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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6020 
The first take on the new room. 6014 
New Room, a first shot. 6013 
Wonderful 6013 
Adopted 6012 
The first relaxed night with the room 6010 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6009 
The listening room is ready. 6008 
New Room, a First Shot 6006 
Continue to work with the room 6006 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6006 
Room 6005 
I think it will take another month. 6005 
The Buttressing 6005 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6004 
The new place and the new noises. 6004 
Big listening room 6003 
Screw the "big" rooms 6003 
Big listening rooms 6003 
First reflection points 6002 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6002 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5999 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5998 
Squeezing the floor 5998 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5998 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5998 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5997 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5997 
The new room, the very first listening. 5997 
The 14.5 foot. 5996 
Again… 5995 
Romy's new Playground 5995 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5995 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5995 
For the uninitiated ... 5994 
NH guy 5994 
Room 5994 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5993 
The first base is done 5993 
Reentry time alignment. 5992 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5991 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5991 
Mid bass horn. 5991 
Guess is only a guess… 5991 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5991 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5990 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5990 
Diffusors 5990 
Diffuse injection 5990 
Let analyse why it so 5990 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5990 
Wheel and Deal 5990 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5990 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5990 
I Must Be Missing Something 5990 
I put sliders under my speakers 5989 
ROOM 5988 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5988 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5988 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5988 
No concerns 5988 
Speakers and room 5988 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5987 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5987 
Diaphram 5987 
Phram 5987 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5987 
Perfect piston 5987 
Decorater 5986 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5986 
New morning 5985 
The first take on the room with RTA 5984 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5984 
Axiomatic 5984 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5983 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5983 
The size of the bass. 5983 
Bass Factory 5983 
Crude Level, or something more? 5983 
I will play with it this week…. 5983 
Rent-A 5983 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5983 
Corner horns 5983 
Cheating from below 5983 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5983 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5982 
A possibly overly simplified view 5982 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5982 
Iceberg 5982 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5982 
Why not horn 5982 
A correction…. 5982 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5982 
They are just not related things at all. 5982 
Fertin 5980 
Low resonance is good... 5980 
Et tu, Brute? 5979 
The Room response at LF 5978 
Life On The Ground Floor 5978 
Bass arrays 5978 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5978 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5978 
The super sucks. 5978 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5978 
You may also try 5977 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5977 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5977 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5977 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5977 
60 Hz Resonance 5977 
No notching… so far. 5977 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5976 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5976 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5976 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5976 
Power to the People 5976 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5976 
Aura 5976 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5976 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5976 
All class D is the same 5976 
Interpreting the LF results. 5975 
The Halibut 5975 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5975 
The Big Picture 5975 
Power & ULF channels 5975 
The big picture indeed. 5975 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5975 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5975 
The Power and the Glory 5974 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5974 
I guess I did not get this memo 5974 
French LF drivers 5974 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5974 
(another) French LF approach 5973 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5973 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5973 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5973 
Limpschtick 5973 
Symmetry 5973 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5972 
Room correction 5972 
It migh be more complicated. 5972 
Bass EQ ? 5972 
Agree and not. 5972 
Two "diseases" 5972 
Parametric filters 5972 
Ceiling arrays 5972 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5972 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5972 
The Middle of the Room. 5972 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5972 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5972 
Stop! 5972 
Appendectomy 5972 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5971 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5971 
No Isolation 5971 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5968 
Potential contenders? 5967 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5967 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5967 
Those Crazy Canucks 5963 
Mo' Better Bass 5957 
Bird in the Hand? 5957 
A wet listening spot? 5950 
Storm 5947 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5947 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5933 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5903 
Polar Opposite ULF 5902 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5890 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5888 
Differently but the same. 5887 
PVC 5886 
The sail test try. 5886 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5886 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5886 
Trial 5885 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5885 
Some explanations 5885 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5884 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5883 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5882 
Acrylate 5881 
Magic blanket 5881 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5880 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5880 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5880 
I have a few options. 5880 
Foam color 5880 
Strange things with upperbass 5880 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5879 
Teatro reform. . . 5879 
The foaming room dilemma. 5878 
Melamine Foam 5878 
Foaming up the cat house 5878 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5878 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5878 
Acoustic revisions… 5877 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5874 
Surprises so far in the new room 5873 
The upperbass in the new room. 5873 
Slight change of hart. 5872 
Camco supply of Boston 5870 
Room acoustics 5870 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5829 
I need to kill dust first. 5829 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5827 
To feed the leeches? 5827 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5826 
Yh 5826 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5826 
DPOLs? 5826 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5826 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5823 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5823 
A HalfPipe solution? 5823 
I absolutely love it. 5823 
Piper work 5822 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5822 
Absorption 5822 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5821 
Cats life ? 5821 
Call me Pussy. 5821 
More about traps 5821 
Acoustic impedance? 5821 
You maybe right 5821 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5821 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5820 
Heavy Curtain 5820 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5819 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5819 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5819 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5816 
Fix speaker move chair? 5815 
Back and forth ceremony 5815 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5814 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5813 
Glass windows 5812 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5811 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5810 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5808 
How to use basement jacks? 5808 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5808 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5808 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5807 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5807 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5806 
Sore eyes... 5805 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5805 
The harvesting week! 5803 
I need an inspiration… 5802 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5801 
Like this? 5801 
Dramatically randomize MF 5801 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5800 
The room eats dynamic 5800 
Diffusers 5800 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5799 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5784 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5783 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5783 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5783 
About Width-Importance balance. 5781 
Letting the music scale up 5780 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5780 
To finish my house décor… 5776 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5775 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5774 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5774 
Calling the gods of music 5774 
Absolutely 5774 
Phase manipulation 5774 
No relation. 5774 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5774 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5774 
Dynamical mismatch 5773 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5773 
Stradiwinerius? 5770 
Dealing with the glass. 5769 
Boston 5769 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5769 
Added mass 5769 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5769 
It is about moderation…. 5769 
To hell with the wine... 5769 
Also for other surafaces 5768 
LEAD 5768 
LEAD & GLASS 5768 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5768 
Read carefully 5768 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5768 
Crooks and morons 5768 
Magiscopios 5767 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5747 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5747 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5746 
The LP setup in the new home. 5695 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5690 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5690 
Pianochord will do! 5690 
Spanyi heaven 5690 
I see no conflict at all. 5690 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5690 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5690 
A year after closing 5682 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5682 
Traveling antimatter 5675 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5669 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5668 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5642 
Cast Iron fireplace 5641 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5641 
The hardcore way 5641 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5605 
This is How It's Done 5604 
Listening room during summer. 5592 
What about those... 5591 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5591 
Reducing A/C Noise 5591 
HVAC the Cat 5591 
Big Ass fan 5590 
Variac dimmers 5590 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5590 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5590 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5522 
Some winter observations. 5413 
That Asian man…. 5382 
The Franz Schubert morning 5356 
Spring.... 5305 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5255 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5226 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5226 
Just good photography? 5226 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5226 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5226 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5225 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5225 
Sports car 5225 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5225 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5225 
Train Positioning 5225 
Kind of what I want 5225 
The lap listening… 5225 
Family Room 5225 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5222 
A super audio room. 5218 
Time Warp! 5218 
A piano in a listening room 5197 
Pianissimo 5197 
The plan in blue. 5197 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5197 
My doubts 5197 
It is exactly what I worry. 5196 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5196 
Musicians at home 5196 
Piano Measurements 5195 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5190 
The next step. 5176 
Midbass horns missing?? 5175 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5165 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5165 
Baby Grand 5164 
Wood floor 5164 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5164 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5164 
Amy’s baby. 5162 
Improvement 5162 
Agree with Scott 5162 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5150 
Integrated casters 5150 
Very nice, thanks. 5150 
Customization 5150 
Sliders 5150 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5143 
Congratulations 5143 
Holes in the floor... 5143 
Tubes and kids 5143 
Sweet spot enlargement 5143 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5141 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5140 
Wood Floors and Water 5140 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5135 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5134 
WAF is for Losers 5134 
WAF: it depends. 5134 
Integration 5133 
Here and there. 5133 
Life after WWIII 5133 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5133 
Cables management. 5131 
Featurizing 5131 
Kids and tubes cont. 5128 
Kid magnet 5128 
Kids and audio 5127 
Radars 5127 
Wow, what the days! 5123 
The comming weekend 5119 
It all was worth it! 5116 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5111 
Here is how it is look. 5111 
Resolving the carpet issue 5111 
Bonfire 5111 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5111 
Proof of concept? 5111 
Geometry 5111 
A view from listening position. 5111 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5111 
Some feedback 5111 
Evening 5111 
I wonder why. 5110 
Rugs and things 5110 
In defense… 5110 
I can’t get it. 5107 
Haze. 5106 
Front wall 5106 
It is very possible. 5106 
It is nice to be back. 5103 
My comfy corner. 5100 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4740 
WMD in house. 4562 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4465 
The third listening spot. 4444 
For sure a very different experience. 4406 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4401 
It's Jfretch's system. 4401 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4400 
Domestic games 4354 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4215 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4215 
Dynamic screening 4215 
Actually this is very good idea! 4215 
Volcanic fabric 4215 
I should have done this. 4213 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4209 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4178 
No worries 4178 
Awesome memories 4178 
Optimization of space 4178 
Child-ish considerations 4175 
Finding peace.... 4169 
"Fencing"? 4168 
I need to build something custom 4168 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4168 
Stressed Skin 4168 
NYC elevators 4168 
Kids toys and quantities. 4168 
Everything is completely reversible 4167 
Racks and things 4167 
Now it looks even more promising! 4167 
Quantity of rods 4167 
Avoiding diagonals 4165 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4164 
That's not fair! 4164 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4164 
Discrimination? 4159 
Vertical configuration 4152 
Impresive ! 4081 
Did you read the site? 4081 
Contact 4081 
Company's name is Rixrax 4081 
Stand 4080 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4036 
End of life headphone system 4036 
Something like this? 4036 
The "Second Living Room" 4036 
Mixing urban & suburban 4036 
Late night listening 4036 
Moving life... 4034 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4034 
A true listening room. 4010 
It started… 3995 
Levels of Interest 3995 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3995 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3995 
I can't not to post it.... 3995 
Do not leave him unattended. 3995 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3995 
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