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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6009 
The first take on the new room. 6003 
New Room, a first shot. 6002 
Wonderful 6002 
Adopted 6001 
The first relaxed night with the room 5999 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5998 
The listening room is ready. 5997 
New Room, a First Shot 5995 
Continue to work with the room 5995 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5995 
Room 5994 
I think it will take another month. 5994 
The Buttressing 5994 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5993 
The new place and the new noises. 5993 
Big listening room 5992 
Screw the "big" rooms 5992 
Big listening rooms 5992 
First reflection points 5991 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5991 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5988 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5987 
Squeezing the floor 5987 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5987 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5987 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5986 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5986 
The new room, the very first listening. 5986 
The 14.5 foot. 5985 
Again… 5984 
Romy's new Playground 5984 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5984 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5984 
For the uninitiated ... 5983 
NH guy 5983 
Room 5983 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5982 
The first base is done 5982 
Reentry time alignment. 5981 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5980 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5980 
Mid bass horn. 5980 
Guess is only a guess… 5980 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5980 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5979 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5979 
Diffusors 5979 
Diffuse injection 5979 
Let analyse why it so 5979 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5979 
Wheel and Deal 5979 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5979 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5979 
I Must Be Missing Something 5979 
I put sliders under my speakers 5978 
ROOM 5977 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5977 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5977 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5977 
No concerns 5977 
Speakers and room 5977 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5976 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5976 
Diaphram 5976 
Phram 5976 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5976 
Perfect piston 5976 
Decorater 5975 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5975 
New morning 5974 
The first take on the room with RTA 5973 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5973 
Axiomatic 5973 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5972 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5972 
The size of the bass. 5972 
Bass Factory 5972 
Crude Level, or something more? 5972 
I will play with it this week…. 5972 
Rent-A 5972 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5972 
Corner horns 5972 
Cheating from below 5972 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5972 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5971 
A possibly overly simplified view 5971 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5971 
Iceberg 5971 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5971 
Why not horn 5971 
A correction…. 5971 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5971 
They are just not related things at all. 5971 
Fertin 5969 
Low resonance is good... 5969 
Et tu, Brute? 5968 
The Room response at LF 5967 
Life On The Ground Floor 5967 
Bass arrays 5967 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5967 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5967 
The super sucks. 5967 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5967 
You may also try 5966 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5966 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5966 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5966 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5966 
60 Hz Resonance 5966 
No notching… so far. 5966 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5965 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5965 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5965 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5965 
Power to the People 5965 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5965 
Aura 5965 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5965 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5965 
All class D is the same 5965 
Interpreting the LF results. 5964 
The Halibut 5964 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5964 
The Big Picture 5964 
Power & ULF channels 5964 
The big picture indeed. 5964 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5964 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5964 
The Power and the Glory 5963 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5963 
I guess I did not get this memo 5963 
French LF drivers 5963 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5963 
(another) French LF approach 5962 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5962 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5962 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5962 
Limpschtick 5962 
Symmetry 5962 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5961 
Room correction 5961 
It migh be more complicated. 5961 
Bass EQ ? 5961 
Agree and not. 5961 
Two "diseases" 5961 
Parametric filters 5961 
Ceiling arrays 5961 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5961 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5961 
The Middle of the Room. 5961 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5961 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5961 
Stop! 5961 
Appendectomy 5961 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5960 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5960 
No Isolation 5960 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5957 
Potential contenders? 5956 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5956 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5956 
Those Crazy Canucks 5952 
Mo' Better Bass 5946 
Bird in the Hand? 5946 
A wet listening spot? 5939 
Storm 5936 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5936 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5922 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5892 
Polar Opposite ULF 5891 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5879 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5877 
Differently but the same. 5876 
PVC 5875 
The sail test try. 5875 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5875 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5875 
Trial 5874 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5874 
Some explanations 5874 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5873 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5872 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5871 
Acrylate 5870 
Magic blanket 5870 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5869 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5869 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5869 
I have a few options. 5869 
Foam color 5869 
Strange things with upperbass 5869 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5868 
Teatro reform. . . 5868 
The foaming room dilemma. 5867 
Melamine Foam 5867 
Foaming up the cat house 5867 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5867 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5867 
Acoustic revisions… 5866 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5863 
Surprises so far in the new room 5862 
The upperbass in the new room. 5862 
Slight change of hart. 5861 
Camco supply of Boston 5859 
Room acoustics 5859 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5818 
I need to kill dust first. 5818 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5816 
To feed the leeches? 5816 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5815 
Yh 5815 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5815 
DPOLs? 5815 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5815 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5812 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5812 
A HalfPipe solution? 5812 
I absolutely love it. 5812 
Piper work 5811 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5811 
Absorption 5811 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5810 
Cats life ? 5810 
Call me Pussy. 5810 
More about traps 5810 
Acoustic impedance? 5810 
You maybe right 5810 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5810 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5809 
Heavy Curtain 5809 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5808 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5808 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5808 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5805 
Fix speaker move chair? 5804 
Back and forth ceremony 5804 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5803 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5802 
Glass windows 5801 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5800 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5799 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5797 
How to use basement jacks? 5797 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5797 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5797 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5796 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5796 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5795 
Sore eyes... 5794 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5794 
The harvesting week! 5792 
I need an inspiration… 5791 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5790 
Like this? 5790 
Dramatically randomize MF 5790 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5789 
The room eats dynamic 5789 
Diffusers 5789 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5788 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5773 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5772 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5772 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5772 
About Width-Importance balance. 5770 
Letting the music scale up 5769 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5769 
To finish my house décor… 5765 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5764 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5763 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5763 
Calling the gods of music 5763 
Absolutely 5763 
Phase manipulation 5763 
No relation. 5763 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5763 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5763 
Dynamical mismatch 5762 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5762 
Stradiwinerius? 5759 
Dealing with the glass. 5758 
Boston 5758 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5758 
Added mass 5758 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5758 
It is about moderation…. 5758 
To hell with the wine... 5758 
Also for other surafaces 5757 
LEAD 5757 
LEAD & GLASS 5757 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5757 
Read carefully 5757 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5757 
Crooks and morons 5757 
Magiscopios 5756 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5736 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5736 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5735 
The LP setup in the new home. 5684 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5679 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5679 
Pianochord will do! 5679 
Spanyi heaven 5679 
I see no conflict at all. 5679 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5679 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5679 
A year after closing 5671 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5671 
Traveling antimatter 5664 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5658 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5657 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5631 
Cast Iron fireplace 5630 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5630 
The hardcore way 5630 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5594 
This is How It's Done 5593 
Listening room during summer. 5581 
What about those... 5580 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5580 
Reducing A/C Noise 5580 
HVAC the Cat 5580 
Big Ass fan 5579 
Variac dimmers 5579 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5579 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5579 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5511 
Some winter observations. 5402 
That Asian man…. 5371 
The Franz Schubert morning 5345 
Spring.... 5294 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5244 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5215 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5215 
Just good photography? 5215 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5215 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5215 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5214 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5214 
Sports car 5214 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5214 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5214 
Train Positioning 5214 
Kind of what I want 5214 
The lap listening… 5214 
Family Room 5214 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5211 
A super audio room. 5207 
Time Warp! 5207 
A piano in a listening room 5186 
Pianissimo 5186 
The plan in blue. 5186 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5186 
My doubts 5186 
It is exactly what I worry. 5185 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5185 
Musicians at home 5185 
Piano Measurements 5184 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5179 
The next step. 5165 
Midbass horns missing?? 5164 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5154 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5154 
Baby Grand 5153 
Wood floor 5153 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5153 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5153 
Amy’s baby. 5151 
Improvement 5151 
Agree with Scott 5151 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5139 
Integrated casters 5139 
Very nice, thanks. 5139 
Customization 5139 
Sliders 5139 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5132 
Congratulations 5132 
Holes in the floor... 5132 
Tubes and kids 5132 
Sweet spot enlargement 5132 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5130 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5129 
Wood Floors and Water 5129 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5124 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5123 
WAF is for Losers 5123 
WAF: it depends. 5123 
Integration 5122 
Here and there. 5122 
Life after WWIII 5122 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5122 
Cables management. 5120 
Featurizing 5120 
Kids and tubes cont. 5117 
Kid magnet 5117 
Kids and audio 5116 
Radars 5116 
Wow, what the days! 5112 
The comming weekend 5108 
It all was worth it! 5105 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5100 
Here is how it is look. 5100 
Resolving the carpet issue 5100 
Bonfire 5100 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5100 
Proof of concept? 5100 
Geometry 5100 
A view from listening position. 5100 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5100 
Some feedback 5100 
Evening 5100 
I wonder why. 5099 
Rugs and things 5099 
In defense… 5099 
I can’t get it. 5096 
Haze. 5095 
Front wall 5095 
It is very possible. 5095 
It is nice to be back. 5092 
My comfy corner. 5089 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4729 
WMD in house. 4551 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4454 
The third listening spot. 4433 
For sure a very different experience. 4395 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4390 
It's Jfretch's system. 4390 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4389 
Domestic games 4343 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4204 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4204 
Dynamic screening 4204 
Actually this is very good idea! 4204 
Volcanic fabric 4204 
I should have done this. 4202 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4198 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4167 
No worries 4167 
Awesome memories 4167 
Optimization of space 4167 
Child-ish considerations 4164 
Finding peace.... 4158 
"Fencing"? 4157 
I need to build something custom 4157 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4157 
Stressed Skin 4157 
NYC elevators 4157 
Kids toys and quantities. 4157 
Everything is completely reversible 4156 
Racks and things 4156 
Now it looks even more promising! 4156 
Quantity of rods 4156 
Avoiding diagonals 4154 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4153 
That's not fair! 4153 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4153 
Discrimination? 4148 
Vertical configuration 4141 
Impresive ! 4070 
Did you read the site? 4070 
Contact 4070 
Company's name is Rixrax 4070 
Stand 4069 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4025 
End of life headphone system 4025 
Something like this? 4025 
The "Second Living Room" 4025 
Mixing urban & suburban 4025 
Late night listening 4025 
Moving life... 4023 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4023 
A true listening room. 3999 
It started… 3984 
Levels of Interest 3984 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3984 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3984 
I can't not to post it.... 3984 
Do not leave him unattended. 3984 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3984 
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