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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6008 
The first take on the new room. 6002 
New Room, a first shot. 6001 
Wonderful 6001 
Adopted 6000 
The first relaxed night with the room 5998 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5997 
The listening room is ready. 5996 
New Room, a First Shot 5994 
Continue to work with the room 5994 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5994 
Room 5993 
I think it will take another month. 5993 
The Buttressing 5993 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5992 
The new place and the new noises. 5992 
Big listening room 5991 
Screw the "big" rooms 5991 
Big listening rooms 5991 
First reflection points 5990 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5990 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5987 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5986 
Squeezing the floor 5986 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5986 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5986 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5985 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5985 
The new room, the very first listening. 5985 
The 14.5 foot. 5984 
Again… 5983 
Romy's new Playground 5983 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5983 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5983 
For the uninitiated ... 5982 
NH guy 5982 
Room 5982 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5981 
The first base is done 5981 
Reentry time alignment. 5980 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5979 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5979 
Mid bass horn. 5979 
Guess is only a guess… 5979 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5979 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5978 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5978 
Diffusors 5978 
Diffuse injection 5978 
Let analyse why it so 5978 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5978 
Wheel and Deal 5978 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5978 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5978 
I Must Be Missing Something 5978 
I put sliders under my speakers 5977 
ROOM 5976 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5976 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5976 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5976 
No concerns 5976 
Speakers and room 5976 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5975 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5975 
Diaphram 5975 
Phram 5975 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5975 
Perfect piston 5975 
Decorater 5974 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5974 
New morning 5973 
The first take on the room with RTA 5972 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5972 
Axiomatic 5972 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5971 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5971 
The size of the bass. 5971 
Bass Factory 5971 
Crude Level, or something more? 5971 
I will play with it this week…. 5971 
Rent-A 5971 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5971 
Corner horns 5971 
Cheating from below 5971 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5971 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5970 
A possibly overly simplified view 5970 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5970 
Iceberg 5970 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5970 
Why not horn 5970 
A correction…. 5970 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5970 
They are just not related things at all. 5970 
Fertin 5968 
Low resonance is good... 5968 
Et tu, Brute? 5967 
The Room response at LF 5966 
Life On The Ground Floor 5966 
Bass arrays 5966 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5966 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5966 
The super sucks. 5966 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5966 
You may also try 5965 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5965 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5965 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5965 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5965 
60 Hz Resonance 5965 
No notching… so far. 5965 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5964 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5964 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5964 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5964 
Power to the People 5964 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5964 
Aura 5964 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5964 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5964 
All class D is the same 5964 
Interpreting the LF results. 5963 
The Halibut 5963 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5963 
The Big Picture 5963 
Power & ULF channels 5963 
The big picture indeed. 5963 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5963 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5963 
The Power and the Glory 5962 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5962 
I guess I did not get this memo 5962 
French LF drivers 5962 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5962 
(another) French LF approach 5961 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5961 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5961 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5961 
Limpschtick 5961 
Symmetry 5961 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5960 
Room correction 5960 
It migh be more complicated. 5960 
Bass EQ ? 5960 
Agree and not. 5960 
Two "diseases" 5960 
Parametric filters 5960 
Ceiling arrays 5960 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5960 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5960 
The Middle of the Room. 5960 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5960 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5960 
Stop! 5960 
Appendectomy 5960 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5959 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5959 
No Isolation 5959 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5956 
Potential contenders? 5955 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5955 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5955 
Those Crazy Canucks 5951 
Mo' Better Bass 5945 
Bird in the Hand? 5945 
A wet listening spot? 5938 
Storm 5935 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5935 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5921 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5891 
Polar Opposite ULF 5890 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5878 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5876 
Differently but the same. 5875 
PVC 5874 
The sail test try. 5874 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5874 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5874 
Trial 5873 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5873 
Some explanations 5873 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5872 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5871 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5870 
Acrylate 5869 
Magic blanket 5869 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5868 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5868 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5868 
I have a few options. 5868 
Foam color 5868 
Strange things with upperbass 5868 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5867 
Teatro reform. . . 5867 
The foaming room dilemma. 5866 
Melamine Foam 5866 
Foaming up the cat house 5866 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5866 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5866 
Acoustic revisions… 5865 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5862 
Surprises so far in the new room 5861 
The upperbass in the new room. 5861 
Slight change of hart. 5860 
Camco supply of Boston 5858 
Room acoustics 5858 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5817 
I need to kill dust first. 5817 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5815 
To feed the leeches? 5815 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5814 
Yh 5814 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5814 
DPOLs? 5814 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5814 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5811 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5811 
A HalfPipe solution? 5811 
I absolutely love it. 5811 
Piper work 5810 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5810 
Absorption 5810 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5809 
Cats life ? 5809 
Call me Pussy. 5809 
More about traps 5809 
Acoustic impedance? 5809 
You maybe right 5809 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5809 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5808 
Heavy Curtain 5808 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5807 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5807 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5807 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5804 
Fix speaker move chair? 5803 
Back and forth ceremony 5803 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5802 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5801 
Glass windows 5800 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5799 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5798 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5796 
How to use basement jacks? 5796 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5796 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5796 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5795 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5795 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5794 
Sore eyes... 5793 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5793 
The harvesting week! 5791 
I need an inspiration… 5790 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5789 
Like this? 5789 
Dramatically randomize MF 5789 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5788 
The room eats dynamic 5788 
Diffusers 5788 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5787 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5772 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5771 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5771 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5771 
About Width-Importance balance. 5769 
Letting the music scale up 5768 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5768 
To finish my house décor… 5764 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5763 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5762 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5762 
Calling the gods of music 5762 
Absolutely 5762 
Phase manipulation 5762 
No relation. 5762 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5762 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5762 
Dynamical mismatch 5761 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5761 
Stradiwinerius? 5758 
Dealing with the glass. 5757 
Boston 5757 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5757 
Added mass 5757 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5757 
It is about moderation…. 5757 
To hell with the wine... 5757 
Also for other surafaces 5756 
LEAD 5756 
LEAD & GLASS 5756 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5756 
Read carefully 5756 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5756 
Crooks and morons 5756 
Magiscopios 5755 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5735 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5735 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5734 
The LP setup in the new home. 5683 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5678 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5678 
Pianochord will do! 5678 
Spanyi heaven 5678 
I see no conflict at all. 5678 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5678 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5678 
A year after closing 5670 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5670 
Traveling antimatter 5663 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5657 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5656 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5630 
Cast Iron fireplace 5629 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5629 
The hardcore way 5629 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5593 
This is How It's Done 5592 
Listening room during summer. 5580 
What about those... 5579 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5579 
Reducing A/C Noise 5579 
HVAC the Cat 5579 
Big Ass fan 5578 
Variac dimmers 5578 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5578 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5578 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5510 
Some winter observations. 5401 
That Asian man…. 5370 
The Franz Schubert morning 5344 
Spring.... 5293 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5243 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5214 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5214 
Just good photography? 5214 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5214 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5214 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5213 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5213 
Sports car 5213 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5213 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5213 
Train Positioning 5213 
Kind of what I want 5213 
The lap listening… 5213 
Family Room 5213 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5210 
A super audio room. 5206 
Time Warp! 5206 
A piano in a listening room 5185 
Pianissimo 5185 
The plan in blue. 5185 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5185 
My doubts 5185 
It is exactly what I worry. 5184 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5184 
Musicians at home 5184 
Piano Measurements 5183 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5178 
The next step. 5164 
Midbass horns missing?? 5163 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5153 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5153 
Baby Grand 5152 
Wood floor 5152 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5152 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5152 
Amy’s baby. 5150 
Improvement 5150 
Agree with Scott 5150 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5138 
Integrated casters 5138 
Very nice, thanks. 5138 
Customization 5138 
Sliders 5138 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5131 
Congratulations 5131 
Holes in the floor... 5131 
Tubes and kids 5131 
Sweet spot enlargement 5131 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5129 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5128 
Wood Floors and Water 5128 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5123 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5122 
WAF is for Losers 5122 
WAF: it depends. 5122 
Integration 5121 
Here and there. 5121 
Life after WWIII 5121 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5121 
Cables management. 5119 
Featurizing 5119 
Kids and tubes cont. 5116 
Kid magnet 5116 
Kids and audio 5115 
Radars 5115 
Wow, what the days! 5111 
The comming weekend 5107 
It all was worth it! 5104 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5099 
Here is how it is look. 5099 
Resolving the carpet issue 5099 
Bonfire 5099 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5099 
Proof of concept? 5099 
Geometry 5099 
A view from listening position. 5099 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5099 
Some feedback 5099 
Evening 5099 
I wonder why. 5098 
Rugs and things 5098 
In defense… 5098 
I can’t get it. 5095 
Haze. 5094 
Front wall 5094 
It is very possible. 5094 
It is nice to be back. 5091 
My comfy corner. 5088 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4728 
WMD in house. 4550 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4453 
The third listening spot. 4432 
For sure a very different experience. 4394 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4389 
It's Jfretch's system. 4389 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4388 
Domestic games 4342 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4203 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4203 
Dynamic screening 4203 
Actually this is very good idea! 4203 
Volcanic fabric 4203 
I should have done this. 4201 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4197 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4166 
No worries 4166 
Awesome memories 4166 
Optimization of space 4166 
Child-ish considerations 4163 
Finding peace.... 4157 
"Fencing"? 4156 
I need to build something custom 4156 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4156 
Stressed Skin 4156 
NYC elevators 4156 
Kids toys and quantities. 4156 
Everything is completely reversible 4155 
Racks and things 4155 
Now it looks even more promising! 4155 
Quantity of rods 4155 
Avoiding diagonals 4153 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4152 
That's not fair! 4152 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4152 
Discrimination? 4147 
Vertical configuration 4140 
Impresive ! 4069 
Did you read the site? 4069 
Contact 4069 
Company's name is Rixrax 4069 
Stand 4068 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4024 
End of life headphone system 4024 
Something like this? 4024 
The "Second Living Room" 4024 
Mixing urban & suburban 4024 
Late night listening 4024 
Moving life... 4022 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4022 
A true listening room. 3998 
It started… 3983 
Levels of Interest 3983 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3983 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3983 
I can't not to post it.... 3983 
Do not leave him unattended. 3983 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3983 
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