noise 5635 
HVAC the Cat 5635 
Big Ass fan 5634 
Variac dimmers 5634 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5634 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5634 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5566 
Some winter observations. 5457 
That Asian man…. 5426 
The Franz Schubert morning 5400 
Spring.... 5349 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5299 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5270 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5270 
Just good photography? 5270 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5270 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5270 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5269 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5269 
Sports car 5269 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5269 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5269 
Train Positioning 5269 
Kind of what I want 5269 
The lap listening… 5269 
Family Room 5269 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5266 
A super audio room. 5262 
Time Warp! 5262 
A piano in a listening room 5241 
Pianissimo 5241 
The plan in blue. 5241 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5241 
My doubts 5241 
It is exactly what I worry. 5240 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5240 
Musicians at home 5240 
Piano Measurements 5239 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5234 
The next step. 5220 
Midbass horns missing?? 5219 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5209 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5209 
Baby Grand 5208 
Wood floor 5208 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5208 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5208 
Amy’s baby. 5206 
Improvement 5206 
Agree with Scott 5206 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5194 
Integrated casters 5194 
Very nice, thanks. 5194 
Customization 5194 
Sliders 5194 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5187 
Congratulations 5187 
Holes in the floor... 5187 
Tubes and kids 5187 
Sweet spot enlargement 5187 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5185 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5184 
Wood Floors and Water 5184 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5179 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5178 
WAF is for Losers 5178 
WAF: it depends. 5178 
Integration 5177 
Here and there. 5177 
Life after WWIII 5177 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5177 
Cables management. 5175 
Featurizing 5175 
Kids and tubes cont. 5172 
Kid magnet 5172 
Kids and audio 5171 
Radars 5171 
Wow, what the days! 5167 
The comming weekend 5163 
It all was worth it! 5160 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5155 
Here is how it is look. 5155 
Resolving the carpet issue 5155 
Bonfire 5155 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5155 
Proof of concept? 5155 
Geometry 5155 
A view from listening position. 5155 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5155 
Some feedback 5155 
Evening 5155 
I wonder why. 5154 
Rugs and things 5154 
In defense… 5154 
I can’t get it. 5151 
Haze. 5150 
Front wall 5150 
It is very possible. 5150 
It is nice to be back. 5147 
My comfy corner. 5144 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4784 
WMD in house. 4606 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4509 
The third listening spot. 4488 
For sure a very different experience. 4450 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4445 
It's Jfretch's system. 4445 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4444 
Domestic games 4398 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4259 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4259 
Dynamic screening 4259 
Actually this is very good idea! 4259 
Volcanic fabric 4259 
I should have done this. 4257 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4253 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4222 
No worries 4222 
Awesome memories 4222 
Optimization of space 4222 
Child-ish considerations 4219 
Finding peace.... 4213 
"Fencing"? 4212 
I need to build something custom 4212 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4212 
Stressed Skin 4212 
NYC elevators 4212 
Kids toys and quantities. 4212 
Everything is completely reversible 4211 
Racks and things 4211 
Now it looks even more promising! 4211 
Quantity of rods 4211 
Avoiding diagonals 4209 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4208 
That's not fair! 4208 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4208 
Discrimination? 4203 
Vertical configuration 4196 
Impresive ! 4125 
Did you read the site? 4125 
Contact 4125 
Company's name is Rixrax 4125 
Stand 4124 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4080 
End of life headphone system 4080 
Something like this? 4080 
The "Second Living Room" 4080 
Mixing urban & suburban 4080 
Late night listening 4080 
Moving life... 4078 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4078 
A true listening room. 4054 
It started… 4039 
Levels of Interest 4039 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 4039 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 4039 
I can't not to post it.... 4039 
Do not leave him unattended. 4039 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 4039 
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