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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 6042 
The first take on the new room. 6036 
New Room, a first shot. 6035 
Wonderful 6035 
Adopted 6034 
The first relaxed night with the room 6032 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 6031 
The listening room is ready. 6030 
New Room, a First Shot 6028 
Continue to work with the room 6028 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 6028 
Room 6027 
I think it will take another month. 6027 
The Buttressing 6027 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 6026 
The new place and the new noises. 6026 
Big listening room 6025 
Screw the "big" rooms 6025 
Big listening rooms 6025 
First reflection points 6024 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 6024 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 6021 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 6020 
Squeezing the floor 6020 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 6020 
You Will Have to Experiment... 6020 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 6019 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 6019 
The new room, the very first listening. 6019 
The 14.5 foot. 6018 
Again… 6017 
Romy's new Playground 6017 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 6017 
A phenomenal encouragement! 6017 
For the uninitiated ... 6016 
NH guy 6016 
Room 6016 
Design decisions and topologies…. 6015 
The first base is done 6015 
Reentry time alignment. 6014 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 6013 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 6013 
Mid bass horn. 6013 
Guess is only a guess… 6013 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 6013 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 6012 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 6012 
Diffusors 6012 
Diffuse injection 6012 
Let analyse why it so 6012 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 6012 
Wheel and Deal 6012 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 6012 
The High-End Saloon Sound 6012 
I Must Be Missing Something 6012 
I put sliders under my speakers 6011 
ROOM 6010 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 6010 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 6010 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 6010 
No concerns 6010 
Speakers and room 6010 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 6009 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 6009 
Diaphram 6009 
Phram 6009 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 6009 
Perfect piston 6009 
Decorater 6008 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 6008 
New morning 6007 
The first take on the room with RTA 6006 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 6006 
Axiomatic 6006 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 6005 
Wetness is about more than reflections 6005 
The size of the bass. 6005 
Bass Factory 6005 
Crude Level, or something more? 6005 
I will play with it this week…. 6005 
Rent-A 6005 
Secret of pressurizing open room 6005 
Corner horns 6005 
Cheating from below 6005 
The sequence, the sequence…. 6005 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 6004 
A possibly overly simplified view 6004 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 6004 
Iceberg 6004 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 6004 
Why not horn 6004 
A correction…. 6004 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 6004 
They are just not related things at all. 6004 
Fertin 6002 
Low resonance is good... 6002 
Et tu, Brute? 6001 
The Room response at LF 6000 
Life On The Ground Floor 6000 
Bass arrays 6000 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 6000 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 6000 
The super sucks. 6000 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 6000 
You may also try 5999 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5999 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5999 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5999 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5999 
60 Hz Resonance 5999 
No notching… so far. 5999 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5998 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5998 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5998 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5998 
Power to the People 5998 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5998 
Aura 5998 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5998 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5998 
All class D is the same 5998 
Interpreting the LF results. 5997 
The Halibut 5997 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5997 
The Big Picture 5997 
Power & ULF channels 5997 
The big picture indeed. 5997 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5997 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5997 
The Power and the Glory 5996 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5996 
I guess I did not get this memo 5996 
French LF drivers 5996 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5996 
(another) French LF approach 5995 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5995 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5995 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5995 
Limpschtick 5995 
Symmetry 5995 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5994 
Room correction 5994 
It migh be more complicated. 5994 
Bass EQ ? 5994 
Agree and not. 5994 
Two "diseases" 5994 
Parametric filters 5994 
Ceiling arrays 5994 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5994 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5994 
The Middle of the Room. 5994 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5994 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5994 
Stop! 5994 
Appendectomy 5994 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5993 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5993 
No Isolation 5993 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5990 
Potential contenders? 5989 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5989 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5989 
Those Crazy Canucks 5985 
Mo' Better Bass 5979 
Bird in the Hand? 5979 
A wet listening spot? 5972 
Storm 5969 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5969 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5955 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5925 
Polar Opposite ULF 5924 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5912 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5910 
Differently but the same. 5909 
PVC 5908 
The sail test try. 5908 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5908 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5908 
Trial 5907 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5907 
Some explanations 5907 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5906 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5905 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5904 
Acrylate 5903 
Magic blanket 5903 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5902 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5902 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5902 
I have a few options. 5902 
Foam color 5902 
Strange things with upperbass 5902 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5901 
Teatro reform. . . 5901 
The foaming room dilemma. 5900 
Melamine Foam 5900 
Foaming up the cat house 5900 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5900 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5900 
Acoustic revisions… 5899 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5896 
Surprises so far in the new room 5895 
The upperbass in the new room. 5895 
Slight change of hart. 5894 
Camco supply of Boston 5892 
Room acoustics 5892 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5851 
I need to kill dust first. 5851 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5849 
To feed the leeches? 5849 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5848 
Yh 5848 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5848 
DPOLs? 5848 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5848 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5845 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5845 
A HalfPipe solution? 5845 
I absolutely love it. 5845 
Piper work 5844 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5844 
Absorption 5844 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5843 
Cats life ? 5843 
Call me Pussy. 5843 
More about traps 5843 
Acoustic impedance? 5843 
You maybe right 5843 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5843 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5842 
Heavy Curtain 5842 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5841 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5841 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5841 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5838 
Fix speaker move chair? 5837 
Back and forth ceremony 5837 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5836 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5835 
Glass windows 5834 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5833 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5832 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5830 
How to use basement jacks? 5830 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5830 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5830 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5829 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5829 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5828 
Sore eyes... 5827 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5827 
The harvesting week! 5825 
I need an inspiration… 5824 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5823 
Like this? 5823 
Dramatically randomize MF 5823 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5822 
The room eats dynamic 5822 
Diffusers 5822 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5821 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5806 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5805 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5805 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5805 
About Width-Importance balance. 5803 
Letting the music scale up 5802 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5802 
To finish my house décor… 5798 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5797 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5796 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5796 
Calling the gods of music 5796 
Absolutely 5796 
Phase manipulation 5796 
No relation. 5796 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5796 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5796 
Dynamical mismatch 5795 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5795 
Stradiwinerius? 5792 
Dealing with the glass. 5791 
Boston 5791 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5791 
Added mass 5791 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5791 
It is about moderation…. 5791 
To hell with the wine... 5791 
Also for other surafaces 5790 
LEAD 5790 
LEAD & GLASS 5790 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5790 
Read carefully 5790 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5790 
Crooks and morons 5790 
Magiscopios 5789 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5769 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5769 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5768 
The LP setup in the new home. 5717 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5712 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5712 
Pianochord will do! 5712 
Spanyi heaven 5712 
I see no conflict at all. 5712 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5712 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5712 
A year after closing 5704 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5704 
Traveling antimatter 5697 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5691 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5690 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5664 
Cast Iron fireplace 5663 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5663 
The hardcore way 5663 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5627 
This is How It's Done 5626 
Listening room during summer. 5614 
What about those... 5613 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5613 
Reducing A/C Noise 5613 
HVAC the Cat 5613 
Big Ass fan 5612 
Variac dimmers 5612 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5612 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5612 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5544 
Some winter observations. 5435 
That Asian man…. 5404 
The Franz Schubert morning 5378 
Spring.... 5327 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5277 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5248 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5248 
Just good photography? 5248 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5248 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5248 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5247 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5247 
Sports car 5247 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5247 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5247 
Train Positioning 5247 
Kind of what I want 5247 
The lap listening… 5247 
Family Room 5247 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5244 
A super audio room. 5240 
Time Warp! 5240 
A piano in a listening room 5219 
Pianissimo 5219 
The plan in blue. 5219 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5219 
My doubts 5219 
It is exactly what I worry. 5218 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5218 
Musicians at home 5218 
Piano Measurements 5217 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5212 
The next step. 5198 
Midbass horns missing?? 5197 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5187 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5187 
Baby Grand 5186 
Wood floor 5186 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5186 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5186 
Amy’s baby. 5184 
Improvement 5184 
Agree with Scott 5184 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5172 
Integrated casters 5172 
Very nice, thanks. 5172 
Customization 5172 
Sliders 5172 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5165 
Congratulations 5165 
Holes in the floor... 5165 
Tubes and kids 5165 
Sweet spot enlargement 5165 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5163 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5162 
Wood Floors and Water 5162 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5157 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5156 
WAF is for Losers 5156 
WAF: it depends. 5156 
Integration 5155 
Here and there. 5155 
Life after WWIII 5155 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5155 
Cables management. 5153 
Featurizing 5153 
Kids and tubes cont. 5150 
Kid magnet 5150 
Kids and audio 5149 
Radars 5149 
Wow, what the days! 5145 
The comming weekend 5141 
It all was worth it! 5138 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5133 
Here is how it is look. 5133 
Resolving the carpet issue 5133 
Bonfire 5133 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5133 
Proof of concept? 5133 
Geometry 5133 
A view from listening position. 5133 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5133 
Some feedback 5133 
Evening 5133 
I wonder why. 5132 
Rugs and things 5132 
In defense… 5132 
I can’t get it. 5129 
Haze. 5128 
Front wall 5128 
It is very possible. 5128 
It is nice to be back. 5125 
My comfy corner. 5122 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4762 
WMD in house. 4584 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4487 
The third listening spot. 4466 
For sure a very different experience. 4428 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4423 
It's Jfretch's system. 4423 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4422 
Domestic games 4376 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4237 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4237 
Dynamic screening 4237 
Actually this is very good idea! 4237 
Volcanic fabric 4237 
I should have done this. 4235 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4231 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4200 
No worries 4200 
Awesome memories 4200 
Optimization of space 4200 
Child-ish considerations 4197 
Finding peace.... 4191 
"Fencing"? 4190 
I need to build something custom 4190 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4190 
Stressed Skin 4190 
NYC elevators 4190 
Kids toys and quantities. 4190 
Everything is completely reversible 4189 
Racks and things 4189 
Now it looks even more promising! 4189 
Quantity of rods 4189 
Avoiding diagonals 4187 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4186 
That's not fair! 4186 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4186 
Discrimination? 4181 
Vertical configuration 4174 
Impresive ! 4103 
Did you read the site? 4103 
Contact 4103 
Company's name is Rixrax 4103 
Stand 4102 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 4058 
End of life headphone system 4058 
Something like this? 4058 
The "Second Living Room" 4058 
Mixing urban & suburban 4058 
Late night listening 4058 
Moving life... 4056 
Well, let see how it goes.... 4056 
A true listening room. 4032 
It started… 4017 
Levels of Interest 4017 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 4017 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 4017 
I can't not to post it.... 4017 
Do not leave him unattended. 4017 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 4017 
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