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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6054 
The first take on the new room. 6048 
New Room, a first shot. 6047 
Wonderful 6047 
Adopted 6046 
The first relaxed night with the room 6044 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6043 
The listening room is ready. 6042 
New Room, a First Shot 6040 
Continue to work with the room 6040 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6040 
Room 6039 
I think it will take another month. 6039 
The Buttressing 6039 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6038 
The new place and the new noises. 6038 
Big listening room 6037 
Screw the "big" rooms 6037 
Big listening rooms 6037 
First reflection points 6036 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6036 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6033 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6032 
Squeezing the floor 6032 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6032 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6032 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6031 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6031 
The new room, the very first listening. 6031 
The 14.5 foot. 6030 
Again… 6029 
Romy's new Playground 6029 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 6029 
A phenomenal encouragement! 6029 
For the uninitiated ... 6028 
NH guy 6028 
Room 6028 
Design decisions and topologies…. 6027 
The first base is done 6027 
Reentry time alignment. 6026 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 6025 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 6025 
Mid bass horn. 6025 
Guess is only a guess… 6025 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 6025 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 6024 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 6024 
Diffusors 6024 
Diffuse injection 6024 
Let analyse why it so 6024 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 6024 
Wheel and Deal 6024 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 6024 
The High-End Saloon Sound 6024 
I Must Be Missing Something 6024 
I put sliders under my speakers 6023 
ROOM 6022 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 6022 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 6022 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 6022 
No concerns 6022 
Speakers and room 6022 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 6021 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 6021 
Diaphram 6021 
Phram 6021 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 6021 
Perfect piston 6021 
Decorater 6020 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 6020 
New morning 6019 
The first take on the room with RTA 6018 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 6018 
Axiomatic 6018 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 6017 
Wetness is about more than reflections 6017 
The size of the bass. 6017 
Bass Factory 6017 
Crude Level, or something more? 6017 
I will play with it this week…. 6017 
Rent-A 6017 
Secret of pressurizing open room 6017 
Corner horns 6017 
Cheating from below 6017 
The sequence, the sequence…. 6017 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 6016 
A possibly overly simplified view 6016 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 6016 
Iceberg 6016 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 6016 
Why not horn 6016 
A correction…. 6016 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 6016 
They are just not related things at all. 6016 
Fertin 6014 
Low resonance is good... 6014 
Et tu, Brute? 6013 
The Room response at LF 6012 
Life On The Ground Floor 6012 
Bass arrays 6012 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 6012 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 6012 
The super sucks. 6012 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 6012 
You may also try 6011 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 6011 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 6011 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 6011 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 6011 
60 Hz Resonance 6011 
No notching… so far. 6011 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 6010 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 6010 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 6010 
Enclosure volume LB channel 6010 
Power to the People 6010 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 6010 
Aura 6010 
No Way Around the Power Gap 6010 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 6010 
All class D is the same 6010 
Interpreting the LF results. 6009 
The Halibut 6009 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 6009 
The Big Picture 6009 
Power & ULF channels 6009 
The big picture indeed. 6009 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 6009 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 6009 
The Power and the Glory 6008 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 6008 
I guess I did not get this memo 6008 
French LF drivers 6008 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 6008 
(another) French LF approach 6007 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 6007 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 6007 
Using limp mass acoustic? 6007 
Limpschtick 6007 
Symmetry 6007 
Décor maybe fake for playback 6006 
Room correction 6006 
It migh be more complicated. 6006 
Bass EQ ? 6006 
Agree and not. 6006 
Two "diseases" 6006 
Parametric filters 6006 
Ceiling arrays 6006 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 6006 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 6006 
The Middle of the Room. 6006 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 6006 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 6006 
Stop! 6006 
Appendectomy 6006 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 6005 
...particularly if you have tried it? 6005 
No Isolation 6005 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 6002 
Potential contenders? 6001 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 6001 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 6001 
Those Crazy Canucks 5997 
Mo' Better Bass 5991 
Bird in the Hand? 5991 
A wet listening spot? 5984 
Storm 5981 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5981 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5967 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5937 
Polar Opposite ULF 5936 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5924 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5922 
Differently but the same. 5921 
PVC 5920 
The sail test try. 5920 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5920 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5920 
Trial 5919 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5919 
Some explanations 5919 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5918 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5917 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5916 
Acrylate 5915 
Magic blanket 5915 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5914 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5914 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5914 
I have a few options. 5914 
Foam color 5914 
Strange things with upperbass 5914 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5913 
Teatro reform. . . 5913 
The foaming room dilemma. 5912 
Melamine Foam 5912 
Foaming up the cat house 5912 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5912 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5912 
Acoustic revisions… 5911 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5908 
Surprises so far in the new room 5907 
The upperbass in the new room. 5907 
Slight change of hart. 5906 
Camco supply of Boston 5904 
Room acoustics 5904 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5863 
I need to kill dust first. 5863 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5861 
To feed the leeches? 5861 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5860 
Yh 5860 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5860 
DPOLs? 5860 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5860 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5857 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5857 
A HalfPipe solution? 5857 
I absolutely love it. 5857 
Piper work 5856 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5856 
Absorption 5856 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5855 
Cats life ? 5855 
Call me Pussy. 5855 
More about traps 5855 
Acoustic impedance? 5855 
You maybe right 5855 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5855 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5854 
Heavy Curtain 5854 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5853 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5853 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5853 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5850 
Fix speaker move chair? 5849 
Back and forth ceremony 5849 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5848 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5847 
Glass windows 5846 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5845 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5844 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5842 
How to use basement jacks? 5842 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5842 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5842 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5841 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5841 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5840 
Sore eyes... 5839 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5839 
The harvesting week! 5837 
I need an inspiration… 5836 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5835 
Like this? 5835 
Dramatically randomize MF 5835 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5834 
The room eats dynamic 5834 
Diffusers 5834 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5833 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5818 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5817 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5817 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5817 
About Width-Importance balance. 5815 
Letting the music scale up 5814 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5814 
To finish my house décor… 5810 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5809 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5808 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5808 
Calling the gods of music 5808 
Absolutely 5808 
Phase manipulation 5808 
No relation. 5808 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5808 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5808 
Dynamical mismatch 5807 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5807 
Stradiwinerius? 5804 
Dealing with the glass. 5803 
Boston 5803 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5803 
Added mass 5803 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5803 
It is about moderation…. 5803 
To hell with the wine... 5803 
Also for other surafaces 5802 
LEAD 5802 
LEAD & GLASS 5802 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5802 
Read carefully 5802 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5802 
Crooks and morons 5802 
Magiscopios 5801 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5781 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5781 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5780 
The LP setup in the new home. 5729 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5724 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5724 
Pianochord will do! 5724 
Spanyi heaven 5724 
I see no conflict at all. 5724 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5724 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5724 
A year after closing 5716 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5716 
Traveling antimatter 5709 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5703 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5702 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5676 
Cast Iron fireplace 5675 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5675 
The hardcore way 5675 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5639 
This is How It's Done 5638 
Listening room during summer. 5626 
What about those... 5625 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5625 
Reducing A/C Noise 5625 
HVAC the Cat 5625 
Big Ass fan 5624 
Variac dimmers 5624 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5624 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5624 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5556 
Some winter observations. 5447 
That Asian man…. 5416 
The Franz Schubert morning 5390 
Spring.... 5339 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5289 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5260 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5260 
Just good photography? 5260 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5260 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5260 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5259 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5259 
Sports car 5259 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5259 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5259 
Train Positioning 5259 
Kind of what I want 5259 
The lap listening… 5259 
Family Room 5259 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5256 
A super audio room. 5252 
Time Warp! 5252 
A piano in a listening room 5231 
Pianissimo 5231 
The plan in blue. 5231 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5231 
My doubts 5231 
It is exactly what I worry. 5230 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5230 
Musicians at home 5230 
Piano Measurements 5229 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5224 
The next step. 5210 
Midbass horns missing?? 5209 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5199 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5199 
Baby Grand 5198 
Wood floor 5198 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5198 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5198 
Amy’s baby. 5196 
Improvement 5196 
Agree with Scott 5196 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5184 
Integrated casters 5184 
Very nice, thanks. 5184 
Customization 5184 
Sliders 5184 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5177 
Congratulations 5177 
Holes in the floor... 5177 
Tubes and kids 5177 
Sweet spot enlargement 5177 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5175 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5174 
Wood Floors and Water 5174 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5169 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5168 
WAF is for Losers 5168 
WAF: it depends. 5168 
Integration 5167 
Here and there. 5167 
Life after WWIII 5167 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5167 
Cables management. 5165 
Featurizing 5165 
Kids and tubes cont. 5162 
Kid magnet 5162 
Kids and audio 5161 
Radars 5161 
Wow, what the days! 5157 
The comming weekend 5153 
It all was worth it! 5150 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5145 
Here is how it is look. 5145 
Resolving the carpet issue 5145 
Bonfire 5145 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5145 
Proof of concept? 5145 
Geometry 5145 
A view from listening position. 5145 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5145 
Some feedback 5145 
Evening 5145 
I wonder why. 5144 
Rugs and things 5144 
In defense… 5144 
I can’t get it. 5141 
Haze. 5140 
Front wall 5140 
It is very possible. 5140 
It is nice to be back. 5137 
My comfy corner. 5134 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4774 
WMD in house. 4596 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4499 
The third listening spot. 4478 
For sure a very different experience. 4440 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4435 
It's Jfretch's system. 4435 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4434 
Domestic games 4388 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4249 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4249 
Dynamic screening 4249 
Actually this is very good idea! 4249 
Volcanic fabric 4249 
I should have done this. 4247 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4243 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4212 
No worries 4212 
Awesome memories 4212 
Optimization of space 4212 
Child-ish considerations 4209 
Finding peace.... 4203 
"Fencing"? 4202 
I need to build something custom 4202 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4202 
Stressed Skin 4202 
NYC elevators 4202 
Kids toys and quantities. 4202 
Everything is completely reversible 4201 
Racks and things 4201 
Now it looks even more promising! 4201 
Quantity of rods 4201 
Avoiding diagonals 4199 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4198 
That's not fair! 4198 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4198 
Discrimination? 4193 
Vertical configuration 4186 
Impresive ! 4115 
Did you read the site? 4115 
Contact 4115 
Company's name is Rixrax 4115 
Stand 4114 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4070 
End of life headphone system 4070 
Something like this? 4070 
The "Second Living Room" 4070 
Mixing urban & suburban 4070 
Late night listening 4070 
Moving life... 4068 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4068 
A true listening room. 4044 
It started… 4029 
Levels of Interest 4029 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 4029 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 4029 
I can't not to post it.... 4029 
Do not leave him unattended. 4029 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 4029 
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