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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Romy The Cat's new Listening Room 5923 
The first take on the new room. 5917 
New Room, a first shot. 5916 
Wonderful 5916 
Adopted 5915 
The first relaxed night with the room 5913 
"Stylish" acoustic panels 5912 
The listening room is ready. 5911 
New Room, a First Shot 5909 
Continue to work with the room 5909 
Request for periodic detailed observations of set up process 5909 
Room 5908 
I think it will take another month. 5908 
The Buttressing 5908 
Instead of pink plastic pellicans... 5907 
The new place and the new noises. 5907 
Big listening room 5906 
Screw the "big" rooms 5906 
Big listening rooms 5906 
First reflection points 5905 
The Xchyler’s Calculation. 5905 
One of the walls is almost "treated". 5902 
To treat suspended floor like a light TT plinth? 5901 
Squeezing the floor 5901 
To jack or do not jack, and more thoughts. 5901 
You Will Have to Experiment... 5901 
Adjustable Hydrolic Dampening? 5900 
Passive vs. Active flooring. 5900 
The new room, the very first listening. 5900 
The 14.5 foot. 5899 
Again… 5898 
Romy's new Playground 5898 
So far it has to do nothing with floor. 5898 
A phenomenal encouragement! 5898 
For the uninitiated ... 5897 
NH guy 5897 
Room 5897 
Design decisions and topologies…. 5896 
The first base is done 5896 
Reentry time alignment. 5895 
Thoughts on alignment: Direct vs Reflected mid-bass 5894 
The peculiarity of time alignment. 5894 
Mid bass horn. 5894 
Guess is only a guess… 5894 
What I do not like in my current Sound. 5894 
Do you know who produces this wall treatment? 5893 
George Massenburg's Diffusion 5893 
Diffusors 5893 
Diffuse injection 5893 
Let analyse why it so 5893 
Analyzing, it is what I am doing now. 5893 
Wheel and Deal 5893 
Treatment on walls, would be a mistake. 5893 
The High-End Saloon Sound 5893 
I Must Be Missing Something 5893 
I put sliders under my speakers 5892 
ROOM 5891 
Might I ask you to extend your thoughts? 5891 
"Strenuous and Laborious Presentation" In romy's Playground 5891 
I would say that it is all very much arguable. 5891 
No concerns 5891 
Speakers and room 5891 
I will continue working on my Macondo. 5890 
The loud noise vs. loud Sound. 5890 
Diaphram 5890 
Phram 5890 
Specs, Ad Men and Death by Subscription 5890 
Perfect piston 5890 
Decorater 5889 
Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment 5889 
New morning 5888 
The first take on the room with RTA 5887 
How to deal with 63Hz mode? 5887 
Axiomatic 5887 
The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. 5886 
Wetness is about more than reflections 5886 
The size of the bass. 5886 
Bass Factory 5886 
Crude Level, or something more? 5886 
I will play with it this week…. 5886 
Rent-A 5886 
Secret of pressurizing open room 5886 
Corner horns 5886 
Cheating from below 5886 
The sequence, the sequence…. 5886 
About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… 5885 
A possibly overly simplified view 5885 
The very specific space of house, where art thou? 5885 
Iceberg 5885 
Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers 5885 
Why not horn 5885 
A correction…. 5885 
Digital playback means digital crossover "ok"? 5885 
They are just not related things at all. 5885 
Fertin 5883 
Low resonance is good... 5883 
Et tu, Brute? 5882 
The Room response at LF 5881 
Life On The Ground Floor 5881 
Bass arrays 5881 
Stere-Oh! (and The Board Decision) 5881 
Learning something new everyday in audio. 5881 
The super sucks. 5881 
Dealing with the LF rollercoaster 5881 
You may also try 5880 
Testing: 1, 2, 3... 5880 
Tuning Helmholtz Resonence 5880 
Testing out the backdoor "Free Air" 5880 
Helmhertz, Rotunda, bass, wasted weekend. 5880 
60 Hz Resonance 5880 
No notching… so far. 5880 
Rotunda Karlson Solution 5879 
The boxes for Aura 1808? 5879 
Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet 5879 
Enclosure volume LB channel 5879 
Power to the People 5879 
A vicinity where I would just start…. 5879 
Aura 5879 
No Way Around the Power Gap 5879 
Ok, this is already something that made me more encouraged. 5879 
All class D is the same 5879 
Interpreting the LF results. 5878 
The Halibut 5878 
My old box with Aura, hm…. 5878 
The Big Picture 5878 
Power & ULF channels 5878 
The big picture indeed. 5878 
Which actual brings an interesting question… 5878 
Seeing vs Hearing vs Believing 5878 
The Power and the Glory 5877 
Overblown Bookshelf LF Line Array 5877 
I guess I did not get this memo 5877 
French LF drivers 5877 
Oops, the site is surprise surprise mainly in Fren... 5877 
(another) French LF approach 5876 
Reinforce to cure fundamental room modes 5876 
S many options and there is so little time and des... 5876 
Using limp mass acoustic? 5876 
Limpschtick 5876 
Symmetry 5876 
Décor maybe fake for playback 5875 
Room correction 5875 
It migh be more complicated. 5875 
Bass EQ ? 5875 
Agree and not. 5875 
Two "diseases" 5875 
Parametric filters 5875 
Ceiling arrays 5875 
Experiences with DEQ'd ULF 5875 
Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point... 5875 
The Middle of the Room. 5875 
On the Shoulders of Giants* 5875 
LF EQ: an interesting observation. 5875 
Stop! 5875 
Appendectomy 5875 
Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed 5874 
...particularly if you have tried it? 5874 
No Isolation 5874 
It is rain in Macondo Marquez said… 5871 
Potential contenders? 5870 
The Scan Speak new woofer and the damn NASDAQ 5870 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5870 
Those Crazy Canucks 5866 
Mo' Better Bass 5860 
Bird in the Hand? 5860 
A wet listening spot? 5853 
Storm 5850 
Did you think Bach have done everything? 5850 
A cheap but effective ceiling 5836 
Hm, another very interesting idea. 5806 
Polar Opposite ULF 5805 
The heat dissipation in the new room 5793 
Starting to play with room acoustics 5791 
Differently but the same. 5790 
PVC 5789 
The sail test try. 5789 
Sails - Spinnaker Furling 5789 
Removable sails – a brilliant idea! 5789 
Trial 5788 
My further thoughts on room acoustics 5788 
Some explanations 5788 
No bass in my room for now - to be continue… 5787 
Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. 5786 
OK, it’s getting ugly 5785 
Acrylate 5784 
Magic blanket 5784 
Ok, let go for the plan “B” 5783 
The great Midwest to the rescue 5783 
TV between speaker have what effect? 5783 
I have a few options. 5783 
Foam color 5783 
Strange things with upperbass 5783 
Air Conditioner Ducts and Vents 5782 
Teatro reform. . . 5782 
The foaming room dilemma. 5781 
Melamine Foam 5781 
Foaming up the cat house 5781 
The ASC Sound Panels. 5781 
Hm, I would not say that I hate it. 5781 
Acoustic revisions… 5780 
An interesting solution from Portugal. 5777 
Surprises so far in the new room 5776 
The upperbass in the new room. 5776 
Slight change of hart. 5775 
Camco supply of Boston 5773 
Room acoustics 5773 
Let's re-track the situation, shall we? 5732 
I need to kill dust first. 5732 
Ahh, the echo chamber 5730 
To feed the leeches? 5730 
What's on the back wall windows now, BTW? 5729 
Yh 5729 
The deadly location for listening chair and some tubes traps 5729 
DPOLs? 5729 
I am nowhere near DPoLS 5729 
So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many-HF-reflections? 5726 
The Birds Nest and Circumcised Skyline ideas. 5726 
A HalfPipe solution? 5726 
I absolutely love it. 5726 
Piper work 5725 
I need to educate myself about tube traps 5725 
Absorption 5725 
The fiberglass tube dilemmas and my Shish-Kebab 5724 
Cats life ? 5724 
Call me Pussy. 5724 
More about traps 5724 
Acoustic impedance? 5724 
You maybe right 5724 
With my tubed vision this is how I feel 5724 
How to deal with glass in listening room? 5723 
Heavy Curtain 5723 
Romy reinventing the wheel? 5722 
We all reinvent the wheel in away. + Michael Green 5722 
Tunes, traps and tweaks 5722 
Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. 5719 
Fix speaker move chair? 5718 
Back and forth ceremony 5718 
Try to have all the room treatments accessible & adjustable. Ears are most important instruments 5717 
Reduced frequency response range, sort of. 5716 
Glass windows 5715 
Eventually I feel that I’ve moved 5714 
I’m drinking from the grail of glory. 5713 
The organic strawberry vs. organic acoustic treatment? 5711 
How to use basement jacks? 5711 
Structural vs. Acoustic Considerations 5711 
The Acoustic Treatment day! 5711 
So curves do help! (just not quite the way I thought) 5710 
There is a difference between curved walls and curves acoustic solutions. 5710 
Spectacularly cheap, pretty and effective. 5709 
Sore eyes... 5708 
Do not touch the carbuncle. 5708 
The harvesting week! 5706 
I need an inspiration… 5705 
The anti-helmholtz resonator considerations. 5704 
Like this? 5704 
Dramatically randomize MF 5704 
Chasing the non-specific reflections. 5703 
The room eats dynamic 5703 
Diffusers 5703 
Silk 'n Splendor might do it 5702 
Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... 5687 
Macondo calibration check sheet. 5686 
Acoustic room treatment is done. 5686 
A typical midday in my new listening room 5686 
About Width-Importance balance. 5684 
Letting the music scale up 5683 
Constant-width vs. active-width 5683 
To finish my house décor… 5679 
Tasteful interior decor strategy 5678 
Phase nuances – the last liability 5677 
Irony of "FR" Drivers 5677 
Calling the gods of music 5677 
Absolutely 5677 
Phase manipulation 5677 
No relation. 5677 
Spinning Into Another Thread... 5677 
DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound 5677 
Dynamical mismatch 5676 
What makes us believe that snake was poison? 5676 
Stradiwinerius? 5673 
Dealing with the glass. 5672 
Boston 5672 
Very interesting! Can I hear more about it? 5672 
Added mass 5672 
Surely that is a Guarwineus not a Strad! I think I see Vivaldi's signature. 5672 
It is about moderation…. 5672 
To hell with the wine... 5672 
Also for other surafaces 5671 
LEAD 5671 
LEAD & GLASS 5671 
Extremely expensive? Think of the result! 5671 
Read carefully 5671 
Bruckner and Counterpoint 5671 
Crooks and morons 5671 
Magiscopios 5670 
“It is raining in Macondo” - Colonel Aureliano Buendía. 5650 
"A railing like piano keys" - Pietro Crespi 5650 
How do not play very slow Scriabin and Lists in here? 5649 
The LP setup in the new home. 5598 
4 years later: snow, rain, Bach, not in Boston anymore… 5593 
Bach concertos in piano vs. harpsichord 5593 
Pianochord will do! 5593 
Spanyi heaven 5593 
I see no conflict at all. 5593 
Scarlatti on Harpsichord vs Bach 5593 
Rosalyn Tureck's essay pretty much answered all questions. 5593 
A year after closing 5585 
"Touching the Void" (in the attic) 5585 
Traveling antimatter 5578 
If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. 5572 
The fiberglass aggravations. 5571 
Significant fire: listening room and fireplace. 5545 
Cast Iron fireplace 5544 
I would like to have a real fireplace. 5544 
The hardcore way 5544 
Suspended floor effective remedy. 5508 
This is How It's Done 5507 
Listening room during summer. 5495 
What about those... 5494 
Madrid "silent" air ducts 5494 
Reducing A/C Noise 5494 
HVAC the Cat 5494 
Big Ass fan 5493 
Variac dimmers 5493 
Ceiling fan speed controls 5493 
Ceiling fans controls and my idiocy. 5493 
About my old system vs. the new system, as now. 5425 
Some winter observations. 5316 
That Asian man…. 5285 
The Franz Schubert morning 5259 
Spring.... 5208 
Different acoustics in my listening room. 5158 
Hypothetic abstract perfect listening room? 5129 
The ultimate piece of equipment 5129 
Just good photography? 5129 
Try to "live" in that "perfect" room.... 5129 
The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. 5129 
It is all about the civilian-friendliness.... 5128 
Ambient noise and how I would minimise it 5128 
Sports car 5128 
An environmental aspect of noise. 5128 
The only the sweetspot seat? 5128 
Train Positioning 5128 
Kind of what I want 5128 
The lap listening… 5128 
Family Room 5128 
About dead-end listening rooms. 5125 
A super audio room. 5121 
Time Warp! 5121 
A piano in a listening room 5100 
Pianissimo 5100 
The plan in blue. 5100 
Re: A piano in a listening room 5100 
My doubts 5100 
It is exactly what I worry. 5099 
Agile Room Acoustic Treatment? 5099 
Musicians at home 5099 
Piano Measurements 5098 
It has absolutely nothing to do with proper audio objectives 5093 
The next step. 5079 
Midbass horns missing?? 5078 
A new appearance of Macondo? 5068 
Audio + Plants + WATER! 5068 
Baby Grand 5067 
Wood floor 5067 
Hardwood floors in listening room 5067 
My Listening Room: the new Amy’s Corner 5067 
Amy’s baby. 5065 
Improvement 5065 
Agree with Scott 5065 
Hardwood floors consequences. 5053 
Integrated casters 5053 
Very nice, thanks. 5053 
Customization 5053 
Sliders 5053 
OK, the hardwood floors go. 5046 
Congratulations 5046 
Holes in the floor... 5046 
Tubes and kids 5046 
Sweet spot enlargement 5046 
No compromises with Sweet Spot 5044 
A rare opportunity and Amy’s cute windows 5043 
Wood Floors and Water 5043 
It is a lot of fun in the end. 5038 
Romy the Cat and WAF? 5037 
WAF is for Losers 5037 
WAF: it depends. 5037 
Integration 5036 
Here and there. 5036 
Life after WWIII 5036 
So, Not Parquet, after all 5036 
Cables management. 5034 
Featurizing 5034 
Kids and tubes cont. 5031 
Kid magnet 5031 
Kids and audio 5030 
Radars 5030 
Wow, what the days! 5026 
The comming weekend 5022 
It all was worth it! 5019 
Sound back and sentences by structure 5014 
Here is how it is look. 5014 
Resolving the carpet issue 5014 
Bonfire 5014 
Come on, guys, everything is not as straight as it appears. 5014 
Proof of concept? 5014 
Geometry 5014 
A view from listening position. 5014 
Aspects of a Dilemma 5014 
Some feedback 5014 
Evening 5014 
I wonder why. 5013 
Rugs and things 5013 
In defense… 5013 
I can’t get it. 5010 
Haze. 5009 
Front wall 5009 
It is very possible. 5009 
It is nice to be back. 5006 
My comfy corner. 5003 
It looks like I will have my listening room for a while. 4643 
WMD in house. 4465 
Hindenburg acoustic treatment. 4368 
The third listening spot. 4347 
For sure a very different experience. 4309 
A nice asymmetrical listening Room 4304 
It's Jfretch's system. 4304 
Looking from Massachusetts :-) 4303 
Domestic games 4257 
A minor collapse of major prenup. 4118 
Functionality , Aesthetics, and Archiving Art 4118 
Dynamic screening 4118 
Actually this is very good idea! 4118 
Volcanic fabric 4118 
I should have done this. 4116 
Subduing the barbarity of function 4112 
Some further thinking about integrated listening room. 4081 
No worries 4081 
Awesome memories 4081 
Optimization of space 4081 
Child-ish considerations 4078 
Finding peace.... 4072 
"Fencing"? 4071 
I need to build something custom 4071 
That is the idea that I am think for now. 4071 
Stressed Skin 4071 
NYC elevators 4071 
Kids toys and quantities. 4071 
Everything is completely reversible 4070 
Racks and things 4070 
Now it looks even more promising! 4070 
Quantity of rods 4070 
Avoiding diagonals 4068 
Audio Housecleaning 2.0 4067 
That's not fair! 4067 
Speakers do not like boxes… 4067 
Discrimination? 4062 
Vertical configuration 4055 
Impresive ! 3984 
Did you read the site? 3984 
Contact 3984 
Company's name is Rixrax 3984 
Stand 3983 
Requirements for a NEW listening room? 3939 
End of life headphone system 3939 
Something like this? 3939 
The "Second Living Room" 3939 
Mixing urban & suburban 3939 
Late night listening 3939 
Moving life... 3937 
Well, let see how it goes.... 3937 
A true listening room. 3913 
It started… 3898 
Levels of Interest 3898 
Eliminate "low-probability / catastrophic" events 3898 
Some common sense and vigilance will do it. 3898 
I can't not to post it.... 3898 
Do not leave him unattended. 3898 
Won't be the last time he makes that trip! 3898 
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