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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5951 
The first take on the new room. 5945 
New Room, a first shot. 5944 
Wonderful 5944 
Adopted 5943 
The first relaxed night with the room 5941 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5940 
The listening room is ready. 5939 
New Room, a First Shot 5937 
Continue to work with the room 5937 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5937 
Room 5936 
I think it will take another month. 5936 
The Buttressing 5936 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5935 
The new place and the new noises. 5935 
Big listening room 5934 
Screw the "big" rooms 5934 
Big listening rooms 5934 
First reflection points 5933 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5933 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5930 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5929 
Squeezing the floor 5929 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5929 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5929 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5928 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5928 
The new room, the very first listening. 5928 
The 14.5 foot. 5927 
Again… 5926 
Romy's new Playground 5926 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5926 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5926 
For the uninitiated ... 5925 
NH guy 5925 
Room 5925 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5924 
The first base is done 5924 
Reentry time alignment. 5923 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5922 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5922 
Mid bass horn. 5922 
Guess is only a guess… 5922 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5922 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5921 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5921 
Diffusors 5921 
Diffuse injection 5921 
Let analyse why it so 5921 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5921 
Wheel and Deal 5921 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5921 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5921 
I Must Be Missing Something 5921 
I put sliders under my speakers 5920 
ROOM 5919 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5919 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5919 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5919 
No concerns 5919 
Speakers and room 5919 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5918 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5918 
Diaphram 5918 
Phram 5918 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5918 
Perfect piston 5918 
Decorater 5917 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5917 
New morning 5916 
The first take on the room with RTA 5915 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5915 
Axiomatic 5915 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5914 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5914 
The size of the bass. 5914 
Bass Factory 5914 
Crude Level, or something more? 5914 
I will play with it this week…. 5914 
Rent-A 5914 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5914 
Corner horns 5914 
Cheating from below 5914 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5914 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5913 
A possibly overly simplified view 5913 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5913 
Iceberg 5913 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5913 
Why not horn 5913 
A correction…. 5913 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5913 
They are just not related things at all. 5913 
Fertin 5911 
Low resonance is good... 5911 
Et tu, Brute? 5910 
The Room response at LF 5909 
Life On The Ground Floor 5909 
Bass arrays 5909 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5909 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5909 
The super sucks. 5909 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5909 
You may also try 5908 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5908 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5908 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5908 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5908 
60 Hz Resonance 5908 
No notching… so far. 5908 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5907 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5907 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5907 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5907 
Power to the People 5907 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5907 
Aura 5907 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5907 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5907 
All class D is the same 5907 
Interpreting the LF results. 5906 
The Halibut 5906 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5906 
The Big Picture 5906 
Power & ULF channels 5906 
The big picture indeed. 5906 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5906 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5906 
The Power and the Glory 5905 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5905 
I guess I did not get this memo 5905 
French LF drivers 5905 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5905 
(another) French LF approach 5904 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5904 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5904 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5904 
Limpschtick 5904 
Symmetry 5904 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5903 
Room correction 5903 
It migh be more complicated. 5903 
Bass EQ ? 5903 
Agree and not. 5903 
Two "diseases" 5903 
Parametric filters 5903 
Ceiling arrays 5903 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5903 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5903 
The Middle of the Room. 5903 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5903 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5903 
Stop! 5903 
Appendectomy 5903 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5902 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5902 
No Isolation 5902 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5899 
Potential contenders? 5898 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5898 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5898 
Those Crazy Canucks 5894 
Mo' Better Bass 5888 
Bird in the Hand? 5888 
A wet listening spot? 5881 
Storm 5878 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5878 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5864 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5834 
Polar Opposite ULF 5833 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5821 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5819 
Differently but the same. 5818 
PVC 5817 
The sail test try. 5817 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5817 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5817 
Trial 5816 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5816 
Some explanations 5816 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5815 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5814 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5813 
Acrylate 5812 
Magic blanket 5812 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5811 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5811 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5811 
I have a few options. 5811 
Foam color 5811 
Strange things with upperbass 5811 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5810 
Teatro reform. . . 5810 
The foaming room dilemma. 5809 
Melamine Foam 5809 
Foaming up the cat house 5809 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5809 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5809 
Acoustic revisions… 5808 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5805 
Surprises so far in the new room 5804 
The upperbass in the new room. 5804 
Slight change of hart. 5803 
Camco supply of Boston 5801 
Room acoustics 5801 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5760 
I need to kill dust first. 5760 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5758 
To feed the leeches? 5758 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5757 
Yh 5757 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5757 
DPOLs? 5757 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5757 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5754 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5754 
A HalfPipe solution? 5754 
I absolutely love it. 5754 
Piper work 5753 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5753 
Absorption 5753 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5752 
Cats life ? 5752 
Call me Pussy. 5752 
More about traps 5752 
Acoustic impedance? 5752 
You maybe right 5752 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5752 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5751 
Heavy Curtain 5751 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5750 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5750 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5750 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5747 
Fix speaker move chair? 5746 
Back and forth ceremony 5746 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5745 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5744 
Glass windows 5743 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5742 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5741 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5739 
How to use basement jacks? 5739 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5739 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5739 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5738 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5738 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5737 
Sore eyes... 5736 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5736 
The harvesting week! 5734 
I need an inspiration… 5733 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5732 
Like this? 5732 
Dramatically randomize MF 5732 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5731 
The room eats dynamic 5731 
Diffusers 5731 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5730 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5715 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5714 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5714 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5714 
About Width-Importance balance. 5712 
Letting the music scale up 5711 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5711 
To finish my house décor… 5707 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5706 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5705 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5705 
Calling the gods of music 5705 
Absolutely 5705 
Phase manipulation 5705 
No relation. 5705 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5705 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5705 
Dynamical mismatch 5704 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5704 
Stradiwinerius? 5701 
Dealing with the glass. 5700 
Boston 5700 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5700 
Added mass 5700 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5700 
It is about moderation…. 5700 
To hell with the wine... 5700 
Also for other surafaces 5699 
LEAD 5699 
LEAD & GLASS 5699 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5699 
Read carefully 5699 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5699 
Crooks and morons 5699 
Magiscopios 5698 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5678 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5678 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5677 
The LP setup in the new home. 5626 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5621 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5621 
Pianochord will do! 5621 
Spanyi heaven 5621 
I see no conflict at all. 5621 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5621 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5621 
A year after closing 5613 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5613 
Traveling antimatter 5606 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5600 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5599 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5573 
Cast Iron fireplace 5572 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5572 
The hardcore way 5572 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5536 
This is How It's Done 5535 
Listening room during summer. 5523 
What about those... 5522 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5522 
Reducing A/C Noise 5522 
HVAC the Cat 5522 
Big Ass fan 5521 
Variac dimmers 5521 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5521 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5521 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5453 
Some winter observations. 5344 
That Asian man…. 5313 
The Franz Schubert morning 5287 
Spring.... 5236 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5186 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5157 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5157 
Just good photography? 5157 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5157 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5157 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5156 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5156 
Sports car 5156 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5156 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5156 
Train Positioning 5156 
Kind of what I want 5156 
The lap listening… 5156 
Family Room 5156 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5153 
A super audio room. 5149 
Time Warp! 5149 
A piano in a listening room 5128 
Pianissimo 5128 
The plan in blue. 5128 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5128 
My doubts 5128 
It is exactly what I worry. 5127 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5127 
Musicians at home 5127 
Piano Measurements 5126 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5121 
The next step. 5107 
Midbass horns missing?? 5106 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5096 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5096 
Baby Grand 5095 
Wood floor 5095 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5095 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5095 
Amy’s baby. 5093 
Improvement 5093 
Agree with Scott 5093 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5081 
Integrated casters 5081 
Very nice, thanks. 5081 
Customization 5081 
Sliders 5081 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5074 
Congratulations 5074 
Holes in the floor... 5074 
Tubes and kids 5074 
Sweet spot enlargement 5074 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5072 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5071 
Wood Floors and Water 5071 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5066 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5065 
WAF is for Losers 5065 
WAF: it depends. 5065 
Integration 5064 
Here and there. 5064 
Life after WWIII 5064 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5064 
Cables management. 5062 
Featurizing 5062 
Kids and tubes cont. 5059 
Kid magnet 5059 
Kids and audio 5058 
Radars 5058 
Wow, what the days! 5054 
The comming weekend 5050 
It all was worth it! 5047 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5042 
Here is how it is look. 5042 
Resolving the carpet issue 5042 
Bonfire 5042 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5042 
Proof of concept? 5042 
Geometry 5042 
A view from listening position. 5042 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5042 
Some feedback 5042 
Evening 5042 
I wonder why. 5041 
Rugs and things 5041 
In defense… 5041 
I can’t get it. 5038 
Haze. 5037 
Front wall 5037 
It is very possible. 5037 
It is nice to be back. 5034 
My comfy corner. 5031 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4671 
WMD in house. 4493 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4396 
The third listening spot. 4375 
For sure a very different experience. 4337 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4332 
It's Jfretch's system. 4332 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4331 
Domestic games 4285 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4146 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4146 
Dynamic screening 4146 
Actually this is very good idea! 4146 
Volcanic fabric 4146 
I should have done this. 4144 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4140 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4109 
No worries 4109 
Awesome memories 4109 
Optimization of space 4109 
Child-ish considerations 4106 
Finding peace.... 4100 
"Fencing"? 4099 
I need to build something custom 4099 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4099 
Stressed Skin 4099 
NYC elevators 4099 
Kids toys and quantities. 4099 
Everything is completely reversible 4098 
Racks and things 4098 
Now it looks even more promising! 4098 
Quantity of rods 4098 
Avoiding diagonals 4096 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4095 
That's not fair! 4095 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4095 
Discrimination? 4090 
Vertical configuration 4083 
Impresive ! 4012 
Did you read the site? 4012 
Contact 4012 
Company's name is Rixrax 4012 
Stand 4011 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3967 
End of life headphone system 3967 
Something like this? 3967 
The "Second Living Room" 3967 
Mixing urban & suburban 3967 
Late night listening 3967 
Moving life... 3965 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3965 
A true listening room. 3941 
It started… 3926 
Levels of Interest 3926 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3926 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3926 
I can't not to post it.... 3926 
Do not leave him unattended. 3926 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3926 
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